Firing my buying agent ?
Hi guys, I need your recommendations ?
I am looking to get a commercial estate and decided to hire this agent I found online.  I taught him being young with 2 years experience will make him hungry for the deal and avalaible.  there was one time we were supposed to go to a showing, once I was there he said that he couldn't book the showing because the other agent wasn't responsive and I can go as a customer and check the place.  today I decide to not go to work and go for showings, so I told him a week ago, he sent me dozens of listings to pick some, later on he said that the listing agents were not going to book showings for 3 places so I can go and pretend I am a customer, i was ok and plan to meet him today at 10am anyway. now it's 2h after our scheduled appointment and there is no follow ups from his side.  I'm irritated by his lack of of communication and follow ups.  I feel I'm doing all the work to handle him his commission.  since I am new to commercial real estate, am I being to harsh on him or it's fair to say he sucks and move on with someone else ?
[{"id": "etmfhd0", "text": "Yeah, he sucks.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "etmiu0e", "text": "In the absence of any other relevant information, he sucks. Find somebody else.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "etmkrzv", "text": "Yeah sorry about that.  Some agents in RE are worthless.  I would look for a new one. What area are you in?  I may be able to refer you to someone.", "replies": [{"id": "eto9icm", "text": "got anyone in the Houston area?", "replies": [{"id": "etobbic", "text": "What product type?", "replies": [{"id": "etobhrg", "text": "Anywhere from lots to multi family homes", "replies": [{"id": "etogkew", "text": "I'm out of town this weekend with little service. Let me get back to you on Monday. I may have a few people down there.", "replies": [{"id": "etoil1t", "text": "Would appreciate that, basically new to investing. Looking to get my first property in the next month or two. At the moment I\u2019m just trying to inform myself and get a feel for the market.", "replies": [], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "etmq68c", "text": "NEXT!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "etmtjgf", "text": "Definently need to say goodbye to him, try looking on Crexi, lots of good listings and info on all of em", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "etna9s5", "text": "Fire him. You wouldn\u2019t put up with this if he was helping you buy your home! \n\nI hired a younger agent with the same reasoning as you but he totally worked out! (Residential actually, maybe that\u2019s the difference?)", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "etnhd0k", "text": "The main investor I work with says this is what most agents he works with are like. My experience with agents I know is that they bend over backwards to meet the clients needs. I would start looking for a new agent that knows commercial and works with the kind of properties you're interested in.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "etohq7p", "text": "To be fair, a lot of CRE listing agents do not want to work with a buy side broker. They feel they\u2019re giving away a commission to someone who\u2019s doing no work, just like you feel. \n\nI\u2019d try working with the listing agent directly and asking for a discount on half of the buyside commission. \n\nGet a lawyer for the contract work you need. All the buyside agent is trying to get you to do is buy the property so he can make money, that\u2019s not always in your best interest.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]