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He is very caustic. I will never use him again.

A slight concern hit us at the very beginning, when we walked in the door of the open house. The seller's agent greeted us with the words, "Well! Guy here tells me that you've driven up here all the way from Atlanta!" If I were a buyer's agent, trying very hard to get the best price for my client, I would not tell the seller's agent up front and immediately that the client was so excited about the house he had driven eight hours just to see it. Further events persuaded us that Mr Pahud's actions had the effect of securing the best possible price for the seller, not us. His overall tone in dealing with the seller's agent through multiple emails (on all of which I was a cc: or bcc: addressee) was insulting, bullying and unprofessional. Provoked, the seller and his agent signed and sent us a Mutual Release. Had I signed it, the contract would be null and void, I would get my earnest money back, and everyone would walk away. I emailed the seller and seller's agent, apologizing for Mr Pahud's behavior, and assuring them that I still wanted the house. I also warned Mr Pahud that I found his conduct to be offensive and unprofessional. In the mean time, Mr Pahud set up a number of tests, inspections and assessments. The result of all this was the story that the house was old (built in 1871!); that substantial and expensive repairs had been done; and that still more needed to be done, though not as critical as the already repaired problems. This is a period in a house sale which is tricky: the buyer wants either for the seller to fix the worst repairs or agree to a price reduction; the seller wants to give as little ground as possible. In this case, I felt that having a Mutual Release on the table gave us very little negotiating room: the seller might be expected to say "take the house as is at the original price, or else sign the release." We decided to take the house as it was at the original price, but stalled while I contacted friends in Indianapolis for help in finding a real estate lawyer who could advise us. At this point, the seller's agent sent an email to Mr Pahud asking if he had heard our intentions after reviewing the inspection reports. Mr Pahud took the opportunity to engage in another round of abusive, insulting email, again bcc'ing me. I found this to be more than I could stand. I signed the Mutual Release and sent it to Mr Pahud, the seller's agent and the seller. I dismissed Mr Pahud from any further activity on my behalf. The seller's agent sent an immediate response, regretfully accepting the Mutual Release and graciously offering any service if we still wished to settle in Indianapolis In summary, Mr Pahud is competent at running through all the hoops to buy a house in Indianapolis. Where he displays no ability is in doing anything that lets the buyer feel that he is getting the best possible price. He communicated our eagerness to buy the house to the seller's agent as soon as he was aware of it; then he so provoked the seller's agent and seller to the point that they were probably unwilling to negotiate. In retrospect, pretty much everything he did had the effect of securing the best price for the seller, up until his antics so provoked everyone that they agreed to walk away.

Guy was pleasant, but kept saying how he'd rather spend more time in his garden than do this or that. Also, he didn't seem to have any geographic focus, which has to handicap him in terms of detailed neighborhood knowledge. Overall, we just didn't feel there was "goodness of fit" between him & us, so we decided to hire another Realtor. When we told Guy of our decision, he flipped out & sent me a series of rude & insulting emails--making several presumptions about us. The mortgage broker he paired us with also gave us terrible terms compared with those we ultimately got from a different mortgage company. If Guy had just been gracious about things, he wouldn't be getting this scathing--but entirely deserved, fair, truthful, and appropriate--review. If I were you I would stay away from this Realtor. His behavior toward us was a disgrace to his profession.