Real Estate Comedy in Cleveland: Disconnected Phone # for Listing Agent

I think comedians could have a field day with real estate agents if they poked into our industry with their creativity.

Just two days ago, my buyer wanted to see several homes. I looked at the showing instructions in the MLS for one home:

CALL LISTING AGENT AT ###-###-####.

So...I call ###-###-####

and

received the following reply:

THE NUMBER YOU HAVE REACHED ###-###-#### HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED OR IS TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE.

What do you think the seller of this home would think if they knew?

So...I call the listing office, and they could have cared less and like a true automaton, quickly patched me through to the listing agent's cell phone. Mind you, the listing office didn't want to say: OMG, we need to get this fixed.

So...the listing agent calls me back and says: no big deal, the office was suppose to fix this last week. Why didn't this listing agent follow-up to see if this had been done.

Attn Sellers: You should verify ALL the information in the MLS, including the showing instructions. Trust, but verify.

Unbelievable.

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