A lot of agents call themselves control freaks before anyone else gets the chance. I hear it often on discovery calls. An agent will say, “I’m a control freak,” then a few minutes later admit they would love to hand off the file and only jump in where they are strongest, negotiations, client conversations, strategy, and experience. Those two thoughts seem to clash. Most of the time, they do not. What looks like control is often fear wearing a very practical outfit. Letting so

I searched “transaction coordinator” the other day and noticed something. We all sound a lot alike. Track deadlines. Keep the transaction moving. Make sure the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed. My own website has some version of that language on it too. There are only so many ways to explain the mechanics of contract-to-close. But after 12 years of doing this work, I think there is a lot more to good transaction coordination than the checklist. A transaction starts with