Remember Stephen the Sunday Shopper who tried to give me gas money at the conclusion of our first meeting? He found a great house in Flint and we closed on it last week. Yeah!

My mind is still working on that price sheet, though, for the realtor hoppers, but I'll have to put some more thought into it. It's next in line behind my fantasy addendum to the Buyer's Contract that forbids the buyer to blame their realtor when their frustration mounts over constantly being "outbid" or "highest and bested".

I received a little slack for the last post I did regarding bank repos and everyone involved with selling them, so even though they have provided mounds of stress for me over the past several months, I have kept quiet. Then I saw a commentary on HNN last night about an environmentalist reporter who was totally bullied by an activist into changing his report on global warming. As with everything else I hear of that ticks me off these days, my first thought was, "yeah, just like the damn banks." Seriously, the banks are on my mind all the time. My small for his age 12 year old told me that a kid hocked a loogie on his binder while outside the school waiting to be picked up. My Son was just flabbergasted by the mean behavior. I told him, "I know, Son, just like the repo banks". I noticed the grocery clerk charged me $300 for my bologna the other day. I politely pointed it out but silently thought, "mmhm. just like a bank." I have heard all the grumblings and although the comments are made OFFLINE, I know I am not alone here.

As I was saying, after hearing the HNN story I decided I did not have to keep quiet about this situation that is causing frustration amoung agents and buyers. I will, however, approach it in a problem solving way. The fact is the process for buying REO property is ridiculous, unfriendly, time consuming, inefficient, and not at all conducive to any standard of customer service. (the bank may not be concerned about customer service but realtors are) Addressing these issues is too lengthy for one post, though so I will provide it in a series. Check back soon for PART 2, ISSUE #1.

DISCLAIMER: As I said before, I don't know whether the nonsense is on behalf of the listing agency, whether it stems from the bank, who is using who for a scapegoat, etc. So don't get your pocket card in a bunch that anyone is being called out. Let's problem solve together.

Thus concludes PART 1.