Our Intero Realtor in Placerville resigned for health reasons. We were told we then *had* to accept a different Realtor now (sight unseen), after having our realtor since November. THIS happened without even being discussed with my husband or I. Intero will NOT provide a Cancellation of Listing. We asked three times. Four, really. We refused the request to work with "new realtor" (for an abundance of reasons), and the Broker of this office stated he could have Charles Manson sell our house if he wanted. Really? We have zero 'say', as the Sellers?? He wants to strong-arm us, bully us, and our Contract says nothing about remedies for this nonsense. The Broker lied to my husband and said he has text messages that shows we interacted with another Realtor. (We don't have one, sorry.) Show us. The Intero Broker says he will NOT let us out of our contract. Intero has indeed pulled our listing from MLS. Apparently, we are in a MLS HOLD - whatever that means. What is a HOLD? Intero has collected their sign. Apparently our house will be listed in the local paper tomorrow 01/18/2019. We never approved any marketing of the house -- that's the discretion of the Realtor. Intero is now holding our home hostage until April 29th, regardless of whether we sell or not. That's fine, I suppose. We only had 5 showings in 52 days. And NOBODY came to the Open House. NOBODY. Apparently the Broker will send us an invoice of what they've spent on marketing for our home. Scammers. I can imagine how much BS that will be. Clearly we aren't paying. Why would we pay? This is a corrupt and dishonest company. There is so much more to this story. We will be filing complaint(s). The hard lesson is this: the initial Realtor was a friend of mine. I'm clearly not great at picking friends. Also important to consumers - run background checks on who you are dealing with; i.e. any Realtor. It is worth it, to do a background check, in the long run, read every review, talk to former clients, check their former listings. Now, we've asked other Realty professionals "Is this normal?" Same response, "No, this is a malicious establishment." We don't want to work with you Intero. Holding us hostage is going to damage only your reputation in the long run. read more