Salida Colorado Real Estate - Better than Leadville, Mas Buena que Buena Vista
Submitted by greggles on Mon, 2007-01-15 10:29.
My friend Michael Hawley started doing Real Estate in Salida, Colorado a little while ago. If you don’t know, Salida is located at the exit (Salida means exit in Spanish) of a high mountain plain in Colorado that includes Buena Vista, Poncha Springs, and several other cities. It’s the “banana belt” of Colorado meaning that temperatures in Salida remain pretty moderate all winter long. There’s still skiing at Monarch - one of the few low price, low pressure, high quality ski mountains left in Colorado and snow-shoeing and other activities aplenty all winter. But you can also ride your mountain bike on a nice winter day.
Mike is a really great guy and I definitely recommend him for any Salida real estate needs. And really, if you’re looking for mountain living in Colorado it’s hard to think of a better location than Salida.
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The pitfalls of referrals in real estate.
The pitfalls of referrals in real estate.
There are many reasons why a person would refer a real estate agent. The reason, he is my “Friend” is not a good enough. Corporations, lawyers and even home builders subject themselves to potential litigation when referring a single source for a real estate professional. As most people who have gone through the process of purchasing a home, what can go wrong -will go wrong! Do you really want a person who can only source friendship as a reason to do business? Area knowledge, experience, and referenced professionalism in all aspect of a real estate transaction will be the ammunition needed from any real estate representative. Please have people who happen to use your site as a potential source of credible information go to local real estate boards and conduct the proper research on a potential Realtor. The local board of Realtors will be more then happy to assist in the process. If things go wrong at that point, then the customer has the local board to fall back on instead of a broker trying to negotiate a close. You would be surprised how things, all-of-a-sudden ‘go right’ when the local board is involved.
referrals
He is my friend and my experience with his work has been consistently high quality. That’s the basis of all referrals - a history of high quality interactions. Should I purposefully not refer to someone because they are my friend? Doubtful.
Your point is applicable to all referrals, not just real estate. Referrals make up one part of an overall picture that needs to be researched if you want a good resolution. Your call for me to ask people to do their own research via multiple sources is redundant with the world we live in - if someone takes action based on one random point of view then that’s their fault. I’m not going to write a guide to being skeptical just so that I can be balanced in my advice.
Well Said
Well Said. You can not refer real estate agents/brokers just because they are your friends and relatives.
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