I need to vent to someone, and since none of you know this person/situation - you're getting my vent!
Back story:
A friend of Bens called me up to ask me to list their house. I went over, gave them my honest opinion on the house, and price, and came up with a better strategy for them - rent out the current house and buy a new one while prices are low. They were going to take a huge loss on their house, and this was the best scenario. I worked with them to create a lease, rental applications, etc. while they looked at other houses. Didn't hear from them the past couple of weeks even though I had emailed/called a few times to see how they were doing with things and when they wanted to meet up next ... just saw on FB literally ten minutes ago a photo of a house and the status update "We found a house! We settle next month!" .. looked up the house in Trend (mls) and see they're BUYING IT FROM THE LISTING AGENT.
I'm beyond annoyed.
It's just frustrating to me that people don't get the fact that as an agent, we don't get paid anything, not a single cent, until we sell you a house. I don't get a consulting fee for the hours I spent with them coming up with strategies for them to sell/buy/rent their house.
I get that they think they got a better deal by buying directly from the listing agent - where in reality, that listing agent is actually just collecting all 6% from the seller now, instead of splitting it with a bueyrs agent. AND the listing agent still only represents the seller, not these buyers.. so they are not being protected what so ever, but they probably do not realize this. I guess they wandered into an open house, liked the house, and were convinced by the listing agent that buying through her was going to save them money. Ugh.
I'm also mostly annoyed that they didn't even have the deceny to tell me, and I had to find out about it on FB. It's just rude. People have no loyalty/respect anymore what so ever.