I have been sitting on this for several months or so. I wasn't sure how I wanted to present this.
Anyway...
A while back, I was trying to get information on a property that was listed with a national real estate firm here in Las Vegas, NV. The agent steadily would NOT return my calls; nor even reply to my email requests.
So, I decided, since it was a bank owner property, to resend an email to the agent, and include a cc of the message to the bank asset manager so they could see I was interested in helping a client buy the building.
Not one day later, the managing director of the national real estate firm calls me to say that I had violated the law in contacting their client.
Now, I know that this was a lie, but he insisted that contacting a listing client was in fact a violation of Nevada law. (It isn't.)
I said, I did that because "your agent" refused to return my call or reply to my email.
He said, his agents were busy and didn't have time to return "non essential" inquiries.
Unfortunately, this is where I lost it. I chewed him out with such vulgarity, I can NOT recite the words here.
Paraphrasing, I called him stupid, unqualified to lead, and a LIAR! I did NOT pull any punches.
Now, IF you as a real estate agent or broker are going to lie to me, be ready for a full force retaliation. OR, just don't lie in the first place.
As far as I am concerned, this local office of this national real estate firm, is full of self righteous, arrogant, agents who think that double ending deals should be the only way to sell real estate. And, IF they happen to have another local broker on the deal, it is beneath them.
Now, I moved to Las Vegas in 1994, I did interview with this company way back then, and, I decided that it was NOT right for me. (I don't like being pigeon holed into doing only one aspect of real estate.)
So, on this transaction, I eventually found another property nearby which my client bought. And, as far as I am concerned, the managing director and most of the agents at this one national real estate firm can kiss my....
Contacting David Howes is easy -- either by: davidATdavidhowesDOTnet OR call him at: 70 25 01 93 88 AND Follow David on Twitter: @DavidAHowes
Anyway...
A while back, I was trying to get information on a property that was listed with a national real estate firm here in Las Vegas, NV. The agent steadily would NOT return my calls; nor even reply to my email requests.
So, I decided, since it was a bank owner property, to resend an email to the agent, and include a cc of the message to the bank asset manager so they could see I was interested in helping a client buy the building.
Not one day later, the managing director of the national real estate firm calls me to say that I had violated the law in contacting their client.
Now, I know that this was a lie, but he insisted that contacting a listing client was in fact a violation of Nevada law. (It isn't.)
I said, I did that because "your agent" refused to return my call or reply to my email.
He said, his agents were busy and didn't have time to return "non essential" inquiries.
Unfortunately, this is where I lost it. I chewed him out with such vulgarity, I can NOT recite the words here.
Paraphrasing, I called him stupid, unqualified to lead, and a LIAR! I did NOT pull any punches.
Now, IF you as a real estate agent or broker are going to lie to me, be ready for a full force retaliation. OR, just don't lie in the first place.
As far as I am concerned, this local office of this national real estate firm, is full of self righteous, arrogant, agents who think that double ending deals should be the only way to sell real estate. And, IF they happen to have another local broker on the deal, it is beneath them.
Now, I moved to Las Vegas in 1994, I did interview with this company way back then, and, I decided that it was NOT right for me. (I don't like being pigeon holed into doing only one aspect of real estate.)
So, on this transaction, I eventually found another property nearby which my client bought. And, as far as I am concerned, the managing director and most of the agents at this one national real estate firm can kiss my....
Contacting David Howes is easy -- either by: davidATdavidhowesDOTnet OR call him at: 70 25 01 93 88 AND Follow David on Twitter: @DavidAHowes
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