His LA Agent was (GREEDY) trying to Represent Him 145 miles Away!

How sad that the buyer didn't realize he wasn't getting serviced properly by an agent 2 hours away. A complete waste of so much time

Crazy....but I give the guy credit.   A difficult economy calls for different actions, but I'm with you here.....way over the top!  Wayyyyyyyyy over the top!

Our office is in the condo-hotel, units are cheap, and agents often do nto want to go and show. So they send clients to the resort and tell them that if they like the property, then the agent would come and show units, or they just tell them to come to us and ask to see the units.

Whenever itis the case, I tell them that if I show them the unit, and they want it, then I write the offer and work with them and I do not pay the other agent a penny.

It is different when the agent calls, though

Kathy - I too don't get that kind of nonsense when agents from out of the area tell their clients to just get listing agents to show them property and then they (the out of area agent) will write the offer.  Whenever one of my borrowers tell me their agent is somewhere down in SD county or even down in OC and they're looking for a place in Ventura county and I ask them why they are doing that why don't they work with someone local?

Kathy,

I had a client call me, wanted to see a property the same day, told me he was not working with a Realtor, at the property, told me he had a agent out of town, and she would write the contract if he decided to buy.  Said she told him to call any agent here in the valley to show him homes.  He is related to the hometown agent.....

It happens, I don't like it but it does.  I suggested he agree to work with me, or have "his" agent come show him the other homes he decided he wanted to see.  I suspect he simply called someone else local and started over. 

Frustrating!

I would never do that! Heck I won't even do it on the other side of Houston that is at least one hour away from my stomping grounds!

Good afternoon Kathy. I had not seen this when written but since Donne highlighted it, I decided it was worth a read. I don't know either of you but I couldn't agree more with your thinking and your style. Bravo! Suggested.

So many buyers think there is nothing wrong with having multiple agents looking for properties for them.   Agents could give better service to the real serious ones if the other did not consume so much time.

There's a problem with this.

if he came in on YOUR listing then where does your interest belong? I found this out the hard way. A lazy witch of an agent did the same thing to me. She lived some 200 miles away from MY listing, but was sending HER buyer all over Houston to find a house on HIS own.

The buyer argued (probably from advice from his lazy agent) that it was my FIDUCIARY responsibility to SHOW my listing and that I shouldn't be concerned about his relationship with HIS agent, but more so about the relationship with MY SELLER!

I called our association, spoke to my broker and even an attorney. I was basically told that if I wanted to turn away a buyer or "refuse to show him" I better make sure my seller understands! Otherwise I could be found guilty for not playing my clients interest before my own.

I have yet to find a good solid way to circumvent this problem. Do you really need a buyers rep to unlock a door and show? No, you do not! Is it a smart way to run a buyer off that you don't feel deserves your time? Sure!

Good luck...

Hi Kathy, you really did a good job explaining the situation to someone who obviously did not know how it worked, ( I mean the other agent as well).