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Our Seller Fired Us… and We Were Relieved

The Barely Balanced Agent··22 September 2026·30 min

About this episode

Larissa got fired by a seller for not communicating enough. Except she was communicating twice a week, which is already more than the typical cadence. So… what do you do with that?In this episode, we’re talking about the part of real estate that doesn’t get discussed enough: sometimes you can be doing your job well and still not be the right Realtor for a particular client.We get into what happened with this listing, the weird mix of emotions that comes with being released by a seller, and why sometimes there’s actually a little relief when a difficult client decides to move on.More importantly, we talk about what we can learn from it. What questions should we be asking at seller appointments? How clearly are we defining communication expectations? And how do we get better at recognizing the clients who might not be a good fit before we’re already in it?For Realtor moms and women in real estate trying to build a business without taking every client experience personally, this one is a reminder that losing a client doesn’t always mean you did something wrong.