We listed our apartment for rent with an agent recently. The apartment attracted a few serious candidates shortly after the listing came out. Our agent liked one candidate very much. I checked out the streeteasy today and found that the status has been updated to be 'rented' though the credit checks have not been done and we have not been consulted yet. The apartment is supposed to have an open... [more]
We listed our apartment for rent with an agent recently. The apartment attracted a few serious candidates shortly after the listing came out. Our agent liked one candidate very much.
I checked out the streeteasy today and found that the status has been updated to be 'rented' though the credit checks have not been done and we have not been consulted yet. The apartment is supposed to have an open house tomorrow (Sunday). The ad with the open house was out there two days ago but it was gone (Saturday). I contacted the agent and she said that she did not know what happened. Within minutes, the open house notice was out on streeteasy again. After two hours, the open house ad disappeared again on streeteasy. I notified the agent again. She agreed that it was weird but she 'refreshed' it again. So the ad is out there for now.
Has anyone had similar experiences like mine? Who has the power to update the streeteasy status? I like to give our agent the benefit of doubt but can't help think that she wants to block out other candidates because she favors this particular candidate. This candidate does not have her own agent so it means that our agent will not need to share her comission with another agent.
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