Comments on: Survey Says…Realtors Suck

By: Mooersrealtymedia

Mooersrealtymedia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:36:57 +0000

You know the guy who shoots a deer, in the middle of the night, without a license, out of season, with a million candle watt search light they use out to sea? That whiner with the hunting ticket is not going to be much fun, will make the loudest character and department slams…be less than light and bright with comments, doing surveys about game wardens. Anyone down at the fish and game beehive if any one will listen. Often the loudest whiner seller shot himself in the foot by over pricing, not listening to the broker, agent, guy or gal wearing the “R”. Forgetting the full throttle marketing, or unreasonable seller contingencies that did not make the place sell. So every broker who takes turn planting signs in the lawn is a dark heart pirate, needing to search for, scrub their soul in Mr Crabtree's eyes. Steer a wide berth around those no wins, bags of gas. And buyers not able to buy for credit nightmares, other personal baggage but somehow Joe and Jane Broker screwed up with getting them a bank loan on the place they wanted. Hear the full story, take surveys with a grain of sale. Every market is so different too.

By: therealestateagentsca

therealestateagentsca — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:30:36 +0000

Wow, this was a great post. I hate to say it but since I have gotten into this industry I have continually complained to anyone that will listen the lack of pride that is pervasive in this industry. The photos are prime examples. Unfortunately the average REALTOR just doesn't seem to understand that there is more to this than a price and a pic. It seems no wonder that the few REALTORS do the majority of the business.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:08:11 +0000

Unfortunately, I can understand some of the conclusions made here. Real estate agents are in some ways like used car salesmen. There are some really really good used car salesmen (saleswomen) out there, but the bad ones give the industry a bad rap. Just the other day I was looking for information regarding investment properties for an investor. More than half of the real estate agents I called did not fully understand what a profit and loss if for.

By: Nick Bastian

Nick Bastian — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:25:12 +0000

Thanks for the very interesting read, Jeff. There is some great information here.

I find this very interesting. "Last reason? Most knowledgeable"

I guess I am under a mis-guided thought process where, knowledge is power. Knowledge of a transaction, knowledge of contractual rights, knowledge of having been there hundreds of times before must not be important. I guess I should see what all this blogging, Twitter and social media stuff is all about.

By: doverbey

doverbey — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:33:24 +0000

Great Post Jeff.

Having been in the Real Estate industry for almost 12 years now, I can tell you I have seen this all play out like a car crash that you just can't look away from. Like you, I know some of the truly great agents out there that are doing all the “right” things when it comes to working with today's client. But there are still so many that need to change their way of thinking. It's not 2003 when it did not take skill to sell real estate. It's 2009 and unless you realize that the times they have a changed, you risk being left in the dust by those that have seen the writing on the wall. If you don't do it for yourself, at least do it for your clients.