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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, are you with a large brokerage or a small one person shop? I've listed homes with both types. With the small shop, agent did set up all of the showings herself and then texted me to let me know when to be out of the house. Her office did not have a receptionist so she did handle all of that herself. I did know that she had other clients and we were in pretty frequent communication so she would tell me that she would be out of pocket during such and such time but would call me with feedback once she heard from buyers agent about showing. If you have that kind of agent, then I can see why you are upset. When I listed with a big brokerage, the buyers agents, would call the office to set up the showing and then I would get a call from the office receptionist telling me I had a showing at such and such time. I would hear from my agent much less frequently and I certainly didn't hear from her when there were no showings.

Before you fire her, ask yourself if you followed all of her recommendations for staging the house and pricing the house. Or did you insist on a higher price than she recommended? You may be priced too high and that's why you're not getting any showings. Then ask her what she thinks the problem is. Since you are out of her regular area, she may be happy to terminate the listing as well. [/quote]

We are with a big brokerage house - one that specializes in our neighborhood. what I didnt know before we hired her is that it seems she is more of a buyers' agent, not listing agent. I know this because she is always "busy showing buyers houses...".  this is my fault as I should have done my homework and realized that our house is her only listing right now. I looked at her listing history, looks like ours is her 3rd listing in the past few years - YIKES  :shock:

And yes, we have followed every single one of her recommendations regarding staging the home - spent a small fortune on that plus and another small fortune on prepping the house for the market - all in about $9K (staging and prepping).  We have dropped the price twice already. house started a bit high but we lowered it the minute we realized it - within 2 weeks I think.

I've identified another agent already. He's sold over 25 houses in our neighborhood in just the past 9 months - two on our street.  calling him this morning.[/quote]

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