Real estate boss exposes the infuriating act that’s stopping Aussies from finding their dream home

A property boss has called out ‘cowboy’ agents who jump into the industry to make a quick buck without taking the job seriously.

Amir Jahan, owner of A-Class Real Estate Agents, said he has noticed a rising trend of tradies, hairdressers and other ‘blue collar’ workers taking up real estate as a sideline.

He told Daily Mail Australia many had no idea of ​​the hard work or responsibility involved and showed little to no commitment to doing the job well.

“They can’t even last six or seven months because they think it’s easy money,” he said.

“When they get into it and deal with all the stress, all the calls, all the customers, they say, ‘It’s not for me.’

Mr Jahan claimed that the lack of interest had led many ‘cowboy’ brokers to adopt bad habits and cut corners.

He said some showed up for home inspections without having done their research and were unable to answer basic questions, leaving home buyers frustrated.

Others have deliberately misled customers about the sales amount before attempting to sell them on other services.

Mr Jahan said he was recently viewing a property when a casual-looking man showed up – and it turned out to be an agent for an upstairs apartment on the same block.

“This guy came by wearing a short-sleeved shirt, baggy pants and Asics sneakers and took a customer upstairs,” he said.

“They think they just have to show the property and it will sell itself.”

Mr Jahan said there are numerous anecdotes of people making the effort to go to inspections, but ‘cowboy’ agents have absolutely no idea about the properties.

‘People ask ‘when was the building built?’ he said.

‘And they say, “I don’t know, I’ll contact you.”

“What’s the point of people going to inspections if they can just stay home, look at the pictures and read the information online?”

“At least have some knowledge based on what you’re selling to inform people.”

Mr Jahan said it is frustrating for potential home buyers when real estate is such a large and important purchase.

“A lot of cops are knowledgeable and know what they’re doing, but a lot of cowboys know absolutely nothing,” he said.

The agent said the unprofessional agents often responded with the same canned response: “Do you want me to send you the contract?” regardless of a home buyer’s demand.

‘I’m not asking you for the contract, I’m asking you for the questions I need to know. At least read a little about the property before you come into the open house,” he said.

Mr Jahan said potential buyers can tell who the cowboys are because they rarely have an office, landline or staff and work from a home address.

‘I see someone coming out of this old house with a file. The house looked old. These people were running a business there,” Mr Jahan said.

They also have minimal and overpriced inventory.

“One of them has only two properties that are impossible to sell at the prices they are listed for,” Mr Jahan said.

‘But when I asked, “Why do you have that prize?” he told me he did it to get questions.”

Mr Jahan said the broker used the properties as bait to attract customers for its other services – such as mortgage broking and accounting – and to attract new sellers who think he can offer them “unbelievable” prices.

‘They just want to build their database. “Buyers need to do their research so they don’t buy these overpriced properties.”