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Why is such drivel being posted in the Real Estate section? This stuff needs to be in the miscellaneous section so it doesn't waste readers time here. This is the second such post on this particular thread today.......please take it to miscellaneous. Thanks.
elliemae
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2012 Feb 1, 1:36pm
Realtors Are Untrustworthy says
piss off
Wow, never have such words been so eloquently spoken. Please take your own advice.
Norbecker
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2012 Feb 1, 11:53pm
Would you also tell them it is best to make any offer to the listing agent so your offer will be the best so they can double dip? That would leave you with only the houses you are the listing agent on to show......but you want to make $$$ so you do not tell your customers about the benefit of only making offers to the listing agent. Then what the hell.....maybe another little omission to get the commission.......next thing you are telling them it's an investment, the bottom is in, prices can only go up from here.
There needs to be a whole new flat rate system for house sales but that will never happen. When I bought/sold a house in Brazil the realtor got 6% there.....why not 5 or 7 or a flat rate????? Realtor who was so nice also turned out to be an asshole only interested in $$$$$. This seems to be world wide.
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I have a very dim view of realtors, mostly due to experience with them. I've often thought that, if I wanted to, I could be a different kind of realtor... an honest one... a straightforward one... one that actually had his client's best interests in mind versus my own pocketbook. But then I thought, could I actually be successful this way? Is the profession innately corrupt, with only the dishonest and lazy being able to make the most money? I guess I think "yes".
But, anyway, if I ever wanted to be a realtor, here's how I'd be. Would I make more money/be more successful, though, than the stereotypical lazy, greedy realtor?
I would...
... put a preference towards finding homes for buyers, versus just wanting to sit back on listings, waiting for someone else to bring the buyer.
...assume buyers use the internet for general searching, and thus I'd actually ask them what they really want, and only present them with homes that match that using criteria not usually available on internet searches.
...if asked, tell them my honest thoughts about home buying, which are, only buy to live there. Assume zero to very little appreciation in the future.
...tell buyers to only buy what they know they can afford, and not what the bank tells them they can afford.
...for my listings, take good pictures, write descriptions and spell-check them, and even do minor touch-up work myself to make the home more attractive.
...advise sellers on prices they're likely to get... price it to sell, versus pricing it to get my maximum commission. If the house is not in contract within three weeks, then I'm not doing my job.
Anyway, I could continue rambling. With the above said, would I just be wasting my time doing all that, or do you think it might actually make a difference?
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