Blogging Broker

…is how Miss Manners title would this blog. What I really want to say is:

HEY YOU DUMB S.O.B. WTF ARE YOU WASTING MY TIME?

SO, you might get the idea that I’m a little pissed. I AM.

I called an agent today to check availability on a home. He just happened to be the SAME agent that had the home listed in this blog so I wasnt going to show the home unless I knew for sure it was available. I called both his office and his cell and only got his voice mail – so I left a message asking availability. For whatever reason my phone did not ring when he called back so he left a voice message telling me ONLY that the home is ACTIVE.

My client and his wife are first time home buyers approved for an FHA loan and looking really hard to find something in their budget. They brought this particular home to my attention and they read the same single-line marketing description that I did:

“3 bed 2 bath in estabished neighborhood. Great starter home or investment.”

Ok — nothing in the Agent Remarks to warn me about what I am about to take my clients into. Nothing in his voice mail prepared me for it either. The house is TOTAL DISASTER. Grafitti in every single room. Graffiti on the counters, graffiti on the stove, graffiti on every cabinet door (the ones still attached). Every back window boarded (I think they were all broken). Holes punched in the walls. Sleeping bag(s) in one of the rooms as evidence that transients had been using it for shelter. By far the WORST REO I have ever seen. I wish I had my camera with me so I could show you what I saw.

Why would you say that it’s a “Great starter home”???

Who would finance that home. It wont appraise for anywhere NEAR the ask price. WTF— cant you just let the public and other agents know THE TRUTH? Is that too much to ask? Is truthful dealing and uprightness beyond you? APPARENTLY SO!

CONGRATULATIONS! You succeeded in getting another showing of our property which you can now report to your lender in your weekly communique. But at what expense? You further damage your reputation with me. I have to believe that every agent who has believed your one-liner LIE feels exactly the same as me.

My friend Stan Tucker who who encouraged me to get into this business (he died last year of brain cancer) told me your agency was EVIL. We are not supposed to speak of other agencies in this way — but I BELIEVE HIM.

A POX ON ALL YOUR ESCROWS!