Crazy how many realtors are unresponsive

[Henry Lazerow]

Anyone else find it mind boggling how many realtors are unresponsive and take multiple calls to actually get a response lately? For example you request a showing and they just never respond. You email some questions about lease end dates they never respond, basic info they should already know or easily be able to get from the seller. It seems to have gotten worse in 2025, guessing a lot of these agents are doing this part time now that the market has slowed. I am seeing this issue most commonly with the solo non-team agents and many of the elderly agents also, maybe a slow year makes them feel like they are already retired. 

Be very careful who you hire to sell your properties! Go with agents who have sold 50+ or even 100+ million and have teammates to quickly respond. I have been working with a teammate for a few years now and feel it works very well to be able to schedule/respond quickly to both buyers and sellers. You are better off even going with Redfin then some of these agents :X

[Jay Hinrichs]

Quote from @Caleb Brown:

I don't think it's as bad compared to COVID times. In our area we have seen quite a bit leave. There will still be a percentage of agents that stink and do the small share of business

I agree so many agents dont pick up the phone leave a message please text for faster reponse. I flat guarantee they lose business doing that.