Comments on: How to Fire a Real Estate Agent http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/ Phoenix Real Estate -- Anything and everything about it. Plus random musings... Now with Phoenix area MLS Listings Search! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:25:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michelle http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-59610 Michelle Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:50:26 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-59610 My daughter called an agent to see one of his listings and he showed her that one along with another one in the complex. My daughter then tried to call the agent to set a time to look at some listings but he was on vacation and he didn't work weekends. Our daughter could only go to see listings on the weekends because of her work schedule, but this didn't matter to the agent. He also referred her to speak with his assistant about contacting a mortgage company, the assistant told my daughter that she had to get hold of the mortgage company and that was all she would do was give my daughter the mortgage company's phone number.<br>My daugher got fed up and found another realtor and put a bid the second townhouse the first agent showed her after working with her current agent and looking at numerous listings much further away. Her new agent also pointed out helpful things to ask for such as a garage door opener(something the other agent never even said a word about). We had also asked the original agent how big the water heater was (he said he didn't have a clue), the new agent went and checked it out and let us know exactly how big it was. He was very helpful for our daugher.<br><br>Now the problem, the first agent is MAD he feels that he deserves the $3000 commission for the one hour of time that he spent showing our daughter that property even though he didn't register her and my daughter never signed an agreement saying she would use him. He is filing a complaint with the realtor's association.<br>I can't believe that she doesn't even have the right to fire a lousy agent who wouldn't even make himself available when she was able to look at listings?<br>Can he get away with this? She is located in Orlando, FL My daughter called an agent to see one of his listings and he showed her that one along with another one in the complex. My daughter then tried to call the agent to set a time to look at some listings but he was on vacation and he didn't work weekends. Our daughter could only go to see listings on the weekends because of her work schedule, but this didn't matter to the agent. He also referred her to speak with his assistant about contacting a mortgage company, the assistant told my daughter that she had to get hold of the mortgage company and that was all she would do was give my daughter the mortgage company's phone number.
My daugher got fed up and found another realtor and put a bid the second townhouse the first agent showed her after working with her current agent and looking at numerous listings much further away. Her new agent also pointed out helpful things to ask for such as a garage door opener(something the other agent never even said a word about). We had also asked the original agent how big the water heater was (he said he didn't have a clue), the new agent went and checked it out and let us know exactly how big it was. He was very helpful for our daugher.

Now the problem, the first agent is MAD he feels that he deserves the $3000 commission for the one hour of time that he spent showing our daughter that property even though he didn't register her and my daughter never signed an agreement saying she would use him. He is filing a complaint with the realtor's association.
I can't believe that she doesn't even have the right to fire a lousy agent who wouldn't even make himself available when she was able to look at listings?
Can he get away with this? She is located in Orlando, FL

]]> By: Michelle http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-58681 Michelle Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:50:26 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-58681 My daughter called an agent to see one of his listings and he showed her that one along with another one in the complex. My daughter then tried to call the agent to set a time to look at some listings but he was on vacation and he didn't work weekends. Our daughter could only go to see listings on the weekends because of her work schedule, but this didn't matter to the agent. He also referred her to speak with his assistant about contacting a mortgage company, the assistant told my daughter that she had to get hold of the mortgage company and that was all she would do was give my daughter the mortgage company's phone number.<br>My daugher got fed up and found another realtor and put a bid the second townhouse the first agent showed her after working with her current agent and looking at numerous listings much further away. Her new agent also pointed out helpful things to ask for such as a garage door opener(something the other agent never even said a word about). We had also asked the original agent how big the water heater was (he said he didn't have a clue), the new agent went and checked it out and let us know exactly how big it was. He was very helpful for our daugher.<br><br>Now the problem, the first agent is MAD he feels that he deserves the $3000 commission for the one hour of time that he spent showing our daughter that property even though he didn't register her and my daughter never signed an agreement saying she would use him. He is filing a complaint with the realtor's association.<br>I can't believe that she doesn't even have the right to fire a lousy agent who wouldn't even make himself available when she was able to look at listings?<br>Can he get away with this? She is located in Orlando, FL My daughter called an agent to see one of his listings and he showed her that one along with another one in the complex. My daughter then tried to call the agent to set a time to look at some listings but he was on vacation and he didn't work weekends. Our daughter could only go to see listings on the weekends because of her work schedule, but this didn't matter to the agent. He also referred her to speak with his assistant about contacting a mortgage company, the assistant told my daughter that she had to get hold of the mortgage company and that was all she would do was give my daughter the mortgage company's phone number.
My daugher got fed up and found another realtor and put a bid the second townhouse the first agent showed her after working with her current agent and looking at numerous listings much further away. Her new agent also pointed out helpful things to ask for such as a garage door opener(something the other agent never even said a word about). We had also asked the original agent how big the water heater was (he said he didn't have a clue), the new agent went and checked it out and let us know exactly how big it was. He was very helpful for our daugher.

Now the problem, the first agent is MAD he feels that he deserves the $3000 commission for the one hour of time that he spent showing our daughter that property even though he didn't register her and my daughter never signed an agreement saying she would use him. He is filing a complaint with the realtor's association.
I can't believe that she doesn't even have the right to fire a lousy agent who wouldn't even make himself available when she was able to look at listings?
Can he get away with this? She is located in Orlando, FL

]]> By: Laguna Niguel Real Estate http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-52566 Laguna Niguel Real Estate Sat, 09 May 2009 20:05:12 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-52566 LMAO. I think this female agent is an old woman or an ugly chick who's not smart enough to "sell ice to Eskimos". I loved to see the "Go Daddy girl" who almost quadrupled the company overall sales ha! *<em>*<em>Laguna Niguel Real Estate´s last blog post..<a href="http://lisacooper.com/dana-point-2009-doheny-blues-festival/">Dana Point 2009 Doheny Blues Festival…</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> LMAO. I think this female agent is an old woman or an ugly chick who’s not smart enough to “sell ice to Eskimos”. I loved to see the “Go Daddy girl” who almost quadrupled the company overall sales ha!

**Laguna Niguel Real Estate´s last blog post..Dana Point 2009 Doheny Blues Festival…

]]> By: Leila http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-40028 Leila Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:47:09 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-40028 I have a different issue of sorts with a BBA. I contacted a Realtor looking to buy a home with zero down payment because I just do not have 3-5% down right now. So, the funding person in the office contacted me to find out my qualifications for a loan...I was pre-qualified (or so he said) after paying off a couple of credit cards to bring my score up a bit. The funding person said we would have to act real fast as the seller-funded DPA was going away at the end of September. So, the realtor assigned a broker to show me houses which I have been doing for the past 2 weeks. I have made offers on 4 houses all of which were declined. Throughout this process my broker really isn't the problem, she has shown me houses in my price range and we made 4 offers as I mentioned above which were declined. My problem is with the funding person in her office. Last week he called me on the phone a bit angry asking me of my intentions, as he heard from the title person in the office that if this doesn't work out then I would be looking at lease houses instead...this is true, if I could not find a home in time to even qualify for the zero down then I would be looking at lease houses because my lease is up in December. The funding person went so far as to say: "I need to know your intentions on this thing, I have already spent 250.00 out of my own pocket to get this funded, I have children to feed." First of all, there is nothing to fund as not 1 single offer was accepted by a seller, I have not signed any loan paperwork, only provided all documents to the funding person so when/if I did have an offer accepted we could act fast in getting the loan application submitted quickly. The 2nd to the last house I made an offer on last week, I did provide a check to the title company for 500.00 for escrow which as of this Friday was not deposited...good thing, because this offer was not accepted. I did let them hold onto the check in case another offer was accepted so they would have everything they need. I have literally made myself sick looking at homes during all my spare time, Friday I was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection and bronchitis. On Friday my broker called me to say she had no more houses to show me, but the funding person says that we still have until Monday to submit a loan application for the zero down...seller-funded DPA. I told my broker I am sick, and am not able to look at houses this weekend. Not too long after this phone call from my broker, I get an email with a link to a house in an area I am not interested in buying a home...I responded again telling my broker that I am too sick to look at houses, and even though she says that the lender says we still have until Monday to submit a loan application (with an accepted contract) that I seriously doubt anything is going to happen before Monday...after all, we have had 4 offers declined. I also said in my email that I would like to set time up for me to pick up my 500.00 check made out to the title company as I do not want that floating around. Today is Sunday, and my broker has not yet responded to that last email. However, the funding person in her office called me last night to say he found a really nice house not too far from where I live, after describing the house to me...I told him I knew exactly what house he was talking about, it is next door to where my sister currently lives, it backs up to a busy street and I knew the previous owner and how he treated the home before it was foreclosed on, and on top oif that the construction that has gone on for the expansion of that buy street has driven rats onto all of the properties that back up to it, my sister has been fighting rats for many months now...I told the funding person I am not interested in this house at all. At this point in time, I feel like I have been rushed through this process...I have made 4 offers on houses that have been declined, I feel so uncomfortable with the way the funding person has been towards me, and even after I tild my broker that I am too sick to look at houses right now, they keep pushing me. My husband and I have decided to either have our current lease extended for 6 months, or stay in this leased house on a month to month basis until we can pay a 3-5% down paymeny on a home. During this entire process, no one mentioned to me exactly what the seller-funded DPA was and how that works...not one time during this process did anyone tell me that I would be upside down on the loan (if it actually went through) from the start and it would take me at least 1 year to break even. After doing a little research on the seller-funded DPA, I really wish someone in this office would have explained it to me, I certainly would not have gone down this road. I have signed a BBA with no intermediary status with my broker for the standard 6 months, I do not see a "fire me" clause any where in this contract. I cannot find any information on the laws for the state of Texas which would enlighten me as to my legal rights concerning this BBA I have signed. It makes me very nervous that my broker has not responded to my last email, and the funding person contacted me last night about a house. I do have questions, is there any way this broker can hold me liable for commission if I am now not going to buy a house? Is there any way the title comany can keep my earnest money and deposit into escrow...mind you I have no offer that has been accepted, and no contract with a seller. I can say this, when my husband and I are ready and have a 3-5% down payment in the next 6-8 months...my experience with this combined broker/funding/title company is telling me NOT to use their services and to find someone else to help me. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. I have a different issue of sorts with a BBA. I contacted a Realtor looking to buy a home with zero down payment because I just do not have 3-5% down right now. So, the funding person in the office contacted me to find out my qualifications for a loan…I was pre-qualified (or so he said) after paying off a couple of credit cards to bring my score up a bit. The funding person said we would have to act real fast as the seller-funded DPA was going away at the end of September. So, the realtor assigned a broker to show me houses which I have been doing for the past 2 weeks. I have made offers on 4 houses all of which were declined. Throughout this process my broker really isn’t the problem, she has shown me houses in my price range and we made 4 offers as I mentioned above which were declined. My problem is with the funding person in her office. Last week he called me on the phone a bit angry asking me of my intentions, as he heard from the title person in the office that if this doesn’t work out then I would be looking at lease houses instead…this is true, if I could not find a home in time to even qualify for the zero down then I would be looking at lease houses because my lease is up in December. The funding person went so far as to say: “I need to know your intentions on this thing, I have already spent 250.00 out of my own pocket to get this funded, I have children to feed.” First of all, there is nothing to fund as not 1 single offer was accepted by a seller, I have not signed any loan paperwork, only provided all documents to the funding person so when/if I did have an offer accepted we could act fast in getting the loan application submitted quickly. The 2nd to the last house I made an offer on last week, I did provide a check to the title company for 500.00 for escrow which as of this Friday was not deposited…good thing, because this offer was not accepted. I did let them hold onto the check in case another offer was accepted so they would have everything they need.

I have literally made myself sick looking at homes during all my spare time, Friday I was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection and bronchitis. On Friday my broker called me to say she had no more houses to show me, but the funding person says that we still have until Monday to submit a loan application for the zero down…seller-funded DPA. I told my broker I am sick, and am not able to look at houses this weekend. Not too long after this phone call from my broker, I get an email with a link to a house in an area I am not interested in buying a home…I responded again telling my broker that I am too sick to look at houses, and even though she says that the lender says we still have until Monday to submit a loan application (with an accepted contract) that I seriously doubt anything is going to happen before Monday…after all, we have had 4 offers declined. I also said in my email that I would like to set time up for me to pick up my 500.00 check made out to the title company as I do not want that floating around.

Today is Sunday, and my broker has not yet responded to that last email. However, the funding person in her office called me last night to say he found a really nice house not too far from where I live, after describing the house to me…I told him I knew exactly what house he was talking about, it is next door to where my sister currently lives, it backs up to a busy street and I knew the previous owner and how he treated the home before it was foreclosed on, and on top oif that the construction that has gone on for the expansion of that buy street has driven rats onto all of the properties that back up to it, my sister has been fighting rats for many months now…I told the funding person I am not interested in this house at all.

At this point in time, I feel like I have been rushed through this process…I have made 4 offers on houses that have been declined, I feel so uncomfortable with the way the funding person has been towards me, and even after I tild my broker that I am too sick to look at houses right now, they keep pushing me.

My husband and I have decided to either have our current lease extended for 6 months, or stay in this leased house on a month to month basis until we can pay a 3-5% down paymeny on a home. During this entire process, no one mentioned to me exactly what the seller-funded DPA was and how that works…not one time during this process did anyone tell me that I would be upside down on the loan (if it actually went through) from the start and it would take me at least 1 year to break even. After doing a little research on the seller-funded DPA, I really wish someone in this office would have explained it to me, I certainly would not have gone down this road.

I have signed a BBA with no intermediary status with my broker for the standard 6 months, I do not see a “fire me” clause any where in this contract. I cannot find any information on the laws for the state of Texas which would enlighten me as to my legal rights concerning this BBA I have signed. It makes me very nervous that my broker has not responded to my last email, and the funding person contacted me last night about a house. I do have questions, is there any way this broker can hold me liable for commission if I am now not going to buy a house? Is there any way the title comany can keep my earnest money and deposit into escrow…mind you I have no offer that has been accepted, and no contract with a seller.

I can say this, when my husband and I are ready and have a 3-5% down payment in the next 6-8 months…my experience with this combined broker/funding/title company is telling me NOT to use their services and to find someone else to help me. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.

]]> By: West Hampstead London http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-39308 West Hampstead London Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:59:16 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-39308 Estate agents are amoung the most hated professions, and its because of these sort of bullying tactics. Its a much better pay day when the client is not afraid of you. Estate agents are amoung the most hated professions, and its because of these sort of bullying tactics. Its a much better pay day when the client is not afraid of you.

]]> By: Susan George http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-39284 Susan George Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:09:14 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-39284 Theres a fine line to walk between follow up work with advice and information...and aggressive hounding of a client. It should be simple enough. Is there a resolution to the original story? Theres a fine line to walk between follow up work with advice and information…and aggressive hounding of a client. It should be simple enough. Is there a resolution to the original story?

]]> By: Gregory Bain http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-39117 Gregory Bain Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:46:54 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-39117 Here in NJ, many agents would sell their mother's soul to get a listing or a sale. One agent will try to steal the customer from another agent in a heart beat - doesn't matter if the agent is good or bad. The back biting in this business makes me wonder if I am not already in hell. Matt 25:30 "And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth" Here in NJ, many agents would sell their mother’s soul to get a listing or a sale. One agent will try to steal the customer from another agent in a heart beat – doesn’t matter if the agent is good or bad. The back biting in this business makes me wonder if I am not already in hell. Matt 25:30 “And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth”

]]> By: James Boyer Morristown NJ http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-39113 James Boyer Morristown NJ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:57:20 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-39113 In New Jersey, as long as the buyer does not wish to buy any of the homes that the bad agent has shown them, there is not a problem. Fire the bad REALTOR and move on to a different one that better fits your needs. In New Jersey, as long as the buyer does not wish to buy any of the homes that the bad agent has shown them, there is not a problem. Fire the bad REALTOR and move on to a different one that better fits your needs.

]]> By: Bloomsbury Estate Agent http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-39089 Bloomsbury Estate Agent Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:39:41 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-39089 Keep the customer happy. That's the secret. Then they'll keep coming back. There is a big difference between being a salesman and a consultant. Keep the customer happy. That’s the secret. Then they’ll keep coming back. There is a big difference between being a salesman and a consultant.

]]> By: HoustonHousingMarket http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/#comment-39087 HoustonHousingMarket Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:03:01 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-to-fire-a-real-estate-agent/1169#comment-39087 It just makes me sick to know that the majority of agents out there have it all wrong. The work as sales people rather than consultants. This industry wouldn't be a mess if people just figured this out. It just makes me sick to know that the majority of agents out there have it all wrong. The work as sales people rather than consultants. This industry wouldn’t be a mess if people just figured this out.

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