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Howard
I am of course putting people I have not met or worked with into the same bucket as people who seemed to be used to opening a door and pocketing commission, so were not incentivised to do anything beyond that.
It was my first time buying somewhere and was routinely shown properties WAY outside of my budget and miles from the ones I had told them I wanted to see. One guy was really trying to push a place with a 104 year lease saying it was so long that it may as well be a Freehold. Not one of them could tell me the council tax band of whatever place we were viewing. Some didn't know whether or not there was a chain. The list goes on.
Again, I'd be happy for it to be proven that there are exceptions to my rule but, going on those personal experiences, the moronic many have likely scuppered it for the fantastic few.