Thursday, December 25, 2025

Top 10 Reasons Consumers Hate Real Estate Agents

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10. Facebook listings from agents who don’t know how to type, spell or understand Facebook

9. Teams are dumb and people know it

8. Almost everyone has a license, so you are not anyone special in their eyes

7. You still advertise in a newspaper that no one reads

6. You try to make them sign a buyer broker agreement when they walk into your open house

5. Dual agency.

4. You write agreements when the possibility of the client getting a mortgage is zero

3. Overpriced listings

2. See number 8 again.

1. And the top reason consumers hate real estate agents…….Bad hairdos from the 70’s on business cards

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fredglick
fredglick
Realty Reality! That describes Fred, a sharp witted and outspoken realist for the mortgage and real estate world who has appeared on CNBC and NPR's Marketplace along with being quoted in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets. Fred is the CEO of U S Spaces, Inc/Arrivva (a real estate brokerage firm in PA, NJ, DE and CA) and U S Loans Mortgage Inc (mortgage brokerage in PA, CA, FL and VA), and serves on the Board of Directors and is the Federal Legislative Director for the UpFront Mortgage Brokers. Fred is also the co-creator of real estate startup Rentscoper.com, a mathematically driven rental search engine. See everything Fred at fredglick.com.

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