{"id":4290,"date":"2023-05-05T16:53:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T16:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:50:59","slug":"strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chances are that you\u2019ll work with your share of difficult clients throughout your career as a real estate agent. The good news, though, is that you can usually pinpoint the stressful challenges they\u2019re facing and provide solutions that leave all parties feeling satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether the clients are stressing about current market conditions, making personal sacrifices, or experiencing a major life change as part of their move, it\u2019s your job to guide your clients through the buying or selling process. Here are five ways to work with challenging real estate clients in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Understand current economic conditions.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As an agent, it\u2019s your job to have a keen understanding of your local real estate market and the impact it has on buyers and sellers. When you know the market, you\u2019ll understand one of the biggest pain points for your clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s important to know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/home-price-growth-hits-lowest-appreciation-rate-since-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available inventory<\/a> and how much competition buyers and sellers may encounter. In 2023, your clients may feel the pain of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewitch.com\/2023-economic-outlook\/\">inflated economy<\/a> and soaring interest rates. That can make affording a home challenging for buyers, which, in turn, may cause sellers&#8217; homes to sit on the market, eventually prompting them to accept a lower offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be honest with customers about the real pitfalls they may face in today\u2019s economic climate. Use your connections to help buyers get the best interest rate possible on their mortgage. With sellers, help them set a price that will give them a solid profit while also attracting cash-strapped buyers in their market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Know today\u2019s market.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The pandemic has left a lasting impression on home buyers \u2014 and what they want today differs from what they wanted in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With many Americans working from home full-time or in a hybrid arrangement, buyers are looking for housing that provides ample workspace, in addition to room for day-to-day living. Clients working from home won\u2019t be lured by close proximity to the office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In turn, competition can be fierce for homes in quiet neighborhoods, where employees won\u2019t be disturbed while on conference calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other clients may want more space to accommodate hobbies they picked up during the<br>pandemic. You can win over a client with a green thumb by identifying properties with ample<br>room in the yard for a garden, or one with plenty of windows to nurture houseplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/promoting-energy-efficiency-in-listings-is-valuable-nar-report-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy-efficient homes<\/a> are no longer a premium amenity. After experiencing inflated energy<br>costs, many of today\u2019s buyers are looking for homes that reduce their expenses. Buyers are<br>also looking for homes with smart features that allow them to access their home\u2019s security and energy settings from a mobile device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-screen-your-clients\">3. Screen your clients.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you grow your customer base, it\u2019s tempting to say yes to anyone who contacts you. But<br>taking on every client isn\u2019t always the best strategy for you or your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do your research before meeting with a client. By asking a few smart questions, you can understand their situation and learn whether you are the right agent for the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your area of expertise is working with empty-nesters and retirees in the suburbs, you may find it challenging to meet the needs of young professionals who want to buy a condo downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In these cases, you may benefit from referring the client to another agent who can meet their<br>needs. With luck, that agent could send you future clients who need your expertise in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Pay attention to subtle hints.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When talking to your clients, listen to what they say, what they don\u2019t say, and how they say it.<br>By staying tuned in to clients&#8217; comments and mannerisms, you can understand their greatest<br>concerns and identity solutions that put them at ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps your client is a first-time buyer who wants more room. That could mean they\u2019re looking for a house with multiple bedrooms to accommodate their growing family. It could also mean they want an open concept home with plenty of space for entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you understand exactly what your client is looking for, you can identify homes that are<br>more likely to meet their needs. This can save you the time, hassle, and frustration of touring<br>properties that your client won\u2019t like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buyers value their time. When they&#8217;re ready to make a purchase, use digital signature software to make the process of signing a mountain of paperwork fast and efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Be prepared for emotions.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Buying and selling a home is one of the largest transactions most people will participate in during their lifetimes. It\u2019s understandable that your clients may be emotional throughout the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A first-time buyer may have anxiety about parting with the money they\u2019ve saved for a down payment while also signing a mortgage they\u2019ll pay off over the next 30 years. You can reduce that stress by respecting their <a href=\"https:\/\/homebay.com\/inflation-housing-market\/\">home-buying budget<\/a> during the search. You can also educate them on home values and the benefits of building equity over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your clients may also be emotional for more personal reasons. Empty-nesters preparing to sell their longtime family home may experience emotions ranging from sadness to excitement. Be patient and supportive as they go through this major life change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also work with clients who are buying or selling a friend or family member&#8217;s home.<br>Tensions may be high, and you may find yourself balancing the needs of multiple clients. When possible, avoid taking sides, and be a source of unbiased facts that all parties can depend upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many cases, a client simply needs to feel understood. By lending them an ear, you\u2019ll earn their confidence, which you can use to guide them through their real estate transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Luke Babich is the Co-Founder and COO at&nbsp;<strong>Clever Real Estate<\/strong>, a real estate education platform for home buyers, sellers and investors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter what your client is going through, it\u2019s your job to act as a guide throughout the home buying or selling process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39478,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3255],"tags":[],"coauthors":[36],"class_list":["post-4290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate - RealTrends - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No matter what your client is going through, it\u2019s your job to act as a guide throughout the home buying or selling process.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No matter what your client is going through, it\u2019s your job to act as a guide throughout the home buying or selling process.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RealTrends - Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Luke Babich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Luke Babich\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Eunice Garcia\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0173d75e9c20ccde049c7857ccb29417\"},\"headline\":\"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-05T16:53:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-13T02:50:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/\"},\"wordCount\":972,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Archive\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#respond\"]}],\"isAccessibleForFree\":\"False\",\"hasPart\":{\"@type\":\"WebPageElement\",\"isAccessibleForFree\":\"False\",\"cssSelector\":\".wp-block-housingwire-piano-member\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/\",\"name\":\"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate - RealTrends - Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-05T16:53:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-13T02:50:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"No matter what your client is going through, it\u2019s your job to act as a guide throughout the home buying or selling process.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"RealTrends - Blog\",\"description\":\"Empowering Real Estate Decisions with Trusted Insights.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RealTrends - Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/cropped-RTV_Horizontal_logo_Blue.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/cropped-RTV_Horizontal_logo_Blue.png\",\"width\":2321,\"height\":227,\"caption\":\"RealTrends - Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0173d75e9c20ccde049c7857ccb29417\",\"name\":\"Eunice Garcia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/ce93042ef81b2237b2bb8ed8d7dfd39a\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7994bc6b9fd85b0858ae150a57243fdc11ae67142f73232b6a6ef95597aaff3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7994bc6b9fd85b0858ae150a57243fdc11ae67142f73232b6a6ef95597aaff3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eunice Garcia\"},\"description\":\"Eunice Garcia is the Content Solutions Coordinator for HW Media. She's from Garland, Texas and attended The University of North Texas where she majored in Converged Broadcast Media. In her free time, she loves to spend time outdoors and create memories with loved ones.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/author\/eunicegarcia\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate - RealTrends - Blog","description":"No matter what your client is going through, it\u2019s your job to act as a guide throughout the home buying or selling process.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate","og_description":"No matter what your client is going through, it\u2019s your job to act as a guide throughout the home buying or selling process.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/","og_site_name":"RealTrends - Blog","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Luke Babich","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Luke Babich","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/"},"author":{"name":"Eunice Garcia","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0173d75e9c20ccde049c7857ccb29417"},"headline":"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate","datePublished":"2023-05-05T16:53:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-13T02:50:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/"},"wordCount":972,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png","articleSection":["Archive"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#respond"]}],"isAccessibleForFree":"False","hasPart":{"@type":"WebPageElement","isAccessibleForFree":"False","cssSelector":".wp-block-housingwire-piano-member"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/","url":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/","name":"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate - RealTrends - Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png","datePublished":"2023-05-05T16:53:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-13T02:50:59+00:00","description":"No matter what your client is going through, it\u2019s your job to act as a guide throughout the home buying or selling process.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/strategies-for-working-with-difficult-clients-in-real-estate\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Strategies for working with difficult clients in real estate"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/","name":"RealTrends - Blog","description":"Empowering Real Estate Decisions with Trusted Insights.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"RealTrends - Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/cropped-RTV_Horizontal_logo_Blue.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/cropped-RTV_Horizontal_logo_Blue.png","width":2321,"height":227,"caption":"RealTrends - Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0173d75e9c20ccde049c7857ccb29417","name":"Eunice Garcia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/ce93042ef81b2237b2bb8ed8d7dfd39a","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7994bc6b9fd85b0858ae150a57243fdc11ae67142f73232b6a6ef95597aaff3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7994bc6b9fd85b0858ae150a57243fdc11ae67142f73232b6a6ef95597aaff3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eunice Garcia"},"description":"Eunice Garcia is the Content Solutions Coordinator for HW Media. She's from Garland, Texas and attended The University of North Texas where she majored in Converged Broadcast Media. In her free time, she loves to spend time outdoors and create memories with loved ones.","url":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/author\/eunicegarcia\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39478"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8972,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4290\/revisions\/8972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4290"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}