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My team members are listing agents, and I continually market for listings. Today I read a post by Nancy Tallman titled 
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35 Comments on Remember Your Job Description.....You Represent The Seller
My job is to sell my seller's house - even if it means I have to do ALL the work. My sellers hired me to get the job done. It's not my job to police any other buyer's agents work ethics. Who knows, that there is a perfectly good answer to that. Here we are, constantly just gripping at others when we can't tell the whole story.
Buyers will always be buyers. If they want to look, it's always on their time table, not yours. So I'm not going to say another buyer's agent is ineffective. I would hate for someone to blog about "me" if clearly I had a reason not to be there, despite telling the buyers dont go look without me. They will do what they want.
Yup, I'll show my listing to anyone. I'm happy to do this when a buyer is anxious and not willing to wait if their agent is busy. I also let the buyer's agent know that I will honor their buyer agreement.
Wow, Supra lock boxes are the norm here. If an agent does not have one, they are pretty sunk as far as being able to show property at all.
Loreena.....your first statment said it all...it IS your job to sell your seller's house..... and we need to do our job....
Kristen.....that's exactly what we do....we don't fight over money.....we don't get nasty....we are very accommodating so the deal gets done.
Paula....they are the norm here too, but if someone does not want to pay for the keypad, for whatever reason, we make sure there is a combo hanging there or we accompany.....WE DO NOT MISS SHOWINGS....it's too important.
You made me laugh out loud Barbara...........I imagine you're a force to be reckoned with if they do step out of line or don't do the right thing!
ya think????? who me???? once I explode, I get over it quickly.....nothing ever lingers.....that's the good news.
Barbara,
Okay, have now completed my initial tour of yours and Jenna's blogs.
As we've said before, we want to sell the listing! Period. We'll do what we can do within our legal and ethical guidelines to get that done. Fortunately we don't have to show someone else's buyers very often, but will as needed!
Bill and Liz....with Jenna, it's more of the principle of the situation.....I put those principles aside and just sell the house...what the buyers' agents are doing is not right, but we can't jeapordize a potential sale.
No brainer here in L.A. It is often the case that we listing agents show buyers the property without their agents if they can't make it. Again, we don't put lock boxes on and I go to every showing even if the house is empty. You get the odd a....ole who won't do it. I remember being in England when my mother was dying trying to set up an appointment. The listing agent said he was not going to do my job for me and would not show the property unless the buyer was accompanied. I don't care how great the house is he may be selling, it will never be showed by me.
Jane....I fully agree with you....if an agent is not available, and the buyer wants to see the property, the listing agent has a hell of nerve saying no....you should have sent someone to break his knees!!!!
I think every situation is different. Many times my listings are 20 miles away, and I don't want to spend my time and my gas when I don't know this buyer and don't know how qualified they are.
Cynthia....we disagree on this one....if it's out of your area and you can't service it, you should have referred it....otherwise, you really should do whatever is necessary to sell it....hate to disagree with you, but that's why people refer to others.
Selling the house is what counts. I don't care if I show it to buyers and the agent can't or won't go with them. Get it sold!
Jackie....that's the right attitude.....stay on track with that.....
This is a no-brainer. When I have face time with a buyers it absolutely translates into an advantage for my seller.
I'll add that even if the buyer's representative and the buyer were both available, if the seller's representative is requested to attend at a showing then under agency law the seller's representative must ask the seller client whether to attend or not and then follow the seller client's lawful instructions.
Jeanne....that's right....it is a no brainer and it's beyond my understanding why listing agent complain about showing their inventory to a buyer who has a lazy buyers' agent.....that's a blessing.....it's a gift to the seller and listing agent....
Larry....when a buyers' agent asks for accompaniment, we are there....