I can’t stand our realtor.
It takes a lot to get me mad or upset, I am usually pretty good at rolling with the punches and dealing with things as they come my way. But I am now at the point where I can’t stand this guy.
I was debating on writing a long post detailing our experience with Bad Realtor (BR) but I decided that people probably didn’t care that much about it all.
So the short story is this - it has come to the point where he is calling us out.
He sent us an e-mail the other day wanting us to drop our price again. We sent an e-mail back talking about our margins and how tight they are in terms of sale price and we also shared our position that price alone isn’t going to sell our place. You see BR is never at any showings, he just lets the potential buyers and their agent grab the key from the lockbox and look around. So we called him out on it, in part saying …
“…Our biggest concern is the comment that the only thing that will sell our house is a ’sharper price’. We believe that someone has to sell our house, in addition to the price. A concern we brought up at
our meeting with you in February is that nobody represents us at showings/visits. Therefore, benefits of the area, the building and our unit are not being explained. When the size of the bedrooms comes up
someone isn’t there to spin how the space could be used effectively (office, nursery, non-traditional bedroom for occasional guests). A buyer and their agent come in, do a walk-through and form their
opinion without hearing an different spin or thoughts on the unit. Bottom line is the unit isn’t going to sell itself and someone should be there to sell it, and with all do respect not your administrative
assistant. So while we believe price may be an important factor it is not the only factor. All other families relocating from H’s work have had their agents present at each and every showing.”
That isn’t too harsh, is it? The first part of the e-mail talked about price and then we mentioned the part above regarding the actually selling of our place. The dig about his administrative assistant is because he had her host an open house and show the place another day.
Below are excerpts from his response:
“I’m disappointed to read your recent response, I’m a veteran in this business of many years, and know the signs of concern when they occur and always advise clients immediately … Other owners would be ecstatic to have the kind of 1st rate internet presence, 350 hits to date, and 45+ visitors to their door …”
Am I over-reacting to his tone and words? This isn’t new as he has a tendency to talk down to us for one reason or another. For the longest time we blew it off saying it’s just him and if he sells our house I don’t care. But now it has gotten to the point where he is just being a jerk.
I haven’t sent a response yet, I was wondering if we are jumping the gun here or if he really is being an ass.
What do you think?