Disclosure: Our "realtor" was a personal friend BEFORE we started buying houses, so first mistake…read more Always separate business with pleasure, anyway her initials are J.C. so there is NO misunderstandings of which realtor im talking about.
This poor excuse for a realtor was so bad..... but we used her anyway, and found out after the entire home buying process of how lazy, and clueless she really is. We did our walk-thru AFTER the close.... and of course the house was not in the shape that it was presented when we viewed it. When we voiced our displeasure, all we got was oh well.... and then we had an issue with the previous owner who took some stuff that was in the contract to be left at the house. I was told oh well, you may need to sue them in small claims court.... We thought when we had a personal friend helping us buy a home, we would get a little effort on our part. After pretty much yelling at her, she finally made the call, and we got "some" of the stuff, we did not get everything we put in the contract. She was such a PITA that we decided to just eat the loss, instead of dealing with her... so fast forward to now, 2022.
We are again looking to buy a home, and these homes we were interested in were in the 800k-1m range... so the commission would be good. Against my better judgement, but pressing the easy button I contacted J.C. again to help me with my home search. That then became a problem, as evidently I was impeding her part time job of doing hair, but I was also asking a lot because she had vacations to go on. I asked every week to go look at a particular home, and was blown off, and told she cant, she has hair appointments and wasn't available. We did this dance for 3 weeks, and then we switched to she cant due to a death in the family... I do think thats true, but being blown off for the 3 weeks prior didnt help things. When i expained to her I want to look at this house, and I would get a new realtor to do it, she lost her mind, and sent the GF horrible texts explaining how insensitive I was, and that she didnt want my money, along with a list of names she called me.
No problem, got a recommendation from a friend, and guess what? We went out and looked at that house, and BOUGHT IT. I had waited over 30 days to view this property, and Im so thankful it was still on the market.
Here is what this Broker has lost with this persons attitude and behavior,
Lost the Sale of the home I just bought. $800k+ ( Big Commission)
Lost the listing for my existing home, $300+ (Commission)
Lost the future listing for our new home, with appreciation, I expect whomever helps me sell will pocket another (Big Commission)
It took me over 30 days to view my new home before I could even buy it. This is unacceptable in every scenario, especially at my price point. Even the scenario that you are on vacation or a death in the family...I cant even fathom why she didn't even ask one of her fellow realtors in the office to show the home, and split commissions or whatever..
The good news is that I have a new realtor who is a rockstar, and will do her job in the future. EPIC FAIL for this realtor J.C. Worst of the worst. Avoid this place, clearly there is no oversight.