Recently my husband showed me a thread from his work where the thread went similar to this.

Question: Could someone recommend a realtor that is an expert in Education Hill?

Reply: I recommend “so and so”.  He is a very good agent.

Reply: Do not use anyone in that office.  I had a very bad experience with an agent there.

Reply: Just because you had a bad experience with one agent, doesn’t mean they all are bad agents in that office.

The individual then started going off about how evil the agent was.  Listening to his story, I honestly felt for the agent.  Of course I do not know exactly what happened, but in his words when she refused to change the legal language in the contract as he wished, he fired her.  Of course, agents are not allowed to practice law.

He then went into probability theory stating that since he “randomly” came across two bad agents in a row at that office, probability theory would state that the chances of finding a bad agent in that office are very high.

Therefore, to all techies who have this warped frame of mind, I will explain it in words they understand (per my husband).

Real estate agents are each independent variables!

Just because one real estate agent didn’t do a good job, it means absolutely nothing about another agent.  It means nothing about an agent for the same company, for the same office, or for an agent that sits next to that agent.  All it means is you found a very bad agent.

Honestly, if you keep coming across bad agents, seriously look into how you are finding them.  Do you keep getting recommendations from friends (“hey, my brother in law can help you out!”, “my sister is dating a real estate agent!”)?  Do you interview agents?  Do you ask the right questions when interviewing an agent?

It is up to you to find the right agent for the task.  They do not fall out of the sky and random selection is not the way to go here.