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re: Buying a new house....do you get your real estate agent a gift?
Posted on 1/9/19 at 4:50 pm to LATECHgradLSUfan
Posted on 1/9/19 at 4:50 pm to LATECHgradLSUfan
Yes, by all means buy the realtor a gift. They have somehow convinced us that a percentage of the home's value is the right amount to pay them for scheduling photos, listing on a database, answering a few calls, holding an open house, and completing routine forms. This seems like the next logical step.
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Posted on 1/9/19 at 5:06 pm to LATECHgradLSUfan
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if we should get our agent something after closing.
FUUUUCK No! They should get you something.
I've received wine, and a buddy a Green Egg from their agents.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 5:09 pm to LATECHgradLSUfan
No, your realtor should take you out to dinner on the nice 3-4% sales commission you earned them by buying the house.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 5:10 pm to LATECHgradLSUfan
Lulz, no. They make commission. Ours actually brought us a sack of crawfish, keg of beer and case of wine to the house warming party as a gift to us for using him.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 5:12 pm to Rohan
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I love all the clueless answers in every realtor thread. They don’t keep all the commissions. Their broker takes a huge chunk of it.
That is the agent"s problem, not the buyer or the seller, the agent if they have a clue should be giving the buyers a gift.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 6:11 pm to LATECHgradLSUfan
My agent bought me a nice bottle of wine when we closed.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 6:45 pm to LATECHgradLSUfan
Always remember as a buyer, your intent is to spend less. But your “agent” gets paid more if you spend more. Hell no you don’t buy them anything.
This post was edited on 1/9/19 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 1/9/19 at 6:46 pm to LATECHgradLSUfan
Wtf they should get you a gift not the other way around. They just made a buttload off you, why in the world would you give them a gift too?
Posted on 1/9/19 at 6:47 pm to LATECHgradLSUfan
Hell no. She should get you all a gift.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 6:50 pm to bbvdd
A lot of misinformation in here
When you buy a house, you aren’t giving the agent a commission. The seller is. Pretty shocked how many people got that wrong in here
However, you are in no way expected to give them a gift.
When you buy a house, you aren’t giving the agent a commission. The seller is. Pretty shocked how many people got that wrong in here
However, you are in no way expected to give them a gift.
This post was edited on 1/9/19 at 6:54 pm
Posted on 1/9/19 at 7:07 pm to lsupride87
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When you buy a house, you aren’t giving the agent a commission. The seller is. Pretty shocked how many people got that wrong in here
Yeah, and it’s bigger if you spend more. Yet he’s supposed to be working in your best interests?
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