Is this familiar realtor activity? (sale, accept, rent, Realtors)
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One thing agents can do to protect their clients from these calls is to remove the client's contact information and phone number from the MLS before it expires or is cancelled.
This has cut down on most of the calls for clients of ours who have pulled their listing for whatever reason.
In our MLS it takes a special form with the client signature to remove the client contact information like this legally. To take it out without signature breaks MLS rules. Most clients will happily sign it. Most clients do NOT want these calls.
We don't post client contact to our MLS here.
So, there is nothing to remove. The phone rings anyway, and the mail is delivered, and the doorknockers still come by.
So, there is nothing to remove. The phone rings anyway, and the mail is delivered, and the doorknockers still come by.
I was really surprised- well, dumbfounded really- to hear that agents like Diana in her area could or even would add the seller's phone number to the MLS. Even if it's not for public view, and for agents only.
Am I the only one who thinks it's strange that agents would want to give other agents their client's contact info, or be required to?
Do you really want other agents calling your client in the middle of the night to ask them if there's a roof warranty?
You know me, I can get pretty creative, but I just can't imagine why on earth would a listing agent want every other agent out there to see the seller's phone number? Think, Riggy, think!
Last edited by riggy_house; 11-23-2017 at 03:00 PM..
It is strictly prohibited for an agent to contact the seller (of an active listing) directly except under very limited circumstances... (1) if they are the "phone to show contact" in order to schedule an appt. (2) if they have an offer to present, and the listing agent has not responded in over 24 hours.
Those are the only exceptions I can think of off the top of my head... as long as the listing is active.
I usually get a bit nasty when this kind of thing happens and ask the realtor how many times he showed the property during the initial listing, if he is so interested in it now.
LOL! Love that!!
We were on the market a grand total of 6 days and had many showings (at least 12). We took the house off the market when we calculated the time to close and the completion of our home construction. It did not work for our comfort level, we would have had to rent/store furniture for a while.
Our timing miscalculation.
We were surprised at the number of calls/visits and mildly amused that they assumed the house failed to sell in that 6 month listing period, most claiming to be experts in "relistings".
We put our home on the market this past May contracted with a local agent for 6 months.
Had to take it off the market because our new build was delayed. Our agent still had the contract but the listing was not active.
Our listing expired yesterday and we started getting calls this morning from other agents inquiring about our desire to sell.
I was really surprised that we got 6 messages and 2 visits from realtors asking about our intent to sell.
Is this common?
Yes - I actually posted a similar thread a couple years back.
You actually had people come to your door though? Thankfully I never had that (that I'm aware of). But mine was 2 years ago and I still get text messages from one agent in particular.
I was really surprised- well, dumbfounded really- to hear that agents like Diana in her area could or even would add the seller's phone number to the MLS. Even if it's not for public view, and for agents only.
Am I the only one who thinks it's strange that agents would want to give other agents their client's contact info, or be required to?
Do you really want other agents calling your client in the middle of the night to ask them if there's a roof warranty?
You know me, I can get pretty creative, but I just can't imagine why on earth would a listing agent want every other agent out there to see the seller's phone number? Think, Riggy, think!
Here, we have always had the listing agent call the seller to arrange a listing rather than playing a hide and seek game of find the agent to get the agent to find the seller and then call the listing agent back to arrange a showing. (Now we have a scheduling service which most do not use because of problems with the way it works.) We are not to contact the seller for anything other than scheduling showings and for the most part that works well. I do, however, advise my sellers that they are not to tell any other agent anything they don't want the buyer to know in negotiations, before the listing ever goes on the MLS, and that counts whether the other agent is on the phone scheduling a showing or next to them in the grocery store line or at the same party they are at.
Here, we have always had the listing agent call the seller to arrange a listing rather than playing a hide and seek game of find the agent to get the agent to find the seller and then call the listing agent back to arrange a showing. (Now we have a scheduling service which most do not use because of problems with the way it works.) We are not to contact the seller for anything other than scheduling showings and for the most part that works well. I do, however, advise my sellers that they are not to tell any other agent anything they don't want the buyer to know in negotiations, before the listing ever goes on the MLS, and that counts whether the other agent is on the phone scheduling a showing or next to them in the grocery store line or at the same party they are at.
We used to have Centralized Showing Service. I was always satisfied with the service.
Since November, we use ShowingTime. It also works well.
I am curious what issues you have with your service and who you use?
As it is, we have no need to post contact numbers or emails, unless it is an Entry Only FSBO listing.
I like the separation of my sellers from buyers agents by the intermediary service, and the noted abuse of the access to numbers in the listings is just one more reason.
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