I recently sold my house and decided to get some professional help because, honestly, I had no idea what I was doing. The agent I worked with was pretty helpful overall, but sometimes I felt like they were rushing things a bit. Like, you know when someone explains something super fast and you're just nodding along pretending you get it? Yeah, that was me half the time. Wondering if others had similar experiences or if maybe I just picked the wrong person...
That's actually pretty common. I've worked with a lot of agents over the years, and some definitely have their own pace. They're doing this every day, so sometimes they forget the rest of us aren't living and breathing real estate jargon 24/7. It's not necessarily that you picked the wrong person—more like communication styles didn't fully match up. Next time, don't hesitate to slow them down or ask for clarification...it's your home sale, after all.
- Agree with most of this, but honestly, sometimes agents just aren't great communicators, period.
- Had a similar issue when buying my first place—agent kept throwing around terms like "escrow" and "contingencies" without explaining anything clearly.
- Learned pretty quickly to interrupt politely and ask for plain English explanations. Felt awkward at first, but it helped a ton.
- Bottom line: if they're good at their job, they'll adapt to your pace. If not...might be worth shopping around next time.
Had a similar experience when I sold my condo a couple years back. My agent was friendly enough, but man, she loved her jargon. I remember nodding along, pretending I knew exactly what "due diligence period" meant, until I finally caved and googled it later that night, haha. Felt kinda silly at first, but then realized it's pretty common—real estate has its own language, and agents sometimes forget we don't speak it every day.
I do think it's partly on us to speak up when we're confused, but also...shouldn't agents be trained to read the room a bit better? Like, if your client is obviously glazing over or looking confused, maybe slow down and explain things differently? I don't expect them to be mind readers, but communication skills seem like they'd be pretty high up on the list of job requirements.
Makes me wonder if agents get any formal training on how to communicate clearly with clients who aren't familiar with the process. Or is it just something they're supposed to pick up along the way? Curious if anyone here knows more about how agents actually get trained on this stuff...
