lets say you were looking at a place with your realtor, just how pissed would you be if some random guy attached himself to your scheduled showing and your realtor entertained it at that time?

if someone did that with my realtor when i was looking at a place, id probably tell the guy to get lost if he persisted, and later fire my realtor. i doubt you would act differently. sounds to me like this woman was really polite to ol' joe.

she could have given him her card sure, but even that would be weird in front of just the wrong client and taking into account the presumption of the guy trying to get in there anyway. for all she knows joe was the local whackjob.

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I wouldn't actually care -- until I have a signed contract, realtor can show to whomever s/he/it wants. I don't expect to be the only interested party.

I'm looking at the house not the broker. If the realtor wants to yap and gush at someone else while I'm doing so, so much the better.

here is where our confusion lies. im of the opinion that its certain this woman was a buyers agent showing a house to her clients from her reaction to joe. secondly the woman is not a representative of the agency joe then called on the sale sign, but some other real estate company, making it even more likely.

you are thinking its the sellers agent. the sellers agent would be there if it were an open house, but not necessarily if another agent were showing the house for his/her clients.

nothing in joes story indicates it was an open house, just that some people were being let in and he wanted to join.
what happened here is joe tried to jump a private showing and doesnt appear to get why it didnt happen, so its gotta be racism.

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In addition, those prospective buyers may have been previously screened to ensure that they can either qualify for a mortgage or have the wherewithal to buy the place outright. If so, the realtor may have believed that it was more productive to invest her time with those clients. I have no doubt that realtors could waste a lot a time with financially unqualified lookieloos in absence of such screening.

I've never had a broker ask for bank statements or pre-qual before showing a property. Not really appropriate to do so unless one is actually writing an offer.