How would you handle this?

Hey, being a Realtor is a tough business! Very competitive, everyone I am in competition with, thinks every seller is their listing and every buyer belongs to them as a buyer agent. Very cut throat, but there is a way to operate to where you are courteous to each other in the profession. How you act and behave gets back to others and you can quickly be ostracized in the community.

Case in point, I had a listing appointment yesterday. There was another Realtor who was competing with us for the listing. The husband of the buyer said to come and give us your pitch on the house. The wife however, had other plans. So the other Realtor had an appointment at 12 pm, ours was at 12:30 pm. We arrived at 12 pm, to find the other Realtor still there and refusing to leave. Weird!

So we're there presenting and the other Realtor, who is also from our same office, same company, is still there and listening to our presentation, because we had an appointment and wanted to keep it. The other Realtor kept interrupting and asking questions during our presentation, to us, on behalf of the owners. As if she already had the listing wrapped up. Very strange to be answering questions to the agent, who was acting on behalf of the owners.

So we came to learn that the owners had purchased the house from this Realtor. She was being protective of her turf, and would not leave and would not yield an inch, while we were there with the sellers. The husband allowed us in, but the wife shut us down, since she allowed for the awkward situation to occur.

So how would you handle this situation as a Realtor?

#LizBobeck