u/85LoveChild

I'm selling an owner-built cottage on 5 acres in a rural but desirable area of Arizona. Listed in early May around $475k. 32 days active, two price drops, one failed cash offer negotiation. I'm not sure if my agent is underperforming or if I'm just an impatient seller.

In 32 days my agent has never once called me to discuss the listing. Not when the offer came in. Not during three days of back and forth negotiation. Not after the deal fell through. Not to talk strategy. Not to discuss the market. Not once. Everything has been handled over text, just forwarding offers and counters, nothing more. If I want showing feedback I have to reach out and ask for it myself. He has never once called to check in, provide an update, or discuss strategy. I only know what's happening with my own listing when I initiate the conversation.

He never visited the property before pricing it. He looked at photos and MLS data and came in at his number. Here's the kicker. He personally sold a comparable property nearby a few months earlier. It listed and sold below our asking price in under 20 days. He had that data in his own transaction history and still listed us significantly above it with no explanation. I chose him specifically because he sold that property. I thought his firsthand knowledge of the area and that buyer profile would be an advantage. Instead I've been doing my own comp research, tracking my own market data, and essentially running my own listing strategy while he forwards messages.

All six of our showings happened within the first seven days of going active. We haven't had a single showing request in 25 days since. When I suggested he reach out to agents connected to two nearby properties that just went under contract to see if any of their buyers were still looking, he refused. His reason was that it might come across as desperate. This is the same agent who lists reverse prospecting via multiple MLSs as one of his active marketing strategies.

When I pushed him on marketing after 30 days of silence he responded with a list that included pixel retargeting, Google SEO, and social media campaigns. His last listing post on Facebook before mine was over a month before my listing went active. I found out he launched a Facebook ad for my property when my partner accidentally saw it on her Reels feed, seven days after it launched. He never mentioned it.

I have six showings all clustered in the first week, one failed cash offer negotiation with a small gap we couldn't bridge, and 25 days without a single showing request. I'm now planning a second price drop and sending him an email outlining basic expectations including weekly updates, 24 hour showing feedback, a phone call during offers, and coordinated marketing with the price drop.

Am I being unreasonable? Did I get a dud? And most importantly, what should I do from here?

I'm selling an owner-built cottage on 5 acres in Prescott AZ. Listed in early May at $500,000. 32 days active, two price drops, one failed cash offer negotiation. I'm not sure if my agent is underperforming or if I'm just an impatient seller.

In 32 days my agent has never once called me to discuss the listing. Not when the offer came in. Not during three days of back and forth negotiation. Not after the deal fell through. Not to talk strategy. Not to discuss the market. Not once. Everything has been handled over text, just forwarding offers and counters, nothing more. If I want showing feedback I have to reach out and ask for it myself. He has never once called to check in, provide an update, or discuss strategy. I only know what's happening with my own listing when I initiate the conversation.

He never visited the property before pricing it. He looked at photos and MLS data and came in at $500,000. Here's the kicker. He personally sold a comparable property down the road three months earlier. It listed at $450,000 and sold at $430,000 in 18 days. He had that data in his own transaction history and still listed us $50,000 above it with no explanation. I chose him specifically because he sold that property. I thought his firsthand knowledge of the area would be an advantage. Instead I've been doing my own comp research, tracking my own market data, and essentially running my own listing strategy while he forwards messages.

All six of our showings happened within the first seven days of going active. We haven't had a single showing request in 25 days since. When I suggested he reach out to agents connected to two nearby properties that just went under contract to see if any of their buyers were still looking, he refused. His reason was that it might come across as desperate. This is the same agent who lists reverse prospecting via multiple MLSs as one of his active marketing strategies.

When I pushed him on marketing after 30 days of silence he responded with a list that included pixel retargeting, Google SEO, and social media campaigns. His last listing post on Facebook before mine was April 30th, two weeks before my listing went active. I found out he launched a Facebook ad for my property when my partner accidentally saw it on her Reels feed, seven days after it launched. He never mentioned it.

I have six showings all clustered in the first week, one failed cash offer negotiation with a $10k gap we couldn't bridge, and 25 days without a single showing request. I'm now planning a second price drop and sending him an email outlining basic expectations including weekly updates, 24 hour showing feedback, a phone call during offers, and coordinated marketing with the price drop.

Am I being unreasonable? Did I get a dud? And most importantly, what should I do from here? The lack communication is killing me.