Why You Hate Me: I Have No Integrity – By Charlie Mather

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After reading an article that said real estate agents are one of the most hated professions, Charlie Mather, the founder, owner and broker in charge of The Mather Company, Inc., decided to write a series of posts called “Why You Hate Me”. To read past articles in this series, please click here.

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“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” – Douglas Adams

A real estate agent’s integrity is tested throughout the entire process of a transaction. When times are bad, integrity is often disregarded. However, even when times are great integrity is thrown out the window with some real estate agents.

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Why You Hate Me: You Can’t Trust Me – By Charlie Mather

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After reading an article that said real estate agents are one of the most hated professions, Charlie Mather, the founder, owner and broker in charge of The Mather Company, Inc., decided to write a series of posts called “Why You Hate Me”. To read past articles in this series, please click here.

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Imagine walking into your favorite clothing store and being greeted by a store salesman who offers to help you find some clothes. He informs you that he is the best salesman in the store and knows every item they have for sale. You may think okay, great, please show me around. However, he proceeds to tell you before you can enter the store and shop you must sign a 6 month contract with him. The contract states that you must buy clothes only through him and he will only show you clothing that meets your description of what you want. After signing the contract you realize the clothing style he thinks you want is not the style you are looking for at all. You try and explain what you really want, but discover he is not listening to your request. He then tells you he only works 3 days a week and you can only purchase clothes when he is there. You also find that he keeps trying to sell you on expensive high end clothes that you cannot afford. He is never at the store when you need him and his lack of communication is driving you crazy. Meanwhile, you meet a very nice, honest, hardworking salesman in the store who’s help you would much rather prefer, but you have to wait 5 more months before you can use anyone else due to the contract you signed.

This sounds pretty ridiculous for clothes shopping and no one would want to sign that contract. So, if you would not want to sign a contract with a clothing store person who is trying to sell you on a $40 dollar pair of jeans, why on earth would you sign a contract with a real estate agent you don’t know trying to sell you a $200,000 house?

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“Why You Hate Me” – A Series of Posts by Charlie Mather

Beginning next week, Charlie Mather, the founder, owner and broker in charge of The Mather Company, Inc., is going to begin a series of posts called “Why You Hate Me”. Here is what Charlie said was the inspiration behind this series:

“I recently read an article stating that real estate agents are one of the most hated professions in America. Being a real estate agent I was upset and angry about the article, but then began to realize the article made perfect sense. Normally, because agents work on 100% commission, they only get paid if they make a sale. This work environment can turn people to greed, selfishness and short term thinking. The good news is these agents normally don’t make it very long in the business. The bad news is there are hundreds of new agents every year with similar sins. I have been motivated to educate buyers and sellers in the Columbia area to watch out for the agents who may make your real estate experience a nightmare. Our hope and goals at The Mather Company is that our agents never stop serving the people of Columbia with honesty, integrity, and hard work.”

Charlie’s first post in this series will come out next week. So keep your eye out for it!