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Is paying a realtor 4% reasonable?

Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:13 pm
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
86384 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:13 pm
I'm the seller and I'd like her to bring my some possible buyers. Property is under lease until August 2017, so my potential buyer pool is limited to investors.

Is 4% reasonable under that scenario? Is a 6-month term on the contract also reasonable?
Posted by CFDoc
Member since Jan 2013
2312 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:14 pm to
frick a realtor
Posted by dillpickleLSU
Philadelphia, PA
Member since Oct 2005
26589 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:16 pm to
Yes 4 percent is a good rate. If the realtor sucks you can call their broker and complain and shitcan them regardless of any agreement.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132615 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:16 pm to
Thats reasonable
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
86384 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:16 pm to
Those are my usual sentiments, but this property is located in another city and I don't have much time to devote to selling it.
Posted by tigerbait3488
River Ridge
Member since Dec 2007
11581 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:20 pm to
Thats excellent
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
48109 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:22 pm to
You sound like a nice guy.
Posted by dillpickleLSU
Philadelphia, PA
Member since Oct 2005
26589 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:23 pm to
Why, because I'd shitcan someone for not performing?
Posted by Bossier2323
Bossier CIty
Member since Sep 2014
1918 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:24 pm to
I would shite can you for being a pussy
Posted by bisonduck
Oregon City, OR
Member since Apr 2011
14006 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:32 pm to
For both sides, that's great. Should be on money talk though.
Posted by BeerMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
9008 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:35 pm to
This debate breaks out the same way every month on money talk. I fall in the frick realtors sell it yourself category. Half the people will go the other way.(3/4 of those people are realtors or married to realtors since there are so many of those frickers)
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91871 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:35 pm to
quote:

Should be on money talk though.



It wouldn't get this many replies in all of 2016.
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:36 pm to
Forget the percentage. Realize you are being charged thousands for an hour or so of posting your property on a local exchange and zillow.

frick. realtors. with. an. aids. cactus.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
141085 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:38 pm to
I sold my home FSBO and told realtors I would pay 3% if they brought me buyers and did the paperwork. Why pay 4%?
Posted by foj1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
4286 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:38 pm to
frick those blood sucking leeches.
Posted by GEAUXT
Member since Nov 2007
30617 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:42 pm to
Having not bought/sold a house yet I can't speak from experience.

However, the thought of paying someone that much money for something I can very well do myself just seems incredibly retarded.

You could furnish a lot of a house with what you would throw away on a realtor.

Posted by 4WHLN
Drinking at the Cottage Inn
Member since Mar 2013
7644 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:43 pm to
Realtor is such a racket this day and age with the mls and Internet.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72779 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:46 pm to
I would appreciate someone coming in and telling me what exactly they do.

I run multi million dollar jobs for a living. I'm pretty sure I can handle a purchase agreement and closing table myself. When I bought my house I never saw the realtor do anything I couldn't have easily done myself, other than hide me from the homeowner as much as possible.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
86384 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:50 pm to
The only reason I am entertaining it is because of the limited pool of buyers, and the property is in another city.

It's worth it to me simply to free my equity up to get something here in Lafayette.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122525 posts
Posted on 7/5/16 at 7:51 pm to
No one wants to buy your shitty house.
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