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Old 05-10-2014, 11:02 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Dan02 View Post
Spoken as someone who has never run their own business i take it?
I have a great deal of experience with business, in both small businesses ~25 employees that my family owns, and multinational corporations.

#1 thing as a customer, its not my problem that there are too many realtors to go around, and it will be expensive for them to bring in their next customer. That is not acceptable in any other industry. Reverse pricing models are important to any other good or service how come when you bring it up with realtors you suddenly don't understand their plight.

#2, I have only bought two houses, both times working with a realtor. And I truly felt only advantage I gained from them was advanced access to the public mls listings early.

If you are really committed to it is not vary hard to get a vary good idea of what properties are worth, from city assessments, comparable listings, mortgage brokers and lawyers you will likely be hiring anyways. And in reality when you decide on a house your wide wants the value is what the seller is willing to take for it.

Disclosure are not something realtors only know despite the commercials. They are a matter of law, and if you ask the questions you have the same amount protect a realtor would afford you.

and contrary to what they would have you think, the vast majority of us have just as much negotiation education and experience as they do.


All of that being said, I did feal when I sold my house my realtor made it an easier process. I just felt $400 an hour was a bit much for the service, even when i considered how hard life must be for a realtor. Is he getting all of the money, or is the brokerage and realty board ripping him off? I don't know I just know I paid too much for the amount of service I received when I look at other industries.
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