re: Is there a way to short Realtors?

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Realtors are worthless. Had some lady talk me into all the cosmetic upgrades when the market was on fire. In the time it took to do her recommended, full proof upgrades, the rates rise 3x and I prob lost out on quite a bit of buyers bidding over asking. Then had to pay the bitch 6%.

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We sold a house through one 4 years ago because my employer was reimbursing me for real estate costs. The market was ON FIRE with most houses selling within HOURs of listing, if not sooner because realtors, being the scum of the earth that they are, were giving cash buyers a heads up before the house made the MLS. Anyway this old gal used pictures from the house from the previous sell. It had an accent wall in when we bought it and when we listed it. She recommended it be painted to match the rest of the house. I told her we would do it out of our end IF the house was under contract in 7 days. It was, but the buyer had a fit about that accent wall not being the same color as it was in the pictures. The realtor, to her credit, had the guy paint it again LOL.

This same realtor staged this house in a blistering hot market...using her staging company. The broker paid for the staging. This old gal must have been sleeping with him or something. They did not have it painted and staged before they had offers on the damned thing...it would have sold above asking price if it had looked like a crack den at the time.