It is amazing that those agents had the courage to show up and ask for a bonus in person. Those agents usually get over-confident and end up driving those clients away.
The notion that they are so good at sales is completely lame.
If they could influence their clients so heavily in one direction or the other, they wouldn't need a bonus because they would be doing a ton of business.
RobertaMurphy
· 11 months ago
Rory,
I''m still growling. Unfortunately, many clients WILL be unwittingly swayed by these unethical and self-serving agents. The payment of bonuses and such should be clearly disclosed to clients. Sadly, these nitwits and their clients may be missing a great negotiating tool.
Thanks for stopping by!
Greg Saffell
· 11 months ago
Hi Roberta,
The first thing that struck me was that the agent put his own interest before that of his client. This is really no different than if the agent was only showing his client properties that promised the highest commission rather than what is best to fulfill the clients needs. If real estate agents have an image problem, this may be an example of why.
RobertaMurphy
· 11 months ago
Greg,
Amen. And abolishing this greedy mentality would go far in in improving the image of the real estate profession. In all honesty, most real estate professional I know would react as we do--with anger and abhorrence.
Erin
· 11 months ago
I feel bad for the clients of both these agents, who I'm sure have no idea that their agents are using them to make extra cash only for themselves. These are the kind of agents who'll do anything to make a quick buck, either by shaking down the seller or the buyer - doesn't matter which one they're representing as long as they get paid. Oh well, what goes around comes around eventually.
RobertaMurphy
· 11 months ago
Erin,
I share your sympathy for these real estate clients who are being served so poorly by their agents--and wish there were some way to prevent these abuses.
Real Estate Marketing
· 4 months ago
Those agents surely had a high level of confidence with their selves, that kind of agents should not be trusted. In our business negotiating tool is really important.
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The notion that they are so good at sales is completely lame.
If they could influence their clients so heavily in one direction or the other, they wouldn't need a bonus because they would be doing a ton of business.
I''m still growling. Unfortunately, many clients WILL be unwittingly swayed by these unethical and self-serving agents. The payment of bonuses and such should be clearly disclosed to clients. Sadly, these nitwits and their clients may be missing a great negotiating tool.
Thanks for stopping by!
The first thing that struck me was that the agent put his own interest before that of his client. This is really no different than if the agent was only showing his client properties that promised the highest commission rather than what is best to fulfill the clients needs. If real estate agents have an image problem, this may be an example of why.
Amen. And abolishing this greedy mentality would go far in in improving the image of the real estate profession. In all honesty, most real estate professional I know would react as we do--with anger and abhorrence.
I share your sympathy for these real estate clients who are being served so poorly by their agents--and wish there were some way to prevent these abuses.