Entitled realtor "Ronnie" demands that the 7-month pregnant next-door neighbor clean the house she's selling every day before showings for free: 'I thought I told you the driveway needed to be cleared? I have a showing in a half hour!'

Why is it that real estate agents seem to think that they rule the world? Sure, they have some power when it comes to selling a property, but let's not give these entitled folks more authority than they need. Now, no one is accusing all real estate agents of entitled behavior, but in this scenario, we're talking about one such figure who thought she could get away with making a 7-month pregnant neighbor do housework for free before showings. We should acknowledge that this work was for a property that didn't even belong to the neighbor.

This tale serves as further proof that there is a price to be paid for gaining a reputation in your area for being too neighborly. If you're the type of person who doesn't mind performing a good deed for your next-door neighbor with no expectation of reciprocity, then good for you. You're a far more generous individual than I am. Of course, once a needy person starts to catch on that you're willing to do just about anything for them if you ask kindly, your willingness to be that generous will slowly begin to deteriorate. After all, there are only so many hours in the day to perform your neighbor's chores for them. At a certain point, even the most selfless individual will realize that they need to start prioritizing themselves above lazy neighbors who can't seem to get anything done on their own. 

This author had a toddler, a baby, and another one on the way when she volunteered to occasionally shovel her former neighbor's walkway so that it seemed "lived in" while they were trying to sell it to prospective buyers. Unfortunately, once the realtor got involved, that simple task got a whole lot more complicated.

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  • "Entitled realtor? Why yes, yes she is."

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  • It's not that the author should never have volunteered to help out in the first place. It sounds like she had a wonderful relationship with her former neighbor, and that this person would easily return the favor if she were still living in the neighborhood. The problem is that the realtor quickly saw a way to manipulate the author's generosity so as to get her to do work that merited compensation. The author's mistake was allowing the real estate agent to think that she could boss her around. Thankfully, however, the author put a stop to “Ronnie's” behavior before things got too out of hand.

  • A few winters ago my neighbors moved rather suddenly, before they sold their house. This left their house empty, and they worried about it looking empty so they asked if I could go over once in a while and turn on lights, maybe shovel the walk if we got snow. You know, make the house look lived in. I had no problem doing this as they had been. great neighbors and I was sad to see them go.
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  • That same winter I had a toddler, a baby, and I was pretty decently pregnant- around 7 months along. My husband also worked a lot out of town so about 2 weeks out of the month l was on my own with my brood.
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  • So my ex-neighbor must have let their realtor know that I was "helping" by turning lights on and off and shoveling the front walk if it needed it. Realtor shows up (I will call her Ronnie) and introduces herself and thanks me for my help. Great. She must have also gotten my number from ex-neighbor
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  • because soon she started texting me "requests". This ranged from dusting the house, turning on certain lights, etc ahead of showings. I went over the first time she asked and swiffered the a bit and turned on the requested lights. She texted me later how she was "disappointed" at how dusty the house was. I ignored that text as I didn't give what she thought. a hot
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  • Then the "requests" became an everyday thing. She basically wanted me to set the house up every time she had a showing. I had my kids and was very pregnant with a high risk pregnancy (I wasn't on bed rest or anything but I had to be careful). I ignored all of these requests. The
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  • kicker came when we got a heavy snow-im talking a good foot and a half of heavy, wet snow. Heart attack snow. Ronnie the realtor texts me at 8PM that she will need the driveway cleared by the next morning. The absolute audacity was audacious. I responded to that one asking if she was out of her mind, that I was 7 months pregnant and no way was that happening. She
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  • asked if my husband could do it. I said he was out of town. She said "well you'll have to figure something out". Um, excuse me madam? I sent her laughing face emojis and went back to what I was doing.
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  • Well lo and behold Ronnie the realtor was at my door the next morning knocking like she was the cops. Full on fist banging. I opened the door in my pajamas whilst using my baby bump to hold up my baby as he nursed (Irish twins are fun) and just stared at her.
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  • She actually had the nerve to say "I thought I told you the driveway needed to be cleared? I have a showing in a half hour". I told her to lose my number and shut the door in her face. I then called my ex-neighbor and told her she better put a leash on her pet realtor bc I was about done with her. She was
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  • horrified and promised me she'd take care of it, which she must have done bc I didn't hear from Ronnie the Realtor again. I did, however, enjoy watching her high stepping it through all that snow.
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  • anotheritguy ⚫ 12h ago • If she showed up at my house with that attitude I would have told her where to stick the shovel and let her know if she came to my door again I would have her arrested for trespassing. Good fore you for not putting up with that.
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  • • ilndgrl1970 · 12h ago I would have asked her if she was going to pay for my time and work since she's requesting so much more.
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  • LibraryMouse4321 12h ago • You were nice to make the house look lived in until they hired a realtor. After that, it's the realtor's job, not yours. Good on you for not doing the realtor's bidding.
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  • Alarming_Paper_8357 · 12h ago Omigod, all real estate agents are embarrassed for this crazy woman. Glad the seller set her straight! I'd have called her broker and complained about her harassment and had her broker deal with her. I'm sure your ex- neighbors were humiliated!
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  • Man-o-Bronze • 12h ago The first time Ronnie called my first comment would be, "Great. I charge $150 an hour for my services, with a one-hour minimum."
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