3 Innovative Ways I’m Unorthodox, Yet HIGHLY Effective When Representing Buyers Or Sellers In Real Estate Deals In Boston & Beyond!!
Because I’m a 25 year veteran of taking real estate transactions to the closing table in the Greater Boston and Metro West areas of MA, I feel comfortable in saying the MOST IMPORTANT attribute a real estate agent must possess is the ability to stay flexible and strategic with their thinking… After all — and more now than ever — it’s a “dog-eat-dog” world out there and the best behaved (and most creative) pooch is going to usually get their pick of the litter.
And due to my experience; I could go on-and-on about what I believe makes a successful Real Estate Agent, and, how Realtors should best go about representing their clients but I won’t.
However, what I am going to do with this blog post is share 3 INNOVATIVE WAYS my clients often tell me that the way in which I conduct business is like nothing they’ve yet heard about within their circle of friends, colleagues, or family members.
Anecdotal Evidence As To Why I’m One Dedicated RE Agent!
Story #1…
I caught wind of a rather prolific property that just entered the market in a high-profile area in the suburbs of Boston — this property was going to sell fast — most likely for full price.
So rather than do what the “ordinary” Realtor would do, I wanted to set up a meeting with the property seller so they could meet my buyer personally… (FYI, this seldom occurs, but in this instance, the seller was a home builder and fortunately was forward thinking.
MY DILEMMA: this particular buyer I was representing lived in Washington, D.C. and had a very limited schedule. However, they happened to be in the Boston area… So I set up a meeting time that worked time-wise for all 3 sides involved (mine, theirs, and the sellers) and by the end of the meeting we agreed on the terms of and offer!
Story #2…
I say in this video how staying in-box with my thinking is not my strongest professional attribute. And after watching it, I think you’ll agree. But in story#2’s situation, I had buyers that had gone on vacation who wanted me to take in a few open houses on their behalf while they were gone.
While going through this process for them, I wanted to get a video shot of me touring one house in particular. It would be a nice gesture to get a personalized video from your Real Estate agent, right? But shockingly to my surprise, the listing agent was having none of me taking a video in the house…
…So as feisty and forever overly-focused me took the video anyway, something REALLY embarrassing happened. Not even 45 seconds into shooting the video the agent caught me in the act and “cursed” me out of the house. However, he was polite when asking me to go on my merry way
As for the buyers I was representing, they closed on a different home about 2 months later. They laughed when I told them the story and they’ve reached out several times with various tokens of appreciation for my dedication to going above-and-beyond on their behalf.
Story #3…
The spring and (soon to be) summer market for 2012 has (and will continue to) see bidding-war after bidding-war going on throughout the Greater Boston/Metro West real estate markets. And the biggest issue with this current market “BOOM” is that many buyers are finding out just how hard it is to get offers in — never mind accepted.
I R-E-A-L-L-Y do feel bad for many buyers and sellers whose agents follow the more “traditional”, straight-and-narrow path because in this particular market, it’s being ultra creative and innovative that is getting homes bought and sold for my clients.
In fact, story #3 is about sharing an idea of using a nifty letter template I use that has gotten several clients the inside-edge when they’ve wanted to buy a “highly trafficked” home. I personally love this strategy. It has been monumental in bettering everybody’s bottom-line in the deals we’ve used this strategy on.
Using a personalized letter can be effective because it allows the seller(s) of the home to realize they’re making the RIGHT DECISION about who they choose to buy their home.
After all, selling your home to the “RIGHT BUYER” has a larger impact than you realize. Just think, how many times do you reminisce about where you once lived? I thought so!
I hope you enjoyed the 3 innovative and unorthodox ways in which I helped my client’s above. As for you, if you ever need or want any help with finding the home of your dreams in a quick and flawless fashion just let me know — I know you now realize I’ll go the extra-mile for you!

Happy Home Buying and Selling,
Greater Boston Real Estate Authority
(617) 775 – 9167 | Click To Email Me


With so many deadlines to meet, places to go, and things to do, who has time to “sift and sort” through the expanding list of Real Estate agents that can ‘HOPEFULLY’ construct the right deal for you, earn/save you what you rightfully deserve, and allow for smooth sailing with your Real Estate transaction?







