I can empathize 💯 We're actually waiting for an aunt to retire to list our home because it would cause a lot of drama in the family for us not to use her.

Hire someone who specializes in your specific area and tell them that.

I told my friend that we were using an agent who specialized in my area - one that knew what sold, understood what sells (like which upgrades are worth it or not), what people are looking for, what was coming on the market, the local buyer agents with clients looking in the area, etc. Friend had no rebuttal

Anonymous wrote:“I don’t mix family/friends and business - heard of too many horror stories from friends to count. Sorry!”

This except take out the “Sorry.” You don’t need to apologize. And don’t over explain. Say it and move on to something else.

“I don’t mix family/friends and business - heard of too many horror stories from friends to count. Sorry!”

Just say you already made a commitment to work with someone else you know. Too late.

Can you just tell them what you stated here? Seems pretty direct and to the point.

You say that you don’t mix business with pleasure

I have a friend and a relative who know I am likely selling my house and keep hinting or asking directly for the listing. Instead we are going with another agent because we don’t want our friends and family in all of our personal business. How do we do this and keep the peace. The family member was employed and was doing real estate on the side but has had no sales in the past 5-10 years. This family member is now unemployed. The friend is a builder, who also sells houses but we just don’t want to interact with him like that. Fun to hang out with, love him to death and he is definitely good at his job but don’t want to mix business with pleasure.