Oh really?!

We've been looking at houses. Because as much as I love my parents, I want my own house again. We're already pre-approved up to an insane amount and a friend of ours in Utah is handling the paperwork and all of that stuff. Basically he's our Realtor, he's just in Utah, but licensed in all 50 states. We've been looking at homes online and so far have looked at four houses. We've just been contacting the Realtor and saying "hey we'd like to take a look at this house, when would be a good time to meet you?". When we meet them, they ask "so do you have a Realtor?". And we just tell them what I said above about our friend. Usually, that's the end of it. Today, I get a call from one of the Realtor's we had this conversation with yesterday. I repeat the spiel and she says, I shit you not

Realtor: How are you going to look at more homes? Your Buyer's Agent is the one who should be booking your showings and letting you inside. I understand the local market and can guide you to a great home much more efficiently than anyone that lives outside of Topeka. Why not have your Agent contact me and for a flat fee I'll show you all the houses you want.

Those of you who know me well, know that I was completely unable to let that pass by. Yes...I opened my big mouth. It probably didn't help that I've had a rather trying week..what I'm trying to say is...I was maybe a tad bit bitchy.

Me: How am I going to look at other homes? Probably the same way that I have been and no offense but YOU and all of the other Realtor's that have been contacted by us have had no problems what so ever showing us homes. We've seen every home that we've asked to see. So I REALLY don't see how hiring you would be more beneficial than what we're doing. I can see how it would be beneficial to YOU because you would get paid money and quite frankly, I'm just not interested. I will tell you that you've pretty much assured that I won't be looking at any other home that you're the selling agent for. So again, Thanks by no thanks, bye.

*big eye roll* can you tell they're hard up for money? J and I were responsible home buyers the first time around. We paid our payments on time and went in for the fixed rate instead of an arm loan. The selling side of our Realtor experience from when we sold our home in Utah (we sold because J was transferred, not because we were in danger of going into default on our home loan) has left a bad taste in our mouths as far as Realtor's go, so no...we're not interested in hiring a buyers agent here in Kansas. morons.