It's sad that my own experience with majority of Malaysia prop agents have been bad. I almost always give them the benefits of the doubt but kena conned or taken as fool too many times. I dont want to over-generalize and one gun kill all. But below were my true experiences

1- I have used the services of this lady mall expert agent (J) quite a few times, trusting her opinion and paying all commissions on time. But guess what she did - she sold me units that are smaller than actual and/or not in good location as she solemnly claimed (I was naive and trusted her when I was overseas while she kept saying it is a great deal that cannot wait). Paying huge premiums Vs other units and all that. After all the problems, her phone went cold for months. She just ditched me in a mess as I later found out unit frontage was a big problem. Now, before readers said in their "hearts" - serve u right for not doing due d, which I humbly accept, my aim is just to highlight this bad encounter, not whine. Who would have thought an agent that I have given numerous businesses would do this to one of her best clients?

2-The second incident/s was over a property sale where the agent (Y, male) swear by his heart that a deal is on - hence, asking for all kinds of discounts , documents, meetings etc. After making me promise "dont play play" and he is a seasoned agent la and guaranteeing a chq is coming, one excuse follows another. Buyer is overseas la, in meeting la, playing golf la, etc.

3-My 3rd bad experience was over an appointment. This lady agent called me up in morning and said a client needed to see a property urgently. I told her before 1 day advance appt. She begged and kept saying this client very keen. So I cancelled other appts and drove to the site in heavy rain. Otw, I called her 3-4 times to confirm as venue is far away from me and in case her client cancelled. To my surprise, she nvr picked up. I sms and whatsapp her yet no reply. This was over 30min and I am still driving. Given that, I don't want to doubt her so I went all the way. After waiting for like 40mins, she finally replied, "Sorry, client cancel." Wtf!!! Why cant u pick up or reply much earlier. I was doing u a favor by rushing to the venue yet u do this!!!

Now, many agents will turn back and claims because owners and vendors are not sincere. My questions are then - don't u already filter and separate the real and fake parties? If one party is showing all the sincerity while the other side fxxking around, how is this good for the industry? Where is the basic professionalism?

Everyone wants to make some money. Lots of gray areas we can swim in. Sadly, taking people as "carrots" is never gonna be sustainable.