Examples of Bad Real Estate Agents in NYC

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With over 50,000 licensed real estate agents in New York City there are bound to be some bad real estate agents in NYC. What are some of the most egregious examples we’ve encountered?

Bad real estate agents in NYC listing a property for sale

Here is an extreme example of unprofessional behavior by a listing agent which one of our affiliate brokers encountered while working with a Hauseit home buyer commission rebate customer.

This is how the completely infantile listing agent responded after learning that our buyer had decided to go forward on another unit in the same building.

You had contracts already sent out on 12F. What a scumbag thing to do!

Our affiliate responded quickly and very professionally:

We sent out offers on yours and 12F the same day actually. They accepted very quickly and before you countered at an attractive price we could not turn down. Nothing unprofessional here. Good luck I’m sure you will find another buyer.

You would have thought that would have ended it. But no:

Look at your email! Very unprofessional! what goes around comes around! you did not represent your buyer, do you they know you got more money steering them to take 12F when you did not even negotiate for my listing. It will be an interesting conversation when I run into them in the building.

At this point, instead of wasting further time engaging someone who acts like an infant, our affiliate emailed our buyer client to give them the heads up on the situation:

Hi Jerry – just wanted to give you a heads up that the listing agent for 5F is behaving very unprofessional and childish because we did not choose to pay $90,000 more for an older apartment of the same unit on a lower floor!

For the record, we didn’t have much opportunity to negotiate for you on either 12F or 5F because we sent offers out on both the same day and 12F accepted your offer almost immediately. 5F meanwhile took a while to come back to us and countered $40,000 above your offer. You were really happy about 12F and wanted to accept immediately – broker incentives/commissions to us did not influence the decision at all!

No worries about this character, but just wanted to give you a heads up. Thank you for being so easy to work with and we’re really glad you finally found something!

Our customer backed us up and that was the end of it for this unprofessional troll. Another person with whom the Hauseit affiliate network will not be dealing with in the future.

Hi, we also think the listing agent for 5F is behaving very unprofessional! We are very happy to have you as our agent and thanks for your all help so far with our searching.

Bad Real Estate Agents in NYC trolling FSBO sellers

Examples of real inquiries from agents to a traditional FSBO seller on Zillow

Hello, Are you co-brokering with agent even though you are the owner and selling on your own? You can reach me at: [number redacted] Can I come and take a look at it?

When this traditional FSBO seller eventually signed on with a Hauseit affiliate who asked this agent whether he had a buyer, the agent admitted:

Naw man. I’m fishing fsbo’s.

Fortunately, troll inquiries from agents “fishing for FSBOs” are usually extremely unimaginative and the broker solicitation easy to deal with:

is this still available? You can reach me at: [redacted]

What are some examples of extreme stupidity from bad real estate agents in NYC?

This agent from one of the largest brokerage firms nationwide was well known for trollish behavior. Unfortunately for him, he almost got himself and his brokerage firm fined $10,000 for violating REBNY rules which strictly prohibit the solicitation of the client of another REBNY Member Firm.

This troll agent with no listings, clients or experience had acquired the contact information of Sarah, who is 1% for Full Service listing client, when she had previously tried to sell her property via a traditional FSBO. He incriminated himself and his brokerage firm by soliciting her in writing.

Hi Sarah. Hope this email finds you well. I noticed this apartment is still on the market. How in the hell hasn’t it sold yet? If you choose to go in a different direction and interview new agents, I would love to be considered for the job. We have a lot of experience in this neighborhood. Lets keep in touch.

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