Long backstory..
Our current agent has sold a home of ours and also bought our current home. We are looking to buy and sell again so we signed a buyers agreement with them. We have been looking since September 2025.
We admittedly do have a steep requirements list that I think our agent doesn't really like because it makes it harder to find a suitable property.
We missed out on a property that was bought sight unseen. I expressed my concerns that I didn't think it would make it to market when I saw the "coming soon" listing but my concerns were dismissed. I brought it up multiple times and we were considering maybe doing the same to have a chance. I was told essentially I was being silly and that our requirements are not the typical ones of most buyers so there shouldn't be an issue.
Well after an hour long call about the property, I get a phone call right back from our agent saying it's under contract. I was pissed.
After that moment our agent told us that they were going to send targeted letters to try and see if we could find an off-market property (which is what I had been saying for a bit, too).
We were not told what would be included in the outreach letters nor were were informed when they were sent out. I found out they were sent two weeks later because I asked. No follow up to say they went out or anything. I was told a second round would go out but never heard anything about them actually being mailed.
A month ago we put an offer on a house that was perfect. But leading up to that, we had to have a number of strategy calls because it was a very weird situation with the seller. The seller had also changed their mind three times about the offer deadline and also changed showing times, including cancelling an entire day's worth of pre scheduled showings.
So the day before the deadline we started getting antsy and asked if our agent could submit our offer that evening. We were told no they wouldn't write it up and so we had to wait until the next morning to discuss.
During the offer write up, our agent really didn't seem like they wanted to be there. The vibe felt like we were just wasting their time. There was a big error on the contract which I pointed out but was told not to worry about it. I politely suggested we fix it so it was.
Unfortunately we didn't get the house but it still hasn't closed yet.
I asked about one additional property last week because I wanted to learn more information about the status and if we could see it because it wasn't in the MLS yet. I didn't crazy push for it and now I regret it. But our agent also didn't take any initiative and that also bothers me.
I sent them a follow on message a few days ago to further inquire because I wanted more information and to again possibly see it. Nothing as of yet.
I got tired of waiting so I contacted the listing firm and asked. It's under contract, of course..
So I'm basically feeling done because there is never any proactive communication from our agent. It is always me reaching out to ask questions about properties. Not once have they even sent any suggestions to check out.
I don't understand the lack of communication and it's really giving me the impression that they just don't care.
I'm going to hang around until the house we lost out on closes, simply on the off chance the other buyer backs out.
Once that house closes I want out of the agreement early.
So.. a very long winded way to ask how best to terminate the agreement early? I don't want to go into crazy details about these situations, I just want to part amicably.
Suggestions on how to go about it and what to say?
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