Does a bad market justify bad manners? I am growing increasingly weary of Realtors® who don't recall calls in a timely manner, etc. But now, it has gotten worse. Appointments are made to show a home, sellers scurry around to put the home in showing shape, and then leave for an hour or two.
And then - no showing. No cancellation. No apology.
In the past two weeks two different agents have set appointments (through me, by the way) to show a particular listing of mine. After the agreed-upon period of time the homeowners returned to find no business card. The Supra lockbox showed no one had entered the property. When I finally reached the agents there was only a story - "we eliminated the two homes in Hillsborough," "the lot was too small."
A call to me was appropriate - even if it was a couple of hours later, after the agent returned to the office.
Sellers these days, even in New Jersey, are anxious about the market. My sellers are incredibly co-operative, keeping their respective homes in pristine condition, and willing to vacate the home on an hour's notice. By definition, those of us who sell residential real estate are selling people's homes - whether the residents are tenants or owners. Is it too much to ask that if they need not drive around for two hours or go shopping that they are told?
We are all in the same market around here. What goes around, comes around. Just because times are tough doesn't mean you have to have the manners of a someone raised by wolves.
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