Dear Mr Seller,
I'm writing this letter and posting it online because I'm not allowed to have any contact with you without your agents permission. My hope is you find this while searching the Internet for reasons your home isn't selling.
I know, you really need to sell your home. You've already moved out and it's becoming a huge financial burden to you and your family. You're probably wondering if you may lose it to the bank.......
Today, I tried to show your home to my buyers who can't wait to see it. They are only in town for the weekend. The office you have your home listed with told me I need to call your agent to see the house and get the lockbox code. Your agent didn't answer his cell. It's Saturday, maybe he's busy doing something. Hopefully he calls me back tonight and we can see it tomorrow.....
It's Sunday morning, still no call. No one is answering at his office. Are they closed on Sunday? I leave another message to your agent, "my buyer really wants to see this house, please call or text me the lockbox combo" I pull up the "Office Agent Roster" in MLS, maybe someone he works with can help me........
Here's one! Anxiously, I dial their number, finally someone to talk to! "Oh, he's skiing this weekend and won't be back till Monday" "Is there anyone covering for him while he's away?" "Not that I know of" "Do you have the lockbox combo for his listing, my buyer really wants to see it" "No, I don't, you have to schedule all showings through him" Sigh....
It's 3:30 on Sunday, my buyers are heading for the airport now. They really wanted to see your home, probably would have made an offer.
Monday morning your agent finally returns my calls. Here's the lockbox combo, show it anytime....."but, my buyer is gone" "Oh, sorry about that, nothing I could do, was away for the weekend" "Nothing you could do?"
Dear Mr Seller, you will never find out about this, yet it happens all the time. In fact this is a totally true story.
You see, you don't know that the office your listed with doesn't use a showing service, and that they are not always open. You don't know your agent doesn't have anyone cover for him while he's gone. You never find out why your not getting many showings, "It's the market" your agent tells you. "You should reduce the price some more, then we'll get more showings"
He won't tell you about the agents who tried to show your home and couldn't. He won't tell you how his office doesn't set up showings or how he has no coverage when he's not there.
So Mr Seller, all I can do is type this message to you and post it online. Your agent is not doing the job you hired him for, and he won't tell you what's going on behind your back......
It's a secret.
Signed, A Frustrated Agent
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