We are getting ready to list our house and search for a new home. The buyers agent I used to buy our first house has kept in touch over the years (it’s been almost 5) with cards, events, newsletters, etc. We have mutual acquaintances but we are not friends, just a professional relationship.
I’m thinking of using another agent for this time, for both listing our home and buying another home. How do I “break up” with my old realtor? I think she was counting on getting our business the second time around.
To provide context, I was 29 when I bought my first house (still kind of young and dumb). I felt rushed into the transaction. On the final walkthrough, I smelled sewage. I know, I’m the adult buying the home, not her, but she just brushed it off and said “maybe a little critter died in the air vent! We’ll ask them to clear it out.” Instead of slowing down and addressing the problem, I just went through with the closing and had to spend a couple grand fixing an improperly installed toilet and shotty tile job the next month (welcome to home ownership, I know). I still have some bad feelings about that. I think I’m just ready to work with someone else. Is that fair?
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