Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : My husband and I are in the process of buying a home. We sold our last home and moved to this area last spring. We originally tried to buy here but there was nothing on the market we liked so we signed a lease and decided to wait. We used a great, very knowledgeable agent back then. Really nice, competent guy, who has been in the business awhile and helped a family member close on a home a couple yrs ago. 

Well, last summer my sister-in-law's bff Ann Perkins (not real name) got her real estate license. I have always really liked this girl. She's vivacious, bubbly, all around sweet woman. She is working full time as something else, and just wants to do real estate part time. She closed on her first home just last week so she's very new to the business.

I shot her a question a few weeks ago about a property, and we texted some about that and another. She said she'd check in on a property and get back with me and then never did. 

We felt uneasy going with her since she has no experience (and we watched the buyer of our last home fumble and bumble with a brand new agent and were not eager to live that again). A few days after she didn't get back with me, I reached out to our old agent and he immediately got on the ball (because this is his full-time job) and got us connected with a lender. A week and a half later, he rode around with us and we toured some properties with him. Literally while we're at one of the houses--which was one I texted with Ann Perkins about--I get a picture text from Ann Perkins asking if that was the property I was wondering about. Weird coincidence or small town talk? Hmmm.

I never texted her back (this was last week) and just yesterday she texted me again asking if I got her text. I told her I did and chatted some about the property and apologetically explained that we'd gone with our original agent. I think she's upset and my husband is positive his mom and sister told her and the original text wasn't a coincidence.

I feel guilty, but my parents even warned us to choose our agent wisely and I felt like going with Ann Perkins wouldn't have been the wisest choice (she gave us some bad advice about pre-approval, for example, that I only caught because we've bought a home before). My husband thinks we're assholes and now regrets going with our old agent (even though he prefers him and 100% shares my concerns about Ann Perkins). He says sometimes it's worth taking a hit or not getting the best possible deal for the sake of our social circle and to help a family friend out.

TLDR: We kind of snubbed a family friend who recently got her real estate license to go with an experienced agent. Family friend is now upset and husband thinks we're assholes.