Actually it's hard to believe, but I am coming to the conclusion that there are real estate agents out there who simply do not want to sell their listings.
First of all, many of them price them inaccurately to begin with and then simply throw them on the MLS in the hope that someone else does their job for them.
Secondly - and perhaps more importantly if you happen to be a seller - there are so many Realtors out there who simply do not return phone calls to pass on showing instructions.
I have some buyers in town right now. They are cash buyers and I have been working with them for six months now. They have finally made their trip here and they are ready to buy.
We have narrowed it down to one community - not bad huh? - and this couple will buy something in the next three to seven days.
We talked on Thursday so I could get us some listings to see. Of the ten phone calls I made just FOUR were returned.
So first day out was yesterday. We had a very nice breakfast and discussed their wants and needs and then we started our journey. We get to the first home ON TIME and knock on the door. We were supposed to be let in. No answer. I couldn't believe it. I called the listing agent who I had spoken to some 15 hours earlier - no answer.
We moved on to the second home and while we were driving there (maybe a four minute trip) I get a call from the listing agent's assistant. "Dave has to leave". Yes, "Dave" was supposed to let me in. But "Dave" got a call and had to leave. I said "I am like three minutes away and I'm EARLY". Well "Dave" had to go, but she would see if she could get him to hang on for another few minutes.
We saw it, but "Dave" chased us around this listing - almost a $500,000 listing I might add" and gave us no time to feel our way through it.
This is a crazy situation. There is a good chance my buyers might purchase some new construction now - which I'm fine with, but how can sellers of re-sale homes find this acceptable? The answer is of course that if they knew, they wouldn't.But they don't know and NAR says I can't tell them.
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