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Originally Posted by Misterpants
I'm curious about the hiring a realtor to buy a brand new showhome part...
Does that not piss off the home builders? Like all of a sudden they have to pay 3.5%+1.5% to a realtor when they could have just split those savings between the customer and the profit?
I have no idea how it works, so I just wanted to know if that sets off the customer/sales relationship on the wrong foot.
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I think a lot of builders offer a smaller flat fee for any buyer's agent. It sort of discourages outside agents but it is still something so outside realtors won't completely shut out their buyers. And I think it is a huge benefit to the buyer to have their own agent...assuming that agent knows the ropes and is willing to do a bit of work on your behalf. It also offers you something more in the way of errors and omissions/professional liability insurance if anything goes wrong at their hand.
There should never be hard feelings when a client seeks their own representation. In fact it should be encouraged by both sides.