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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
I still don't understand how anything an agent does is even remotely worth a 6% commission.
Unless she's hot and it includes free BJs.
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I agree. 6% on a 300k home is $18k! Even split between a listing and selling agent, 9k each is awesome commission for the work. At least, it was when we bought our home. Our agent was helpful with finding listings and setting up appointments, but the worst negotiator I've ever seen. We ended up negotiating the deal ourselves, by telling him what to put in the offer, despite what he thought we should offer. His total time with us would have been maybe 5 or 6 hours, including phone conversations. Other time doing research, maybe another 5 or 6 hours, max. 9k for 12 hours = $750/hour. Yikes.
And he wasn't hot. And I would not have accepted a BJ, had it been offered.
