re: Who wants to shat on realtors with me today?

First off, I would not pay the buyer’s agent anything. The buyer should be paying their agent. Buyer’s agent is a relatively new thing.

I’d probably pay between 30-50 and hour.

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off, I would not pay the buyer’s agent anything. The buyer should be paying their agent. Buyer’s agent is a relatively new thing. I’d probably pay between 30-50 and hour.

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Good luck with that

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Huge liability issue for them to store your stuff in a home that they still own. Insurance company wouldn’t care who owns the equipment, only the dwelling it is sitting in. I’ve seen someone do this exact instance one time in the house caught fire that night, burnt to the ground. Liability fell to the owner, it was it was under their roof. I’ve also seen someone moving stuff into a garage that tripped and fell. Trust me, the insurance companies had a field day with that one pointing out who was at fault and who was responsible. The realtor of the seller did a good job of protecting her Client on this one. Just saying.

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All of this and then some.

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A good one is worth every cent Of course, the complexity of the deals, the market, what you need a realtor to do, etc. all play a role in how much value you derive from the help.

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Yeah but then you’ve got to pay the lawyer to look over it. Especially if it’s complex or a business doing a long term lease.

I don’t need luck with anything. Why am I obligated to pay someone when I’m selling my house. You employ an agent to find a house for you to purchase then you pay them. I didn’t sign a damn thing with your agent. As a matter of fact, I’d tell anybody with an agent that if I’m required to pay their agent then they better go ahead and add the 4% to their offer.

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Do any of you idiots know you can negotiate the realtor fee? Hint….you can. Being willing to do it has gotten me more than one sale.

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Then what would they have to bitch at?

Not to mention the times I’ve cut my commission to help buyers/sellers out.

Residential real estate agents are a dime a dozen and for the most part worthless people who couldn’t cut it in other fields

I love the ones that always talk about being entrepreneurs because they are brokers


A good commercial agent is priceless though

Realtors are absolutely useless unless:

A. You don’t need every penny of the sale to go towards your next home.

B. You’re moving to an area you know nothing about.

I sold my first two homes myself just by posting it on Zillow. Worth it to save thousands of dollars on realtor fees.

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To the realtors, why should a seller pay the buyers agent?

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You really don’t have to, but it’s an incentive for agents to show your house. Honestly, when one of my clients selects houses to look at I do my best to not even look at the commission splits. I really could care less if it’s between 2-3, but I don’t really want that entering my head.

Hell there are instances where sellers are so motivated they’ll place cash bounties on their properties to get them sold by specific dates.

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I sold my first two homes myself just by posting it on Zillow. Worth it to save thousands of dollars on realtor fees.

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Maybe not in your situation, but I’d be curious to see in cases where people were left to their own devices to handie things, how the deals shook out compared to using a solid agent. I can tell you absolutely there are agents that can save/make you money on deals.

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How easy is it to become a realtor?

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Fairly easy, getting and keeping business is much much more difficult. 20% of the agents have 80% of the business, gap may be even larger than that.