An entitled real estate agent tries to pull a fast one on me and my wife by nearly screwing us out of our dream property.

So we decided to get some petty revenge by going with another agent to sell our house,

who then earned over $20,000 in commissions from our sale.

Here's how we did it.

A while back, my wife and I decided to downsize, and so we were out there dealing with those bastions of honesty real estate agents

on a weekly basis. We attended an open house for an apartment we fell in love with, and after another

range viewing, we made an offer with the agent who we will call Paul. Now, Paul was your stereotypical

agent, sharply dressed, talkative, and smar me with an attractive assistant to hand out the brochures.

But he had the listing for what we wanted so there was no avoiding him.

Our initial underlisting price offer was refused with a counteroffer, which we thought was over the odds.

But we wanted it badly, and as we were downsizing, the extra $20,000 or so was not a strain.

So we agreed on the price on the strict proviso that the impending open house for the weekend

did not proceed, as we didn't want to run the risk of someone throwing in a higher offer. Contracts

were to be exchanged on the Monday, and this was agreed upon by Paul. Well, I drove past at the time

of the open house just to check out the neighborhood again, and then I saw the signs were still out.

This guy lied to us.

So, being petty, we went up to the apartment, said hello to Paul and his assistant, who were a

little surprised to see us, and then proceeded to follow around any visitors and point out the

deficiencies as we saw them. We also monopolize Paul and his assistant anytime people were

angling to chat to them. They couldn't tell us to get

lost. We were the buyers. We were the first in and the last out. Ten groups left knowing every

fault in the apartment, as well as the area and with the complex. Now, I was pissed, but I kept it

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