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ov.A realtor and her eye doctor husband signed an agreement of sale with my 88 year old dementia husband I.they wanted the house by the end of December.We quickly gave our
furniture from our two story home to an auction at a great loss'We were out of our home by Nov 10th .The realtor backed out of the sale.The sale of our home would have paid for our Senior apartment.whenthe realtor backed out we had legal complications and financial losses which ran into thousands of dollars.it was very damaging financially and phycically

PockyClipsNow says

In the crowded parts of LA county (glendale, beach areas, westside) for years now about 40% or so of the home listings are shown by appointment with listing agent only. No lockbox. Supposdedly to prevent crime....in reality this is another roadbloack to prevent buyers agents getting in on it.

The listing agents wont return the call of a buyers agent to show the house..... thus no legal issues since there are no offers because they wont return calls. Or they will call you....a week later to say sorry i was out of town we are in escrow... They are only obligated to present all offer to the owner, NOT to return calls or show the house apparently....They got it all tied up you just have to accept it and play by thier rules.

I actually had an agent tell me he would not show a house to me if I had an agent. He wanted my agent to drive all the way from San Ramon to Santa Cruz to unlock the door for me. I should have contacted the owner of the house to tell him what sort of agent he had working for him. Next time I will do this. I'm not going to let them get away with their garbage anymore. And any offer I put in will be followed up by a DM, mail or call to the owner. Unless they are somehow anonymous, you can get this information.

I like that AF never forgets the branded (R) - shows love for the detail in the hate for realtors.

realitycheck says

dishonest realtor

oxymoron.
And besides, it Realtor® - OK?

PockyClipsNow says

I learned the hard way using a buyers agent is dumb dumb dumb dumb. There is a high cost to this 'free taxi service' and you are now getting it.

I agree. A 6% commission is a great/er motivator. On a 100k house a 3% commission minus the split with the broker nets both of them $1500 each. Chump change.

This doesn't seem atypical. I see this ALL the time. From the the listing agent perspective agent, she has done her job by listing the property. Realtors have THREE objectives: 1) Controlling the market by getting a listing agreement. 2) Selling the property at the absolute highest price possible, UNLESS they or one of their cronies is making an offer to buy it for themselves at a BIG discount and 3) Making the largest commission possible by ANY MEANS necessary. It's as simple as that! There are no rules that say a Realtor must be polite, return calls, tell the truth or act like anything other than a rattle snake waiting to strike.

I can offer you several reasons for her behavior. She may have found her own buyer and doesn't want to split the commission. Her buyer can make a lower offer and still be accepted by her seller. Listen to the words of these con artists "Highest and Best" DOES NOT MEAN HIGHEST. Maybe a contingency or the fact that she may have to split a commission may make HER secret buyers offer be the "best" offer?

investor90 says

Boy oh Boy oh boy THE LIES of both listing agent and buyers agents. She kept notes...I learned that my buyers agent ALSO LIED.

What lies were you and the seller told? You're leaving out the most important part of the story! :)

Are people still using buyer's agents these days? Too funny, lol.

Efficient Life Church says

investor90 says

Boy oh Boy oh boy THE LIES of both listing agent and buyers agents. She kept notes...I learned that my buyers agent ALSO LIED.

What lies were you and the seller told? You're leaving out the most important part of the story! :)

Okay, we have interviewed over 50 Realtors and vetted them all before we selected this last one to represent US as buyers HONESTLY.

The Seller told us ALMOST EVERY personal detail about our lives. NONE OF ANYONES business. All about our jobs, our hobbies, interests, where we vacation....etc etc etc. Where we live and more.

Our loan was PRE - APPROVED by several banks. We could have paid cash for the house if we wanted....but that only GOES AGAINST our bargaining ability for the seller or listing agent to know that fact. This may explain why I had do do most of the work, writing the offer---our broker told me I was "wrong".....and my offer TOO LOW...also My offer would insult the seller......How does one insult a deadbeat mortgage debtor ( owner?) who hasn't made a payment in 12 months?

My due diligence found that one of the sellers was a CONVICTED CHILD RAPIST....no address on the house and no mail box in front was the clue.. WHY? But he NEVER let on that we knew there was a pervert and convicted child rapist selling the house===In California ( San Francisco is prime for this pedophile behavior) it is NOT required to notify the buyer that a child rapist is selling the house. Want more?

I think it places a STIGMA on the house. Which rooms were used for the torture and rape abuse of the children? Welcome to California where child rapists---that was the PC code definition for the rapist...have MORE RIGHTS ....we don't want them to have low self esteem? So make everyone else the victims. Our agent GOT MAD when I found the sellers name on the Meganslaw website. All buyers should carefully check this site if they feel threatened.

"Did you not expect a Realtor® to be palling around with child rapists?"

Love it ... no kidding. Just saw an ex-relative and real estate agent in Louisville is trying to dump not only her personal residence, but also her income properties. (All the time, of course, telling her clients "It's time to buy".

She's trying to "hide" the sale of the income properties by listing them with ANOTHER agency. What does this tell you about the National Association of Rodents?