One of the most frustrating things about being a real estate agent or broker is the extent to which you have to hound other people to work, and / or do their job for them.

You’d think that people who drive around all weekend long without necessarily getting paid for it would pay attention when they have an escrow open.  An escrow means you probably are going to get paid now.  That would be a really good point to start paying more attention.

Unfortunately, many, many of the agents in this business seem to pay more attention to work that might get them paid than the work that will get them paid.  They treat driving around all weekend hoping for something to happen like important work (and don’t get me wrong — it is), but then when something does happen, they ignore it.

The upshot is that we have to beg other agents to do work they should be doing as part of their job, while they slip their deadlines.  Right now I have a buyer in contract with a team at K_____ W______ (not to mention any names).  Cash offer on a short sale, written in August.  Here it is almost close of escrow, three months later, and we’ve got all our short sale approvals from the bank, but we’re still holding their hands on disclosures.

Grow up.  Do your paperwork.  Don’t make me kill again.

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