RE/MAX Landmark

Stay FAR away from these people. My family hired their agent Barry Hurst to sell their condo back in the fall of 2014. I questioned their selection because he wasn’t local and was pretty «low rent» (think the Better Call Saul of realtors), but my mom liked him. Mom’s not usually such a bad judge of character but she has Alzheimer’s now so she isn’t on her A-​game. When an offer came through in November the potential buyer was, supposedly, going to pay cash. At this point, if I were the realtor, I would get some proof. I know when my husband and I bought our home we couldn’t even put an offer on the table if we couldn’t show we had the funds. This is done so no one has their time wasted. Well Barry Hurst never did this and a closing date is set. That closing is put off. The closing is put off again. See where this is going? On January 22^nd Barry calls me to tell me the deal is over because mister «cash» can’t get a loan. In the meantime I have relocated my parents and bought all new furniture (their old furniture was part of the deal). All the time the condo could have been on the market it wasn’t. Needless to say my parents are pretty upset that this guy didn’t do his due diligence. It NEVER should have been under contract in the first place. Barry Hurst never even changed the MLS listing to reflect the change in status — which you are supposed to do immediately. Needless to say my parents need a break and want the place off the market but this guy won’t take it off the market! We have called the broker, RE/​MAX, and they aren’t doing anything. Bet you didn’t know a realtor could, essentially, try to hijack you! These people are unscrupulous scoundrels. Funnily they say they treat the customer like it was their own mother. They must HATE their mom. Can you imagine someone doing this to you? You don’t want to work with them but they won’t let you dissolve the relationship? And I get that there are contractual obligations but when someone doesn’t do their job the contract doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Also, this guy screws other agents out of .5% so good luck getting your realtor to do business with him. And what do you do when they won’t even communicate with you? Everyone I tell is shocked this is possible. Stay FAR FAR away.