WATNE REALTORS

I used a Watne real estate agent both to sell and buy a home. The realtor was very convincing and comforting to my husband and I before anything went wrong. The deal he/she was positive was in line for us fell through well after the allotted time to back out. We wanted to keep the buyers escrow deposit; as that is how it works - and we ended up getting nasty mail from the buyers mother. The realtor seemed to have been pushing the buyer past their comfort level according to this letter we received. When we looked for a home - the realtor almost insisted on a home that we were less interested in than another. That house was on the market for a long time afterwards as there were a lot of huge flaws that another realtor ended up pointing out to us and that this one failed to mention. These were "obvious" flaws that any realtor should be very knowledgeable about. I would not recommend this realtor specifically or the company that employs them. The realtor was unprofessional and all around sketchy in everything he/she did the entire time.

 After numerous meetings with both agents, and realizing the property had some serious issues, we decided not to buy it.  The entire experience with the sellers agent was disturbing. It took 2 weeks from the time we originally said we did not want to buy the land before the he stopped asking for meetings.

Finally the seller's agent called me and told me he was not sure we would get our deposit back -- he had a list of reasons (all of which were absurd), the last of which included private information regarding my fiancé's credit scores. Since when are real estate agents able to obtain private information and then use it against you ??  And how did he get the information in the first place?   

I called and complained to Watne's broker and did eventually get our deposit back. But I never was told where the seller's agent obtained our financial information, and what (if anything) was done to reprimand the seller's agent for his threats to us.

Again, I appreciated the agent that we worked with.  - but the seller's agent makes the entire group look bad. It's been a year since we had this experience, and I can not get it off my mind. I've had numerous dealings in real estate before, but never had anyone manipulate facts, or bully me with information that he should have not had in the first place.  (I've also talked to the VP of our bank, the only people in town that our financial records.) 

• If you want your financial records kept private, chose another agency.

We were showed homes in the midst of poor winter weather conditions, all paperwork was completed for us, all our questions were answered or researched, and our agent accompanied us to the closing. The staff even negotiated a "no sale" on our behalf when one seller decided to not agree to terms after earnest money was posted. Excellent service overall.