When I obtain feedback from some agents in Colorado Springs, I often wonder if they even review the MLS information for the properties they plan on showing to their buyers beforehand.
When an agent remarks about certain aspects of the house not working for the buyer that were clearly obvious in the MLS, is the agent wasting the time of both buyer and seller? The sellers may have to leave the house for a couple of hours for the showing window only for the buyers to view a home that didn’t match their criteria in the first place.
The feedback responses below are common and pretty useless to the seller:
“Well, they really need a home that has more than one bathroom”
“They don’t want to purchase a short sale”
“They want a home with a finished basement”
“The bedrooms or living areas are too small”
“This home was a 2-story and they prefer a ranch floor plan”
“They want a home that has three bedrooms”
“Their King size bed won’t fit in the master bedroom”
“This home is out of their price range”
If the buyers need more than one bathroom, the agent shouldn’t be showing them homes with only one bathroom! If they want larger bedrooms, the measurements are normally in the MLS as are the sizes of the living room, family room, and kitchen. 
I understand buyers may not realize what they really want or don’t want until they actually start looking at properties but agents can help their clients narrow down criteria for a home by asking the right questions and showing buyers home that match their specifications.
I’ve heard many buyers vent their frustrations when it comes to an agent who continuously showed them homes that they did not want to see. Maybe that is why it takes some buyers a long time to find the right home, their real estate agent is not showing it to them!
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