Why You Should Discriminate Your Clients To Save Your Time and Money?
Why You Should Discriminate Your Clients To Save Your Time and Money?
I'm slightly paranoid about taking on new clients and I think that's a good thing.
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A loooooooooong time ago I took on a real estate client. Let's call him mr X.
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The man was a total and complete scumbag. This was known from the start. You could have asked almost anyone in a 50km radius of where I worked and they would have all told you: 'yep, this dude is a scumbag'.
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But that didn't matter to me. I was just the guy selling his house.
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I sell the house, he's all happy, everything is going well. Closing is scheduled in six weeks. Meanwhile Mr. X. is singing my praises. He couldn't be nicer.
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A week before closing date I call the buyer to make sure we do a final inspection.
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He says: 'no worries, mr. X. handled that two weeks ago. We already moved in!'
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Turns out my scumbag client closed on the deal, didn't pay me my commission and fled the country.
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Never heard from him again. Lovely guy.
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Moral of the story? You can't make a good deal with a bad guy. Cost me about $5000 to learn that. Never forget it.
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It's the reason why I talk to every potential client before we start working together. To make sure we're a good fit. And if we're not? I gladly send back any money that was paid already.
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Life's too short to deal with scumbags.
Talk soon,
Aleksa
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