Can you add to this list of why buyers leave their agents?

Ardell,

I have had buyers come to me with a list of complaints about previous Agents, like they never do anything for them, never showed them a house, etc etc.

After working with these same people, (I have them sign my contract, get them pre approved, discuss what we are looking for, etc) I sometimes find that they are not in a position to actually buy a home (financially speaking) and that the don't understand this and are blaming it on a previous Realtor.

Just my 3cents that its not always the Realtor, but sometimes the buyers themselves:)

The comments I hear about agents that clients chose not to work with come in two flavors. The first is agents who fail to stay in touch. These agents fail to return emails or phone messages. In my small market, there are some agents who don't use cell phones, and a number who don't really know how to check their phone messages or email. It sounds astonishing, but it is true.

The second is agents who are doing too much selling. These are the agents who hype the market and are constantly pushing for a quick sale. This is the car salesman treatment and we all hate it. (I guess no one taught them the term FIDUCIARY)

Now that the market has cooled in my area, it isn't as common, but there was a time that good agents working hard for their buyers lost them to open house agents who told them that they needed to write an offer "Right Now" or lose the chance to buy house.  (In California, it is still fairly uncommon to use buyer broker agreements.)

Unfortunately, when faced with that choice, there are a lot of previously loyal buyers who succumb to the pressure and give up their chance to be well-represented!  They don't really understand agency and buyers just want the house!