When you find realtor behavior that is weak. Is the realtor malicious, or just not very good?

Why would a realtor shortchange their client in the first place? The most common example is when a listing agent engages in practices that make it harder for other buyers’ agents to buy their listings. Some listing agents go out of their way to attempt to get both sides of the transaction, that is the listing commission and the buyer’s agent commission.

The most common way a listing agent can block a buyer’s agent, is too not answer the phone, and don’t respond to emails. This will give that listing agent more time to find the buyer themselves.

There are other ways that a listing agent can make a property less attractive and make it more likely that other buyers’ agents will not persue their listings:

Leave out pertinent information from the listing.

Examples: Don’t put down the financing accepted. The biggest item is financing. If a property will qualify for FHA or VA financing, and the seller’s realtor leaves this data entry empty, very few if any FHA or VA buyers will know of its availability. 80% of mortgages are FHA or VA. This blocks a lot of agent’s buyers.

Pet restrictions: Leave them off. A very nice neighborhood in Pasco County is Plantation Palms. It is one where there are no pet restrictions. Therefor if you have a 100 lb. dog, you will find this community very attractive. Of 65 listings in that community, that I surveyed, not one of them noted that there were no pet restrictions. This data entry point was not included in the listing, or it said buyer to verify. 1000s of buyers coming to town and NONE of them look at this community if they have big dogs.

Zoned for Horses: A property that is 1 acre plus and zoned agricultural and has no deed restrictions (no HOA), is automatically zoned for 3 hooved animals. (horses). At the time of this blog, Feb 26, 2023, there are 65 listed properties over 1 acre that are zoned agricultural and are not in a deed restricted community. Only 12 of them have the data entry for Zoned for Horses checked. So, a buyer, looking for horse properties will only see 12 properties, when there are really 65.

I could go on and on. There are over 100 data entries that can be answered on an MLS data entry form. Many realtors put “buyer to verify”. PLEASE, what are the chances that this listing even comes up under the buyers’ criteria. They won’t because “buyer to verify” is just like leaving that data entry blank.

SO, the question was…is this malicious or incompetence?

It does not matter. What matters is the client is not getting what they are paying for.

Randy                                             727-409-4663   (409-home).

Randal Jenkins

Rocket Mortgage NMLS #205-3417

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