Should My Realtor be doing MORE?

[Greg Hoffman]

Is this normal? 

Met with RE agent yesterday and described what we're looking for... 

"Important that its a DEAL not RETAIL" I said

"Ugly needs Cosmetic work, can add equity with upgrades" I followed up 

We gave out Price range and Target Area we want to live....

HE says "

he will send houses that fit our budget in our area"

but

"can't separate out out houses by condition"

so I basically will be getting any house that comes on the market that fits price and location. 

QUESTIONS

Should I expecting more than that? 

Can't I just do that myself? 

Am I expecting too much for him to handpicking good deals to send me so I don't waste my time with "drip emails" 

[Catherine Emert]

A lot of MLS systems make it hard to narrow down a property by condition. As a broker we do our best, but I live by the rule I'd rather do my very best and send a few extra properties than to risk one you might be interested not coming through. I think if you are receiving too many that you are not interested in have the broker refine the search, add in key words maybe. Most brokers I know are willing to take the time to learn what makes you happy and most strive for that.

@Darin Tripoli I think you are speaking in a very general sense. The national average takes into account brokers like me who have closed (or have in escrow) 17 properties this month and the brokers who do more than I do AND the brokers who work very part time and only sell or purchase their own investments for example. National averages as these tend to make brokers look lazy in my honest opinion. Yes, there are lazy brokers/agents, just like any industry there are stand-out performers and those that think it's going to be easy. As for it being easy and cheap to get a license you are partially correct. Gettin a license is the cheap part - maintaining your license however, is not cheap. We have to pay for classes, renewals, memberships to MLS and associations (required if you are an MLS member), advertising, forms, e-sign software, signs, flyers, the list goes on and on. I love my career choice and I choose to work endlessly for every client I have, the majority of brokers/agents I know work well over 40 hours a week and will drop anything they are doing for a client's needs. But to read a generalized statement like this I felt the need to respond.