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The fact that realtors are scum bags has nothing to do whether they commit illegal acts or not.
The common practices they employ often are to the detriment of their client, whether the client realizes it or not does not take away from the low life acts.
Realtors are just like that church congregation that protests at soldiers funerals, sure it's not illegal but they are still scumbags for using the death of a soldier to gain publicity, they use the ignorance of their clients to profit from directly and in the end hurt the clients and their family in the long run for their own gain.
Since when it did become acceptable to profit directly from others ignorance or lack of knowledge? It's certainly not right to do in my book, you provide a service or a product with integrity to your customer or employer and you do it in good faith. All of this is absent from most real estate transactions.
No wonder this country is in the sorry shape it is today.
If we simply killed every Realtor, aka used house salesman, who told prospective buyers that [..]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_re_us/us_real_estate_agents_slain
Each Realtor should be given a gun to carry at open houses, of course tax payers should pick up the tab. :)
Ok, go back to ignorant generalizations, since you love it so much on here…
Relax, guy. Yes, I should probably have caveated my statement by saying instead of "all" realtors, really only 95% are terrible. No, I didn't say I was going to be a card-carrying NAR-bot. I'm trying to find a non-NAR broker in my area.
Even my good friends ignored me and found other agents to work with, so who did I really help? Nobody but nobody wanted to hear anything negative in 2006, they were all going to get rich.
People have selective memory when it comes to housing (and just about everything else). They typically "hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest." I've had the same experiences over the years. My nephew called me back when rates were at 7% fixed, 30 year and asked if I thought he should refi. I told him no ... that rates are definately going far lower that the 7. What did he do? He took a cash out refi and now is deeply underwater with a rate that is at 7. Buyers and sellers are adults, not little children. Although you'd never know it by reading these childish "every realtor is scum" posts.
Buyers and sellers are adults, not little children. Although you’d never know it by reading these childish “every realtor is scum†posts.
Those two things are not mutually exclusive. People need to be responsible, but realtards can and do hurt people.
Buyers and sellers are adults, not little children. Although you’d never know it by reading these childish “every realtor is scum†posts.
How convenient of you to leave the realtors , brokers, etc. out of the transaction.
They have a huge influence in buy and sell transactions when it comes to real estate.
They have a conflict of interest which creates a bad situation for the buyer.
They have a huge influence in buy and sell transactions when it comes to real estate.
It reminds me of my RE course when I asked about the conflict of interest due to the seller paying the commission, and how higher or lower amounts going to the buyer's agent could get them to steer their clients to different houses in a completely self-serving manner. She said "we don't force or convince them what they should buy," and I was like "then what the hell are you there for?"
They like to have it both ways: you will suffer if you don't use our services/expertise, and our services/expertise cannot possibly influence your decision.
Who else is a real estate agent (all inclusive) out there? I would like to hear your defence.
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There is much venom directed at real estate agents around here. We also have at least a few realtors who post semi-regularly, and I am sure there are some in the real estate profession who read this site from time to time, but do not post.
There is an old saying that "nice guys finish last". The trustworthy, honest, hard-working types - the sort of people I would normally prefer to work with; these are not exactly the best qualities for a salesperson, whether they are selling toasters, cars, houses, whatever.
Just my two cents.
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