Being courteous with other propfessionals.

I know every industry has them. Those things that happen day in and day out that just make your life that much more difficult, and it has nothing to do with your customers or clients. Its that much more frustrating when it is the people in your industry that are making things harder for you.

In Real Estate, one of my biggest Pet Peeves, is Agents who don't update their listings.
There is nothing worse then sending out a list of properties to a client or potential client, have them send you back the ones they like, and for those properties to not be available anymore. I cant tell you how many times called about a rental or sale, and the MLS says active, and the agent says that it is no longer available. I understand if it just rented or just went under contract. Its the ones that the agent says are about to close, or rented weeks ago. If the status of a listing changes, you should state that change within 24-48 hours. It takes 5 minutes. I will never understand it, do these agents like people calling them everyday for showing instructions and to keep having to tell them, "no, im sorry, its not available"? I dont know about them, but I dont have the time for that. Ive had a listing office tell me to go and show a Townhome for sale, because the listing agent still had it as active, and to go and show, and when I got there, the new owners were moving in! It had already sold! So the agent never marked it contingent, pending, or sold. Amazing. Sometimes I see units that I was told were no longer available, or known first hand were not available, stay Active on the MLS for months. It wasted my time, and my clients time. Very frustrating.

I know everyday I try to make things as easy as I can for my fellow Real Estate Professionals, and I just wish more people would do the same. If the property is no longer available, change the status in the MLS. If the house has 3 contracts on it for sale, change it in the MLS. If the condo rented 3 weeks ago, change it in the MLS. If you dont have a key or access to the property, state that in the MLS!

No one is perfect, and I'm not implying that I am either, I would just like to see everyone be a little more courteous with the other people in the industry they work in.