How to show you are an unprofessional real estate agent!

How to be a bad agent

1. Do not proof read your listing information in the MLS or property information exchange.
2. Do not use a showing service or be affiliated with an office that has showing coordinators that are available more than 1-2 hours per day.
3. Do not complete all the information for the MLS input forms.
4. Don't be bothered with accurate property descriptions.
5. Don't use custom descriptions of the property benefits and/or potential drawbacks.

For example, this last weekend I tried to set some showings for a residential customer.  After scanning the available property that may meet their criteria, I selected six of the best to show them (or so I thought).  Not one had complete MLS info (room measurements, HOA info, builder or model info, etc.);   One listing looked great but I wasn't able to reach the agent or office to set a showing (but I only gave them 24 hours to respond so maybe the time was too short...);  three of them didn't have room measurements ( the clients were looking for a big kitchen area);  One has a disconnected number to call for showings (when I finally reached the agent to tell him about it, he argued with me.  He was more concerned about being 'right' than in getting his client a showing!  He did call back a couple hours later to admit the numbers got transposed somehow) and he was surprised when I told him we weren't going to be able to see the property;  Finally, the 'puffery' (I'm being nice here) that some agents add to descriptions is criminal (don't say mountain views if you have to climb a tree to see them).

I'm sure everyone has some stories...I would love to here more.  Hopefully, our potential clients will read these and start demanding that agents DO THEIR JOB!   Maybe this housing market will chase the lazy or incompetent ones away and the public perception of the industry will improve.