Here’s my thing. When you are renting a property and dealing with the real estate agent handling the listing, your first instinct is to be extremely careful — you don’t want to offend the agent, thus risking the property, right?

But say the agent keeps making comments that are rather … off. They are rude, to be sure, but borderline unethical. What to do, what to do?

If confronting the agent fills you with dread, familiarize yourself with the code of ethics typically used by real estate agents. See if the behavior falls into those guidelines. If it is possible, you may want to talk to the agent’s superior.

Just because the agent is not representing you does not mean you should be treated with disrespect. If the agent makes a point of saying something tactless such was, “you have really crappy credit” rather than something more PC, if he or she continually crosses the boundaries of polite behavior, you do have recourse.

After you have had a conversation, you need to make sure that you follow up with the clients.  That is the biggest problem that clients seem to have whenever they get in touch with a real estate agent – getting in contact with them again after the initial meeting.  Calling and e-mailing however, several times is not something that you should do.

Finally, you want to make sure that your appearance and you overall are marketable.  Your appearance, car, phone and overall everything is all impressionable, so make sure that you look good!