{"id":1421,"date":"2007-05-13T08:38:43","date_gmt":"2007-05-13T15:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2007-05-13T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2007-05-13T16:34:50","slug":"a-move-towards-mediocrity-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1421\/a-move-towards-mediocrity-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"A Move Towards Mediocrity – And Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many Agents Choose To Be Less Than They Can Be<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an industry overflowing with too many agents chasing too few opportunities, one might think that this level of competition would cause an overall increase in the professionalism and dedication of its principals.<\/p>\n

I submit to you – that’s not the case.<\/p>\n

While there are many<\/strike> several agents like Greg Swann<\/a> who pride themselves on taking their efforts to the extreme… there are far more who try to see how little they can do to get a paycheck.<\/p>\n

The list of offenses is lengthy, and quite frankly – I don’t know where to start.<\/p>\n

One that really chaps my rear is the failure of an agent to return a call. As a listing agent, you have a responsibility to return the calls of other agents regarding your listings. It’s not an optional burden.<\/p>\n

A recent case in point involves a few listings I showed a few days ago. Of three of them, we got in to see one. Calls to each of the listing agents was made the previous day to ensure availability and ascertain any special showing instructions.<\/p>\n

One of the agents had a full voicemail box, so I was unable to leave her a message – but I did attempt to reach her several other times… including while we were at the home unable to get into the combination lockbox, as there was NO combination given in the listing.<\/p>\n

You would think that a listing that had been on the market for more than a week would have this discrepancy fixed – but alas, we can not reach the listing agent to inform her of such. And since this listing is getting stale, I’m willing to bet that her voicemail box has been full for quite a while. Angry clients, I suspect.<\/p>\n

Neither of the other agents was kind enough to return my call. When we arrived at one of those other two listings, we discovered that the lockbox and sign had been removed… even though the listing is shown as active in the MLS.<\/p>\n

This experience is common to many other agents<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hear about this kind of behavior Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many Agents Choose To Be Less Than They Can Be In an industry overflowing with too many agents chasing too few opportunities, one might think that this level of competition would cause an overall increase in the professionalism and dedication of its principals. I submit to you – that’s not the case. 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