I don’t look for bad in people. Unless you beat me over the head with it, I don’t seek it out. I prefer being more hummingbird than vulture. This month, however, I’ve run into a couple of local realtors who are leaving a bad taste in my mouth
The first is petty, I’ll admit. An agent copied one of my really terrific photos of a playground and neighborhood park from my listing to use in her competing listing. I took the time and effort to frame downtown Fort Worth’s skyline under the pavilion just as the sun was setting.... It’s a darn pretty photo. I spent twenty plus years behind the camera professionally so it ought to.... Every nerve ending in my body is screaming Copyright! Probably isn’t worth getting into a snit with the other agent, but I’d like to be rude and catty about it. Can you see my restraint?
The second instance really leaves me disappointed in agents. One of my clients bid on a V.A. foreclosed home a few weeks ago. The listing agent indicated there were multiple offers (at least two others) and announced a highest and best offer deadline. We pulled all our paperwork together and submitted a strong bid. The VA is a bottom line organization and we lost the bid, but we didn’t know by how much. Today I see on the sold MLS listings that this agent was both the listing agent AND the buyer’s agent.
Shouldn’t the listing agent have disclosed to all competing bidders that she represented a client who was also in the running? What would you have done? And, darn it, she got to see all the bids before hand, so her client had that knowledge.
Hand me that toothbrush will ya? I’ve got a bad Taste in my mouth.
Blech.
In preparation for the coming year, I’m raising my minty fresh toothbrush and bottle of mouthwash in salute to all the NON-lazy, VERY ethical agents I know to be out there, especially those here in the Rain.
May you flourish and prosper in the New Year!
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