I received an ActiveRain contact email from a young lady at 1:50 p.m.    I returned her email at a little after 2 this afternoon, and we spoke a few minutes later.

In her email she stated "..am having trouble reaching an agent to help me."  During our phone conversation she stated that I was the 5th agent that she has contacted, and I'm the only one to return her call.

Mind boggling isn't it?   Absolutely mind boggling.

What does this young lady want to do?   She wants to look at homes for sale. Simple enough.  She wants to see some homes. 

The only excuse I can think of that she hasn't had calls returned is because she was contacting the listing agents instead of first contacting a buyers agent.   Maybe in time all of us who represent buyers as our profession will be able to spread the word so far and so often that potential buyers will no longer feel like they have to call the name on the sign to see a home.

Edit:  The young lady just wrote to me and gave me permission to post this article. She explained further:  2 of the agents she called were the listing agents.  No return phone calls.  2 other agents weren't the listing agents, and in fact one of them set her up with a Listingbook account then dropped off the face of the earth.  No return calls from this agent - and it's been 9 days.

Once again:  Mind boggling.