How To Ditch Your Bad Florida Realtor

If You Don’t Like Your Florida Realtor

So your Realtor was great over the phone, did their job, always got back to you and helped you get everything prepared but after you met and started working together he/she just didn’t seem to hold up to their first impression they gave you. This would be an unfortunate situation to find yourself in after you’ve spent all the time and money on your trip down here to purchase a property. If it’s just an issue of your personalities not meshing well than my advice would be- If they know what they’re doing and are experienced you may want to try to work through the personality issues.  At this point you run the risk of choosing someone new out of desperation and could end up with someone worse.

If your Realtor just doesn’t know what they are doing and can’t seem to give you any relevant information about the properties or even worse, doesn’t even show up than I have a couple of suggestions for you that shouldn’t waste too much of your inspection trip time:

• Contact their broker and let the broker know about your concerns and your experience with this Realtor so far and see if they have someone else in that office they can refer you to.
• Pull out that original list you made when you were interviewing Realtors and try contacting one of the other two Realtors.  They just might have some availability and can squeeze you in.
• If you are staying in a vacation home neighborhood, go to the nearest shopping center and see if there is a real estate company within that plaza, trying walking in and explaining your situation.  Explain to them what you are looking for in a Realtor and see if they have someone who is willing to take you out on last minutes notice.

I certainly don’t advise finding another Realtor at the last minute as that usually ends up in disaster however, sometimes these things just happen and Realtors just don’t workout.  Try and prepare for this situation ahead       of time and maybe have a Realtor in the back of your mind as a back up plan. Make sure you hold on to that itinerary, your next Realtor will need this so they know which properties you want to see before you leave.  If          you do switch Realtors, as a professional courtesy, let your current Realtor know that you are no longer going to be working with them so they don’t wonder what happened to you.

Remember, when it comes to buying vacation property in Orlando, if you fail to plan than you plan to fail. For a complete road map and guideline to getting from point A to Z and avoiding all the pitfalls in between when buying your vacation rental home in Florida be sure to check out our up and coming e-course “Everything You Wish You Knew Before Buying a Florida Vacation Rental Home”