The deal had been dead for a week before I found out. Seven days. The other agent just... didn't tell me. My buyers are calling asking about the inspection timeline and I'm like yeah we're waiting on the seller's response, everything's on track. Meanwhile this guy had already relisted the property. Already had new showings scheduled. His seller had accepted another offer on Tuesday and he just never picked up the phone. When I finally got him he acted like it was my fault for not checking the MLS more often. Said he left me a voicemail. There was no voicemail. I checked three times. My broker checked. No voicemail exists on this planet. The thing that really gets me is my buyers had already paid for the inspection. Four hundred dollars. And the appraisal was scheduled, would've been another 500 if we hadn't canceled in time. They're first-time buyers, they don't have money to just throw away, and now I'm the one who looks incompetent because I was telling them everything was fine when apparently the house had been gone for a week. He's been licensed for like 20 years. Acts like that means something. Like experience excuses just basic professional communication. My buyers found another place eventually, closed last month, totally separate thing. But they still bring up that first house sometimes. Ask what happened. And I never know what to say because "the other agent just stopped doing his job" sounds like I'm making excuses.