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Can anyone help a home buyer?

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Education & Training with Achieve Ace Ltd.

Hi

I went to Florida to buy a 2nd home... a vacation home.

Of course I needed an agent... so my wife and I dropped over to the local MLS board and they gave us the names of the top 5 agents on the board.

I phoned all of them and emailed each as well.

NOT one got back to me.

So back to the MLS board we went... told them of our expereince, they were not impressed, and this time they gave us the top 3 companies.

(1) My wife and I drove to the first one and the receptionist said... there are no agents in right now... you will need to drop back.

She did not even ask for our names!

(2) Off to the 2nd Company...

The broker was in and said he was too busy to show us homes and maybe next week would be better for him.

(3) Off to the 3rd Company...

Finally an agent was in and he spoke with us in the lobby... not his office... took our contact information and promised to get back to us that evening as he would line up some homes for us to see the next day.

We never heard back from him!

Yes... not even an email!

(4) So We Tried Again!

This time we called 7 agents from the local home book.

We left messages with all 7 and guess what?

Not one of them got back to us.

No... not one.

(5) Summary

We ended up buying a brand new home from a builder... we simply could not get an agent to help us find a resale.

Randy Roussie

http://www.agentpresentations.com

 

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Larry Estabrooks
Independent Real Estate Agent - Moncton, NB
100% representation means NEVER DUAL AGENCY !

Randy you should have done your research for a competent licensee here on active rain.

At the very least you should have contacted a New Brunswick licensee to find someone competent in Florida to refer you to.

Dec 21, 2008 12:47 PM
James A. Browning
Browning Real Estate School/REO Institute - International, IT
MRE REOCertified(R) SSCertified

Thank you for sharing your blog; we need Real estate Professionals to share their comments and information regarding their markets and experiences. Thanks again from beautiful Colorado

Jun 24, 2012 02:15 AM