Open house horror stories from readers

A late or nonexistent agent One of the more important aspects of a listing agent's job is to sell the house, and it would seem a key part of that would be to show up at an open house. However, one reader said that there have been occasions when the realtor either arrived late or never showed up. 'Things come up, but you've got to at least get someone out there to post a notice,' said the anonymous reader .
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Compiled by Carli Velocci, Boston.com Correspondent

A late or nonexistent agent

One of the more important aspects of a listing agent's job is to sell the house, and it would seem a key part of that would be to show up at an open house. However, one reader said that there have been occasions when the realtor either arrived late or never showed up. "Things come up, but you've got to at least get someone out there to post a notice," said the anonymous reader.