We had appointments with a few agents to come over and see our place and discuss listing it. Our appt. with JoAnne was set up for an evening during one of the worst ice storms in the Dallas area. They are rare, but deadly. She showed up instead of rescheduling! I knew I had a winner. And I was right.
That began a 20-year representation relationship in many, many transactions. As an investor, I frequently sell my properties myself but always use an agent on the buy side of a deal. She was my agent on many, many transactions! I tearfully had to say goodbye when she lost her battle with breast cancer last year. But I did my last 3 purschases during the last 6 months of her life and I did all the legwork and all the paperwork needed without her having to do anything but email a docusign; and another of her realtor friends showed up with keys to allow me to view properties -- so she was able to receive buyer's agent commission during those last months.