Real Estate Agent Response Times?

[David S.]

I'm trying to get into real estate investing and have been working with a real estate agent that was referred to me through a friend.  Since day one, I've noticed a fairly consistently slow response time and I'm wondering if my annoyance is reasonable and I should be looking elsewhere.

On our first call, he promised to give me access to the MLS portal. I had to follow up a week later and his excuse was that he was out of the city and then was helping a client with a legal matter.

Afterwards, every time I send him questions about properties (or this time a request for a showing), it takes over 24H to get a response.

Is this normal or should I be seeking another agent?