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Warning to those of you interested in buying properties listed by First Team Real Estate in California. A property that was listed in Garden Valley, Ca. for $85, 000 (Spanish Flat) by First Team Real Estate was withdrawn from the market after I went to the trouble to make an offer of $86, 000 …which was slightly more than the asking price. I was pre-approved by a bank to make this purchase. The agent listing the property for First Team R.E. never did respond to my offer one way or the other to let me know if it was accepted or not. I became concerned when I noticed that the property was withdrawn from the online multiple listings. After a week long wait for some response from First Team, which was very stressful, my own agent finally got ahold of the listing agent. When my agent finally made contact, the First Team agent seemed disinterested in our complaint of not being notified of the status of our offer and the status of the property . My agent told him he was rude and inconsiderate not to mention the fact that his ethics stunk. My agent was concerned that First Team had made him look bad in front of his own client, me. My agent stated that people like this First Team agent give the real estate industry a bad name due to the way they handle potential buyers and in their unwillingness to communicate with other realtors. The First Team agent lamely explained to my agent that he decided to pull the property off the active list and auction the property instead of accepting my offer. He never did apologize for ignoring the offer on the table and we will never know if he even gave the offer to the property owner to decide if they wanted to accept it or not. So be forewarned. If you don’t want to risk wasting your valuable time and be treated like you don’t matter, then stay away from First Team Real estate .
I worked for First Team Real Estate for well over 8 years. I watched this company spend money like it was water the first 4 when times were good, then I watched the company slowly sink like the Titanic while treating it's employees and realtors without compassion while putting a front like they don't. I also watched while they cut my pay after not giving me a review or raise for over 4 years... by almost 40%. Yes, you read that correctly. 40% - They did everything to not "let me go" because they're even too cheap to not allow employees to get unemployment, which would have paid me more than the pay they changed me to. Not just that, but the offer letter they gave me to explain my 40% cut states they were "pleased to offer me" it. First Team Real Estate is owned by Cameron Merage, who barely knows what any of his offices even look like, much less how they're run. If you care about people and their well being, you might want to think twice before dealing with this company. Unfortunately there are many good agents who are stuck, having built their own business and investing marketing materials that are costly to replace when moving to a new brokerage. Don't blame the agent, unless it's the agents fault, but do blame First Team Real Estate for running the company with no compassion whatsoever. Happy House Hunting!