re: Buying a FSBO House After Working With A Realtor

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You bought a family property, no realtor is going to expect a fee from them.

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I guess you didn't understand what "I didn't say it's a perfect comparison" means.

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Many people use "friends" as a realtor and they don't always sign because of that relationship.

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And? If a perfect stranger that I was using as a realtor did nothing to find a house I ended up buying, and didn't do any of the paperwork for me, I'm not paying them unless I signed somethings saying I would. That's how the business works. Much the same way that I tip servers almost no matter how they act, I understand that's how their business works.

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If you pay someone properly even when they may not deserve it 100%, they will be more willing to work harder for you in the future. If you don't, they are running the risk if this place doesn't close then they screw themselves down the road there. Not to mention, once it comes time to close they run the risk of realtors being less willing to work for them.

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Maybe if there weren't a million zillion realtors to choose from, this line of thinking might hold some weight. You let me know when that day comes though.