Shopping for a real estate agent to sell my home

forgop · 05-11-2010, 08:00 PM

So far, I have contacted 6 agents on my side of town. With the exception of the listing agent we purchased our new home from, all of them were initially contacted through their website.

One of them went without a response for 5 days because the online inquiry from their website was sent to her spam folder. Seriously...what would a prospective buyer think about that kind of response? Is it me, or does it just seem very lame for people to be a "professional" real estate agent, yet they are operating with aol or yahoo accounts?

Two agents were called this morning and I left messages for both of them to reschedule existing appointments. 12 hours later, I still haven't heard a peep from them. Seriously, in the current real estate market, why would I want to use an agent who in order to get the listing will obviously overpromise the world to me to get my business, yet be no more prompt in their responses than this? So, for any of you real estate agents out there, would you leave the office at night without returning a phone call like that?

Maybe I'm just being a bit of a pain in the a$$ about it, but I obviously want my agent to be accessible and if this is an indication of how they'll be treated on their end, I'll look elsewhere. Thus far, I have 3 other agents who are showing that they are very hungry for my business and making me believe I should fire 3 of them before they step foot in the door.

Ok, I'm done venting now...

05-11-2010, 08:00 PM	#1
forgop Not a puffer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Duane Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 2,869 Trading: (40)	Shopping for a real estate agent to sell my home So far, I have contacted 6 agents on my side of town. With the exception of the listing agent we purchased our new home from, all of them were initially contacted through their website. One of them went without a response for 5 days because the online inquiry from their website was sent to her spam folder. Seriously...what would a prospective buyer think about that kind of response? Is it me, or does it just seem very lame for people to be a "professional" real estate agent, yet they are operating with aol or yahoo accounts? Two agents were called this morning and I left messages for both of them to reschedule existing appointments. 12 hours later, I still haven't heard a peep from them. Seriously, in the current real estate market, why would I want to use an agent who in order to get the listing will obviously overpromise the world to me to get my business, yet be no more prompt in their responses than this? So, for any of you real estate agents out there, would you leave the office at night without returning a phone call like that? Maybe I'm just being a bit of a pain in the a$$ about it, but I obviously want my agent to be accessible and if this is an indication of how they'll be treated on their end, I'll look elsewhere. Thus far, I have 3 other agents who are showing that they are very hungry for my business and making me believe I should fire 3 of them before they step foot in the door. Ok, I'm done venting now...