Plumbers and Real Estate agents would seem like a match made in heaven but like many marriages, there are times when a divorce seems the preferable option. Not all love affairs last and when they turn toxic, it's time for a divorce.Plumbers are well aware of toxic cess pits that never seem to work and relationships with some Property Managers can be classified in the same category. There is a good reason why some Real Estate agents have a bad reputation as many Plumbers have already discovered to their loss.Plumbers need to remember that an Estate Agent is an agent. An agent is someone who represents another person or company. That means, they are acting and representing a client and responsible to, someone else. Yes, many Estate agents own property and manage it themselves and if you have found a client in that category and they are treating you and your plumbing business fairly, then you may have struck gold. But in the norm of the industry, they are very rare today. The reason so many Plumbers have a love affair with Real Estate agents is because Estate Agents represent many properties. All these properties require repairs and maintenance which represents a lot of continuing work.The properties that Estate property managers maintain are across all industries and not just the residential rental market. There are big commercial buildings, industrial properties, commercial properties like small shopping centres, Houses for Sale, and the often overlooked properties of industrial estates. Yes, all those small business tucked away in industrial areas around your local town are often rental properties managed by Real Estate agents. So now that you are aware of why Plumbers at some point in their business will chase Real Estate work. Plumbers Toxicity Meter No. 1They start holding up payment to your invoices citing "not enough money in the clients account". If this is the case, then it should be a big red flag that the agent is not treating you fa irly and is likely to be in breach of their responsibilities. The Real Estate Property Managers laws vary from country to country and state to state so whether they are in actual breach of their contract to their client or not are something that depends on your local law. In Australia, in Queensland and the Northern Territory, they would be. Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) reasons for calling a plumber out to do a job knowing that there was not enough money in the clients account to pay for the call-out would be the only legally acceptable reason. Plumbers Toxicity Meter No. 2 As previously stated above, every Plumbing business in town at some point, has approached the local Real Estate agents and given them their card and contact details. If they have done a good job of notifying them about their plumbing business, they will also have left a short portfolio/brochure of their capabilities and specialties. If they have been super-organized they will also have left a sma ll memento with their phone number blazoned in big letters sitting on the agent's desk to save them looking up phone numbers in their Business card folders. But that is a story for another day and right now we are looking at avoiding a toxic relationship that will cost your plumbing business money. When someone says they called you but couldn't get hold of you and you know they are telling fibs.Telling a lie at any time is despicable behaviour that should send your money-loss Geiger counter into over-drive. If they lied about that then what else are they being untruthful about? A Plumbers love affair with any Real Estate agent needs to be a cautionary one built on trust.
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