“Please Confirm You Received My Email”: When is it Appropriate to Request? (Hint: not very often)

Realtor Email Etiquette:  “Do’s” and “Don’t’s”

How do you effectively double the already large number of emails between two Realtors working on a transaction together?

Have one explicitly request that the other acknowledge receipt of each and every email they send.

Yup, I’ve run into agents who subscribe to that annoying practice.

Which is why I don’t do it, with two exceptions (applies to my communication with clients as well):

One. There’s reason to believe someone’s emails aren’t getting through.

The most likely explanation:  an email filter that mistakenly identifies the sender’s emails as spam (not that Realtors ever send spam 🙂 ).

Until the problem is fixed, confirming that something was actually received makes sense.

Two. There’s an offer(!) attached to the email.

Then, it’s smart to document receipt.

Especially when the attached offer is my client’s, however, I never rely solely on a written record of receipt.

Long before I send the offer — agents almost never present offers in person today — I’ll typically be in touch with the listing agent (representing the Seller) to highlight the strengths of my client’s offer, make the sure the Seller is available to review it, confirm whether or not there’s competition, and generally establish a good dialogue.



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