[notfarnow]

Originally posted by notfarnow
Funny, I was just talking about this stuff the other day. When we bought our (first) house last year, our agent made the whole thing a very, very pleasant experience. I'd go as far as to say that if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have the house. The sellers were totally unrealistic, and he was able to talk them down... something no other agent had been able to do with these folks. He definately earned his commission.

On the other hand, my brother just bought a house and his RE agent was useless. She didn't want him to offer less than the asking price, and even tried to talk him out of having the house inspected.(!!!) I looked at a couple house with him, and any time I pointed out issues (old furnace, sub-code wiring) she'd say "Oh that's no big deal". Now she's getting almost $5000. Must be nice.