In article .com,
fnord wrote:
I found realtors to be incredibly annoying. No matter what I told them
I was looking for, they would take us to see things that had *nothing*
to do with our descriptions. We would say "we want something quiet,
with some land, away from busy roads" and they would show us houses on
main streets, with no yards.

I had a similar experience when I was shopping for my previous house
which involved a transcontinental move. I gave agent A a list of
requirements which included a preferred price range and a maximum
commute time to my new job. I later discovered that my price range was
unrealistic for that commute time but agent A didn't say this, just
started touring houses in my price range. The next day, I drove from
the one I liked best to where I was going to be working and it was
tripple my max time, and this was outside of rush hour. Told this to
agent A who didn't seem to comprehend what I was complaining about.

Talked to agent B (who was suggested by the new job's HR dept) and right
off he said that for that commute time I would have to pay more and
asked which was more important. I told him the time and he started
showing me houses that were relatively close to work. I bought one of
them.

Agent A called me again to show me more houses and was royally ****ed
that I had just made an offer. Still didn't seem to comprehend what my
objections to his houses was. TS to him.

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