Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never bought a house so honest question: what do you think would be an appropriate gift?

*painting of the house we moved from
*gift baskets
*good bottles of wine
*theater tix

It's not about the $$ spent, but the thought. I would take a $40 bottle of wine over an office branded yeti anyday.

You aren’t from the DC area, are you? No one wants a painting of their old house. LOL

I mean, if it were a size that I wanted, I'd be fine with that. We sold our last home for $850K and got a wooden cutting board with the realtor's company on it. I wasn't offended, just irritated that the size was odd so it was difficult to actually use.

OP: I agree with you that nothing would have been better. (Gifts that include a cheap pen are also tacky and unwanted.)

Usually, the best gift that a realtor can give to a listing client are great photos of the home for sale and a written narratives that recognizes--and uses--paragraphs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP, but when we bought our 1.5 million house a few years ago, our agent had left us a lovely gift basket with red and sparkling wine, all sorts of delightful snacks, and a kind Thank you/enjoy the house note. I too would rather receive nothing than a branded Yeti (assuming we’re talking about a Yeti bottle and not a fancy Yeti cooler).

It's a tumbler!!

This realtor is clueless or hates you.

I got a beautiful little framed art picture of the house once too, that was a good gift. Most recently I bought an inexpensive condo and the realtor gave me a basket with dishtowels, a coffee mug and other assorted housewarming type gifts, I appreciated it very much.

I think it's possible your Yeti tumbler was a commentary on how easy or difficult it was to work with you. Perhaps she or he does not really want any repeat business from you? Considering the current downturn in the market that is a bit of a serious issue you might want to consider.

That sucks! Our realtor gave us a generous gift card to our favorite lawn and garden store - enough for a nice tree! She and my husband bonded over gardening. Honestly, just having her schedule and coordinate staging, painting, inspections, landscaping clean up, windows, deck power washing, and all the other little things - most of which she paid for - was worth more than a few hundred dollar gift card.

The title company gave us a Yeti tumbler AND a bottle of wine. And a cheap pen.

Anonymous wrote:Never expected a gift but for three houses we’ve gotten: a gift basket of decorated cookies ( delicious), gift card to a restaurant, and a online art generated pic of house. Really lovely of these realtors.

The online generated picture of the house sounds really cool. Could you share the company that does this?

Anonymous wrote:Team OP. A branded tumbler as a closing gift is super cheesy. Nothing would've been better that that!

+1 There are other inexpensive gifts that would have been better and more thoughtful. It was foolish of the realtor. They could have received good references for a basket of gourmet chocolates or cookies.

Never expected a gift but for three houses we’ve gotten: a gift basket of decorated cookies ( delicious), gift card to a restaurant, and a online art generated pic of house. Really lovely of these realtors.

Team OP. A branded tumbler as a closing gift is super cheesy. Nothing would've been better that that!

I love Yeti tumblrs.

OP, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you were likely the kind of client who deserved no gift.

Be grateful that you got something. Thank your agent for selling the house.

Sounds like you weren’t a very valued client. What happened?

Anonymous wrote:I love my tumblers.

OP, give us your address so we can drop off our tumblers.

For my $450k house I got a gorgeous flower arrangement, a $300 gift card to a great restaurant, and a bottle of champagne.

I love my tumblers.