With more than 1.6 million real estate agents in the United States alone, people looking to buy or rent are bound to come across a few bad apples that provide poor service and sour the whole experience. Whether it’s a lack of expertise, inadequate communication, or pressuring sales tactics, admittedly, not everyone has what it takes to be a realtor.
To further prove this, Bored Panda has curated a list of some of the most bizarre behaviors people have encountered from these ‘professionals.’ Keep scrolling to find them, and don’t forget to share your own realtor horror stories below.
While you’re at it, make sure to check out a conversation with a realtor and the founder of Sunshine Real Estate, Tanya Lechner, who kindly agreed to explain a bit more about how real estate agents have developed such a negative image.
#1 Real Estate Agent Facepalm
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#2 I'd Like To See A Seller Try To Cut Her Commission In Half During The Closing
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#3 Vancouver Realtor Steals Owner's Fruit During A Showing
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#4 Sorry You Died, Do You Still Want To Sell?
I get this text every 6 months. Got tired, said I was dead. Did not discourage the effort.
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#5 Terrible Real Estate Photographs
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#6 This Photo Was On A Real Estate Listing
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#7 The Realtor Left My Front Door Like This After A Showing
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#8 Realtor Photoshopped Out The Power Lines
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#9 Use A Cup, Man
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#10 Real Estate Broker Posts Glowing Review Using His Own Name
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#11 Estate Agents Have Been Learning About Photoshop, It Seems
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#12 Real Estate Agents Need To Work On Their Photography Skills
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#13 The Way Realtors Take Photos
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#14 The Local Real Estate "Investor" Is Mad That I Told Him I Didn’t Have Time To Speak When He Showed Up Unannounced
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#15 I Received A Text Message From A Real Estate Agency A Few Months Ago
I was more offended that they never told me where my house was.
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#16 Is It Normal For NYC Listings To Include A Realtor Photoshoot?
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#17 Is It Legal For Real Estate Agents To Put Up Photos Of A Property That Do Not Show The Actual Property?
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#18 This Is From An Actual Real Estate Company
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#19 Real Estate Agent Accidentally Sent This Letter To A Tenant Instead Of Landlord
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#20 Landlord Buys A Home Away From An 83-Year-Old Man While He’s In The Hospital Unknowingly Behind On Payments And Foreclosed. Realtor Spins It As A "Heartfelt" Story
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#21 A Brutally Honest Real Estate Agent
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#22 How In The World Are These Listing Photos Helpful?
I do not care about the staging furniture. I want to see closets and amenities. Real estate photos are not the place to be artsy.
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#23 My Realtor Sent Out An Email Yesterday Claiming He’s Retiring, Then Says It Was An April Fools' Joke
I was actually excited to hear he was retiring, because he screwed me over. I hate him even more now.
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#24 When The Realtor Somehow Posts Teeny-Tiny Photos On The Listing Page
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#25 Ah Yes, I See The RSVP Now
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#26 It's Always The Real Estate Agents
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#27 My Friend Went To An Estate Agent. At The Meeting, The Agent Got My Friend's Name Wrong. When He Got Up To Print Something, My Friend Noticed This On The Guy's Desk
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#28 When You Use ChatGPT To Describe Your Listings
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#29 Realtor Can’t Take No For An Answer. Reaches Out Once A Month Religiously
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#30 How Drunk Was The Real Estate Agent When He Posted This On Zillow? Extra Zeros Much
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#31 The "Haha" Is Making Me Furious
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#32 I’m Currently Apartment-Hunting, And This Real Estate Agent Doesn’t Understand That People Have Jobs, And That Text/Email Is A Good Option For Small Non-Urgent Questions
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#33 This Real Estate Agent Edited Out The Power Lines In The Background
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#34 15 Calls From Unknown Numbers In An Hour After Contacting A Realtor Through A Website
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#35 Real Estate Agent Lies About The Year The House Was Built In To Deceive Buyers
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#36 Bought A House Today, And This Happened
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#37 Real Estate False Advertising. I Got This In The Mail, I Searched It Up And The Sold Price Didn't Match The Brochure
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#38 What Were These Real Estate Agents Even Thinking? Woman's Husband Passes Away And They Send Her A Condolence Letter And Asks Her To Sell Her Home
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#39 This Letter From A Prospective Realtor Does Not Instill Confidence
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#40 When You Put A No Junk Mail Sign But The Real Estate Agents Don't Recognize Their Junk As Junk
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#41 Such A Weird Reaction To Me Declining To Do Business With This Real Estate Agent
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#42 Real Estate Agents Are Mildly Infuriating
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#43 Misleading Realtor Listing Got Our Hopes Up
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#44 Our Estate Agent Wants Me To Do Their Job. For Context, We're Moving Out After Buying Our First Home
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#45 Real Estate Fixes Mold With Photoshop, Badly
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#46 Realtors Now Using ChatGPT For Property Descriptions
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