26 Times Friends Nailed What It’s Like To Be A Real Estate Agent
April 24, 2020
There hasn’t been a new episode of Friends in yeeeears, but people still love and watch it. It’s timeless, and there’s at least a scene or two in each episode that resonates with people forever.
They just nailed certain life situations so well…
What they didn’t realize, though, is how much some of the scenes capture the day to day life of an agent. Let’s take a look at some timeless things all agents can relate to, through some scenes from Friends!
1. When a buyer wants to see homes without a preapproval…
2. When you get to do a deal with another agent you love working with…
3. When you’re attending a home inspection and hear the inspector bad mouthing agents…
4. When someone says “Real-a-tor”…
5. When you’re doing your continuing ed classes…
6. Getting the deal to closing when nobody else involved is doing what they’re supposed to…
7. Right after you get your first listing appointment and a veteran agent walks in…
8. When your agent friend says they’re gonna take a vacation…
9. When the owner wants you to include every little detail about their house in the listing description (Umm, the 27 year old formica isn’t gonna sell the place!)
10. When you accidentally walk in on a naked person while showing a house…
11. How you wish you could be with your first-time buyers’ parents when they come “check out the house” before they make an offer…
12. When a non agent says, “Must be nice to sleep in as long as you want…”
13. No such thing as a sick day… just gotta plug your nose and plug away…
14. If your association were an actual human…
15. When you don’t have any houses under contract…
16. When someone says, “Zillow says my house is worth ______.”
17. When the owner follows you and your buyers around as you’re showing their house…
18. When you get your listing sold in a few days with multiple offers…
19. When your agent bestie finds out their real life bestie listed with someone else…
20. “So, how many days a week do you work?”
21. When you find out a buyer who said they wanted to take a break from looking bought a house with another agent…
22. When you’re holding an open house and the smoke detector keeps chirping…
23. What “In my 17 and a half years as an agent…” really sounds like…
24. Your reaction when an agent tells you how many years they’ve been in business…
25. When you overhear someone mention buying or selling a house…
26. The end of every day…