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.

"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.
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