I Want To Sell Your Listing! Please Answer Your Phone!!!

What is going on with some real estate agents these days? This is not a lie or even an exaggerated story. Yesterday, I had a buyer who was interested in looking at some short sales. I don't know about the area you are servicing, but in my area, a lot of the short sales have owners who are MIA (missing in action).I guess a lot of them have completely given up, so they just leave the area and their agent has no idea how to reach them. I don't want to waste my buyers time on those properties. I also don't want to waste their time on short sales that are still in the "fishing" stages. You know the houses...the ones where the agent puts a low, low price, trying to attract that initial offer so he/she can submit the package and get the negotiation under way.

Well, our MLS has the "Request A Showing" button where we can get the lock box code and register to show the house. That is fine and dandy, but I need to talk to the agent in charge to get my questions answered. I must have called on at least 20 short sales yesterday to find information...I TALKED TO 3 AGENTS. I did leave messages and 2 called me back. So out of 20 attempts to talk to the agent, I got a hold of 5 of them. A whopping 25% success rate. Does anybody answer their phones anymore? If you are that busy (which I doubt you are), hire an assistant. I want to sell your home, but I need to talk to you first!!!

Maybe I should change my whole advertising strategy to the following: Davis Signature Realty LLC...We aren't the biggest, but at least we answer our phones!!!