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Don't bother me. I'm a Realtor.

Reblogger Larry & Laurie Weichman
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Weichman Real Estate, A Trusted Name In Orange County Real Estate #00573423

I can't tell you how many times I see this here in our market as well! If the public only knew about the agent they were hiring in advance.  It only shows the agent is not working hard in the best interests of the seller. It is like they are trying to limit the market exposure in an effort to double end the listing for their office and not allow the seller to obtain the highest and best price possible! Thank you for allowing http://TeamWeichman.com to reblog your article!

Larry Weichman is President and Broker of Costa Mesa-based real estate powerhouse Weichman Realtors. Larry and his highly-trained team of professionals have proudly served Costa Mesa since 1976.  For questions about an upcoming sale or purchase, call him directly at 714-241-4532 or email your questions to Larry@TeamWeichman.com. Be sure to visit www.TeamWeichman.com for the latest news and information on the Orange County real estate market.

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Original content by Amy Jones Group DRE# SA528757000

Maricopa Real EstateI tried to set up an appointment today to show a short sale in Maricopa, AZ.  The Realtor Instructions on the listing went something like this:

"Listing agent office hours, Monday-Friday 8-4. Do not call me with any questions about the home unless you have seen it and are going to write an offer. Do not call me. Please email or text me. Do not call me on Sunday"

Are you kidding me?  My Buyer and I both decided we didn't want to deal with this agent now OR during escrow, so we didn't bother to see it.

One question, Mr "Don't Bother Me"~ Does your Seller know the potential harm you are causing him, if no one wants to see his home due to your limitations? 

What will you do when the time runs out on this short sale and the Seller is foreclosed on? Will you be available for the court date when the Seller wants to sue you for limiting the exposure on his home which may have contributed the ruin of his financial future?

 

 

 

Amy Jones, Realtor, ABR, CNE, EPro, CDPE
Chandler, Sun Lakes, Ahwatukee, Gilbert, Tempe & Mesa
Named one of the "Top 50 Real Estate Agents" by the Phoenix Business Journal 

RE/Max Excalibur
4921 S. Alma School Rd
Chandler, Arizona
Direct~480-250-3857

Visit www.AmySellsAZ.com for more information including free MLS search.
Visit www.PhoenixArizonaRealEstateBlog.com  for a comprehensive Phoenix Area Blog.
Visit www.SunLakesBlog.com about living in Sun Lakes, AZ.

 

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Charlie Ragonesi
AllMountainRealty.com - Big Canoe, GA
Homes - Big Canoe, Jasper, North Georgia Pros

I cannot believe this would actually be written on a listiong. Nor can I imagine a seller continuing to list with an agent who wrote something like this. Just when I think I cannot be surprised in this business something like this comes along. wow

Jan 24, 2010 02:03 AM
Jeana Cowie
RE/MAX Real Estate Limited - Paramus, NJ
Broker Associate, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES

Larry,

Quite unbelievable. The poor owner!!!

Jan 24, 2010 02:08 AM
Edward & Celia Maddox
The Celtic Connection Realty - Queen Creek, AZ
EXPERIENCE & INTEGRITY - WE TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

Thanks for sharing article. We always learn a lot of new things each week from Active Rain Blog. Best Regards,

Jan 24, 2010 02:12 AM
Herb Hamilton
RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors - Portland, OR
Real Estate Broker ,CDPE, Downtown Portland

Reality is that most Seller's never check on thier agents behaviors or marketing efforts. Best test of how an agent will handle your sale is to call that agent as a prospect for one of their listings. What you see is what you will get.

Jan 24, 2010 02:17 AM
Larry & Laurie Weichman
Weichman Real Estate, A Trusted Name In Orange County Real Estate - Costa Mesa, CA
A Tradition of Success

Good idea to call as a prospect, better yet call as an agent!  That will open your eyes to how the agent really works!

Jan 24, 2010 03:43 AM
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

A recurring theme running through posts here on Active Rain (both Public and Members Only) is the incessant moaning and groaning from some REALTORs that have the misguided belief that the only way to effectively communicate is to use the telephone.

They bang on and on about how agents who choose to communicate via email (for the written record it provides) are somehow "lazy", "arrogant" or some other variation of a derogatory term, without stopping to think that by behaving this way they are violating Article 15 of the REALTOR Code of Ethics.

They drag out their crystal balls and winge on about how agents who handle communication differently than they do will " be run out of town", "fail miserably", "be hung drawn and quartered for failing their clients", blah, blah, blah....

What a load of drivel!

What they studiously avoid is acknowledging that it's because of their own preference for using the telephone that they are petrified as more and more tech savvy agents find ways to make their businesses more efficient by migrating away from the telephone and towards other methods of communication.

I have no problem with agents who prefer to use the telephone.  I don't criticize them for doing so.  I don't however tolerate inappropriate and unethical behavior and let it go unchallenged!

In their "rush to judgment" they fail to realize that by spewing forth this unwarranted criticism they are displaying themselves for all to see as UNETHICAL REALTORS!

What makes them think that anyone gives a hoot about what an unethical REALTOR thinks!?

Dec 29, 2010 12:54 AM
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