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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (15093)	11/14/2003 5:04:16 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

did you get lunch from them too ? [aside from their "dumb-gas"]-gg

To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (15093)	11/14/2003 5:11:24 PM
From: Tradelite	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

Darfot, apparently the agents you've met were new ones. Did you check back a few months later and see if these cats were still in the business? If you call the listing agent of a particular home and want to see the house, you will probably be shown the house with few questions asked. That's the listing agent's job. The experienced listing agent, however, will first ascertain whether you are already working with a buyer agent, and if you are, then you might still be shown the house IF your own agent isn't available for some reason, but you won't get much more of the listing agent's time after that. You also won't get much of an experienced agent's time (where I live)if all you want to do is use the agent for a few house showings. The good agents are busy working with buyers who are ready, willing and able to buy--meaning qualified. Experienced agents who make money aren't sitting around waiting for strangers to call them wanting a cheap ride in the Lexus. They have a steady clientele of referrals, usually from people they know or from institutional sources. They know something about their buyers and wouldn't spend time with them unless and until they do.