Forgive my rant but I just hate it when other agents make ME look bad! I had a client inquire about a property in another state. Without access to their local MLS I was not able to answer some of the questions from the client. As any agent would, I thought I would contact the listing agent. I went to the broker's web site and much to my surprise the site did not list the listing agents. Weird, I thought to myself. I called the broker's office and in the middle of the day on a Thursday got a message the office was closed! Even more weird I thought. I left a VM for the owner to call me since I was not sure who was the listing agent thinking I would hear back within a few hours.
I did a bit more research and found the listing agent of the property on another site. I called her direct number and got her voice mail. Again, leaving a message I thought a response within a few hours would occur. (By the way, the property is over listed at over $280,000 - not super large but not small either.) I also plucked out an email to the listing agent asking for a few basics on the property. 24 hours pass without even so much as a peep.
I'm shocked! I had to call the listing agent a second time and beg via voice mail for her to respond to me so that I in turn could get back to my client. She never did call me back but sent me an email with some of the information I asked for along with, "the builder this and the builder that" about the property. As though I care.
What I care about is getting back to my client who now thinks I'm a complete and total moron because I can't answer simple questions about taxes, HOA fees etc. Don't even get me started on how I feel about how the listing agent has not done her job for her client. A builder is actually paying this agent to "sell" her house and she can't even return a phone call to a potential buyer. What kind of dis-service has this agent done? No wonder people think real estate agents are over paid. You think in good conscience I can recommend this agent to my client? Not a chance. Since it is an out-of-state transaction this agent could have potentially had both sides of the transaction - but not now.
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