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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
That's right - the BUYER, not the seller anyway. And what's the benefit to the buyer exactly? (*cricket* *cricket*) Yeah, that's right.
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Question of perception. I suspect the way you have dealt in RE has reinforced your views on realtors, and if I had the time right now I could show how your approach will continue to generate the behaviors that bother you. A *GOOD* buyers agent will more than pay for the 2.5 or 3% commission, even if the buyer pays it out of pocket. Some do!
Story: My 2nd cousin knows better than to trust a SMOOTH TALKIN FIVER PERCENTER (his term), even if it is his relative. Shops for a house, always calls the listings agent directly, finds they are pushy and doesn't trust them (err..) and starts to focus on the FSBO sales because "that's where the deals are".
A few months later we were at a bbq and he was bragging about the house that he bought... great deal "without any parasite costs" (his words). Three bedroom bungalow in a perfect secluded lot, and he only paid 172k, vs the 180-190 he saw everywhere else. Didn't get a building inspection either, because EVERYONE knows those are ripoffs. "you should see the house!" he tells me... blue bungalow, such and such rd..
"Oh the blue one with the single detached garage?" I asked. YEP!
R I G H T. The one my other buyers asked me to take them through a few months ago. The one with UFFI and asbestos siding. The one right behind the proposed new highway service rd in 2012. Great deal though, he paid 8k less than the other comps, easily saved having to pay that SMOOTH TALKIN FIVE PERCENTER.