Anonymous wrote:We had a neighbor ambush us during the final walk-through of the property and almost missing the closing while we tried to politely deal with her need for attention. Do not be that person.

I need some follow up. What's she like now?

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Anonymous wrote:We leave interactions to the staff in our neighborhood.

Our property is so large that even our staff never see the neighbours. *shrugs*

We are not talking about our country estates right now. Stay on topic.

yes! We found it very helpful to meet neighbors when we were house hunting. We also had prospective buyers approach us when we were outside at our last house and they were considering buying something in the neighborhood.

I was walking the dog when I saw a couple outside of my neighbor's house, which was for sale. I asked if they were thinking of buying it. They were. We then proceeded to have a very nice conversation and they asked me a lot of questions that I was happy to answer.
They are now my neighbors and I am happy about that and we are quite friendly.
This was not difficult.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you need to approach them, but if they smile and wave, it would be nice if you smile and wave back. I looked at a house this weekend. There was a mom and young child playing in the yard across the street. My daughter and I both noticed. I waved. THE MOM JUST STARED AT US. It was peculiar.

There are so many weird and rude people out there. This happens in so many situations. There’s a woman that I see every day walking at the same time and I used to smile and wave and then just smile and acknowledge her and she would just stare at me. I don’t even look her way anymore.

Anonymous wrote:There are for the first time a few homes for sale around us. I sometimes see prospective buyers going in and out. Should I walk up to them and say hi when they're on the street? I'd be happy to provide more info about the neighborhood but am not sure if that is frowned upon.

We always try to speak with anyone walking in the neighborhood when house hunting. I would not want to be hounded by someone, but a hello would be nice.

Anonymous wrote:We leave interactions to the staff in our neighborhood.

Our property is so large that even our staff never see the neighbours. *shrugs*

Ugh NO

We leave interactions to the staff in our neighborhood.

Yes. Realtors aren’t allowed to tell the whole truth about neighborhoods but neighbors can say whatever they want.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you need to approach them, but if they smile and wave, it would be nice if you smile and wave back. I looked at a house this weekend. There was a mom and young child playing in the yard across the street. My daughter and I both noticed. I waved. THE MOM JUST STARED AT US. It was peculiar.

I mean, that’s valuable information about the neighborhood. Do you want to live across the street from them?

I would.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you need to approach them, but if they smile and wave, it would be nice if you smile and wave back. I looked at a house this weekend. There was a mom and young child playing in the yard across the street. My daughter and I both noticed. I waved. THE MOM JUST STARED AT US. It was peculiar.

Hahah ugh that’s so weird. There’s some super socially anxious people around here (code for something else) so I wouldn’t take it personally.

i dont say hi to prospective buyers. leave me alone

Wave and say, “So I guess the mold remediation is done?”