Here’s why it wouldn’t have worked. Since it was a small kitchen I bought extra tall cabinets that I could push all the way to the ceiling. If they were lower because of crown they would have covered the outlets.

That is why I found feedback worthless, plus the fact I’m sure Realtors see hundreds of homes and can’t remember them all.

As basically a listing agent my sellers do like it. They all want to know what people thought of their home.

When I do show homes, I don’t mind giving feedback, guess I’m in the minority here.

Sell houses and stop thinking about getting sued. You’ll be much happier. If you work from the moral standpoint that you’ll treat your clients like you’d want to be treated, then 99% of the time you’re doing your job correctly. It’s called a code of ethics for a reason.

If you’re the type of person that thinks that a simple comment like “over priced for the neighborhood” is somehow handcuffing your abilty to negotiate, then I pity you. Go play chess. Think about your 50 first moves on your way to domination and then pat yourself on the back for being such a fantastic chess player. There won’t be any high-fives to be dolled out because nobody cares about chess and nobody cares about your shrewd real estate tactics by not giving feedback. Your Real Estate Brain is mas grande. Go flex it at Venice Beach.

Buyers will buy a house if they want to buy it and sellers will sell it if they think they’re getting a decent price. Feedback has negligible effects on the final result.

If you want to be lazy, be lazy. If you don’t care about feedback, then don’t care about feedback. I’ll give you a high five for being honest at least. Just stop it with fiduciary responsibility and benign/generic feedback. Sheesh.

What has two thumbs and thinks talking about agent feedback is over-thinking Realtor???

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< This Guy

I know I’m very late here, but this info is timeless! Great post BTW.

I have always HATED the whole showing feedback process, intent, etc. It’s not my job as a buyer’s agent to help the listing agent get the house ready to show. That’s the Listing Agent’s job and why they get the commish. Not to mention all the solid ethical reasons others pointed out in this post.

What’s really irritating is when you are really working hard, doing 10-20 showings per day with a client for like three days in a row, and, while you are trying to get to the next property w/o getting lost, an agent calls you for feedback before you can even get out of the neighborhood.

Unidentified local number on the caller ID. Is this the one you are trying to get an appointment for three homes from now, or is this some over anxious SLACKER that wants feedback already on a home you just showed.

You have to take it! It might be the appointment call.

I used to tell agents to please email me and I will do all feedback via email in my spare time. Then, even this got irritating because really, who has free time?

So now I don’t do ANY feedback and if they trap me by leaving the old voicemail “please call me I have a question for you” (presumably about one of your listings so you call back), then I tell them “It’s not my job to help you sell your property.”

This goes over REAL well, but oh well.

Hey, I’m just glad that there are at least SOME other agents out there that feel the way I do.

Rob in Atlanta

Nobody said you have to go into great detail. Giving a comment like “Buyer liked home, is considering…” or “Buyer liked home, but felt price was too high for condition/location” or “Buyer is considering other options…” or “Buyer did not care for location…”

How in the heck would that jeopardize negotiations? I agree that the feedback is kind of silly, if the buyer really liked the home, the buyer would make an offer….but I fail to see where there’s harm in doing it.