You may be shocked by this, I certainly was. I had been in real estate for about 4 years and one thing I understood about it going into this business is that it is 24/7. I knew that going in, I have no problem with that. Buyers work, buyers are busy, they need agents that are flexible enough to work with them.
So I get a call from a REALTOR in Wichita, Ks. asking me if she could show a couple of my listings to a mother and her daughter. Sure, I tell them, would you like the lockbox code or would you like me to let you in. "If you have time to show us, that would be great". So within the hour they are in town and I am ready to meet them at the first house.
The agent walks through the house and the agent and buyers ask questions that I am able to answer concerning the property. We look and they are ready to see the next house so we caravan to the next place. About mid way through the house the agent takes me aside and thanks me for letting them in. I was a little surprised she was thanking me? I told her my job was to get the properties exposed to potential buyers so as far as I was concerned I was just doing my job.
She says she will call me later and give me some feedback from her buyers. Came to find out that the mother and daughter were each buying a house. The agent also told me she had called another agent about a couple of listings from that agency and that agent was....TOO BUSY! Yes, too busy. Too busy to even talk about the listings on the phone, too busy for the buyers agent to make an appointment to view and too busy to even let the buyer's agent pick up a key to show her buyers. Too busy, no explanation, nothing. Just "can't right now".
What does the buyers agent do? She loads up her buyers and drives down here from Wichita, walks into the agents office WITH the two buyers and tells the agent that "I spoke with you on the phone and I am here to pick up some keys to go show your listings". She wasn't rude to the agent, she was just letting her know she had good, qualified buyers and she wasn't going to take any flack!!
I asked "wow, what did the agent do?" She says "She gave me the keys and acted like nothing was wrong".
LOL.
So she went and showed the properties and went back and gave the agent the keys. Agent didn't say anything. She was too embarrassed I guess, I hope.
Agent told me they liked one of the houses, but decided they would not work with that agent and ended up buying two of my listed houses.
So, sellers, do you think your agent might be too busy? Too busy to do the job? Too busy talking on the phone with friends? I have no idea, why would you be so busy you couldn't even let another agent view your listing??
The mind wanders.....
PS: I sold the mother's house when she moved, sold the daughters house when she relocated and worked as buyer's agent for the daughter on her next home purchase. :)
Mary Welch, Broker-Owner Preferred Choice Realty of Harper, Ks.
Member Harper City Council
Member Harper Economic Development
Member Wichita Area Association of REALTORS, Kansas Association of REALTORS, National Association of REALTORS
Yes, I am busy.....but NEVER THAT BUSY!