My Realtor is out of town so I have a couple questions...

For the second time this month I've had a prospective buyer who was working with another Realtor call me about one of our properties we have for sale.
The first buyer I spoke with for about 20 minutes before he said "Well I have a Realtor but she is on vacation, so I will try and get her to show me your listing when she gets back.
The second was much more up front, saying he had a Realtor in the first sentence, but his Realtor was working with some other clients this week.
I'm glad to see our advertising is working, and it makes my day when we get a call on our properties whether the prospect has an agent or not.
What I don't understand is how buyers continue to work with agents who seem to continually be on vacation.
Everyone needs a vacation including those in the service business such as Realtors, but they should have someone covering their business when they are gone.
The problem is most agents don't want to do this, mainly because they don't want to have to pay a referral for the other agent handling their clients.
If you are going to work with a single Realtor in purchasing a home make sure they have someone backing them up.
That is one of the main reasons we work with the team concept, our team members are there for you if for some reason one of us can't be. Our clients don't get shifted around from agent to agent( a misconception when talking about real estate teams) however, if for some reason your primary agent has a family emergency, or has to go to a closing or another appointment when you the buyer has to see a house, someone is there.
Make it a point when hiring a Realtor to help you in the purchase of a home that he/she has some kind of system to help you out in case they can't.