We are moving to Irvine in a month and our experience with listing agents has been just terrible.
For one house we wanted to see, the agent suggested a 2pm viewing on a Saturday. This was on a Tuesday. By Thursday, there were six open houses scheduled from 2-4pm for homes we wanted to see. I asked if he could move our private showing to earlier in the day, later in the evening, the evening prior or Sunday morning. He said the family rearranged their entire weekend schedule due to our showing and had a "very young child" at home so could not reschedule. We see the house and it's very clear there are no young children living there. The two children's bedrooms were clearly teenagers.
We offered on the house and the agent tried to get us to increase our offer by saying someone else offered $200k more but "they liked our family better." Not sure what that means but we declined. He told our agent okay they will go with the other seller. It's still on the market and they've dropped the price.
For another home we offered on, the agent from the beginning has been shady. Our agent had a tough time getting in touch with her for a showing. First red flag. When we got there for our showing, she was showing it to another family and another agent was also showing it to a family. In hindsight, we think she grouped the showings in the same hour, either because of the seller's request or she wanted to create a sense of demand. We had initially asked for another time but we were told that was the only time slot left to see it. Again, we liked the home enough to offer on it. She said there were multiple over asking offers. We initially offered at asking with an over 30% down payment. She said they probably wouldn't counter since they had multiple over asking. She came back to us and asked if we wanted to counter. We went slightly over asking. No response since then and it's still on the market a week later.
Lastly, we've dealt with several non responsive or rude agents. I texted one asking if we could view her (one and only) listing that has been on the market for a month. She replied "who is this?" hours later. I stated my name and no response back.
We just sold our home in another area and we would be appalled if our agents acted this way. Is this normal for Orange County?
For one house we wanted to see, the agent suggested a 2pm viewing on a Saturday. This was on a Tuesday. By Thursday, there were six open houses scheduled from 2-4pm for homes we wanted to see. I asked if he could move our private showing to earlier in the day, later in the evening, the evening prior or Sunday morning. He said the family rearranged their entire weekend schedule due to our showing and had a "very young child" at home so could not reschedule. We see the house and it's very clear there are no young children living there. The two children's bedrooms were clearly teenagers.
We offered on the house and the agent tried to get us to increase our offer by saying someone else offered $200k more but "they liked our family better." Not sure what that means but we declined. He told our agent okay they will go with the other seller. It's still on the market and they've dropped the price.
For another home we offered on, the agent from the beginning has been shady. Our agent had a tough time getting in touch with her for a showing. First red flag. When we got there for our showing, she was showing it to another family and another agent was also showing it to a family. In hindsight, we think she grouped the showings in the same hour, either because of the seller's request or she wanted to create a sense of demand. We had initially asked for another time but we were told that was the only time slot left to see it. Again, we liked the home enough to offer on it. She said there were multiple over asking offers. We initially offered at asking with an over 30% down payment. She said they probably wouldn't counter since they had multiple over asking. She came back to us and asked if we wanted to counter. We went slightly over asking. No response since then and it's still on the market a week later.
Lastly, we've dealt with several non responsive or rude agents. I texted one asking if we could view her (one and only) listing that has been on the market for a month. She replied "who is this?" hours later. I stated my name and no response back.
We just sold our home in another area and we would be appalled if our agents acted this way. Is this normal for Orange County?