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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will add that what you might think takes one phone call actually takes many.

For example, to schedule an inspection you have to find a time that works for you, inspector, buyer couple, seller (to be out of the house), and sellers agent if he/she insists on being there. Often you get some windows from the inspector, call around to everyone, wait for call backs, then call around or e-mail to confirm with everyone. [/quote]

Right, but every other job also involves scheduling the equivalent (meetings/calls) with multiple people. Setting up one thing is a drop in the bucket.[/quote]

You have no idea.
While you are no doubt relaxing this evening @ 9:00pm, I am fielding calls/texts from an overwrought buyer who may not be able to close and emailing the lender to see if we can save her deal (that has been an exhausting 8 months in the making), another agent wanting to know about an item that I mentioned to them being against code in one of their houses that will come back to bite them down the road, a past client wanting referrals for work to be done on their new house, an upcoming client who wants to discuss all work to be done to prepare for the market, all while working on a 64 page relocation offer and communicating with myriad other people in various stages of preparing to buy/sell, buying/selling, etc.
I had a client drop me this summer because I could not show them houses on my daughter's birthday. I also had a walk-through that evening and for once, this was her day. Clients are fickle and many times we work without payment when things simply do not work out. We deal with emotions and finances and remodeling and advice and work and hope that everything comes together for clients who are counting on us. It's rewarding when we can make a plan come together and I love it despite the unusual hours and ultra-flexible (for everyone else) schedule.
Yes, some agents are terrible flakes and some are clueless. We work with them. I'd love to see more stringent rules for education and ethics.

What you see is so little of what an active agent does. I know we are loathed here, but the disrespect blows my mind. My clients appreciate that I am there for them whenever they need me, and I make things happen for them. 
It's not just opening doors. [/quote]

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