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> > > "Would you trust purchasing a house from a seller, without meeting/talking to them, or a single person before and throughout the purchase?" > You mean I

by geocar 10y ago

> > > "Would you trust purchasing a house from a seller, without meeting/talking to them, or a single person before and throughout the purchase?" > You mean I can get an unbiased look at a house in peace, compare the numbers, look at the plans, measure the humidity and do my due diligence without a sales person breathing down my neck? No, I don't think anyone means that. They mean purchase the house. You can't go into a company and get them to show you their sales pipeline and their staff's performance evaluations before you (potentially) invest. If you want to do these things, you need to make a series of smaller deals first. Human beings can be fluid, can enter into non-disclosure agreements and make these kinds of bespoke deals, while a web-based transaction form with a buy-it-now button cannot.

icantdrive55 10y ago
For a decade now, I can't figure out why we still bother with Realtors. It's basically eight courses, and an easy test. Oh, and the experience. Don't get me started. It's the biggest purchase most of us will make, so I understand the need for hand holding, but times have changed. The typical buyer is educated, and in all likelyhood knows about as much as the typical ex-cheerleader Realtor. I thought the profession would be gone by now. It is ripe for elimination. The only reason I would use a realtor is out of convention. And believe me, I would want to see a fresh copy of their omissions & errors insurance premium. (Need someone to sue, but that could easily be the Seller if they lied.) Sorry if I sound bitter. I just don't get giving away 3% on huge amounts of money for essentially hand holding. (In CA, the Realtors Lobbyists tried to cut down on new Brokers by making the Brokers licence harder to obtain. Gov. Schwartzeneger saw right through the ploy, and vetoed the bill. He knew they just wanted to decrease the amount of Brokers, so the Cheerleaders would have less competition. Gov. Brown let the bill ride right through. All of you should remember that when paying thousands of dollars (full commission) for a few hours of a Realtors time. When that bill passed, I became an Independant.)

by geocar 10y ago

icantdrive55 10y ago

For a decade now, I can't figure out why we still bother with Realtors. It's basically eight courses, and an easy test. Oh, and the experience. Don't get me started. It's the biggest purchase most of us will make, so I understand the need for hand holding, but times have changed. The typical buyer is educated, and in all likelyhood knows about as much as the typical ex-cheerleader Realtor. I thought the profession would be gone by now. It is ripe for elimination. The only reason I would use a realtor is out of convention. And believe me, I would want to see a fresh copy of their omissions & errors insurance premium. (Need someone to sue, but that could easily be the Seller if they lied.) Sorry if I sound bitter. I just don't get giving away 3% on huge amounts of money for essentially hand holding. (In CA, the Realtors Lobbyists tried to cut down on new Brokers by making the Brokers licence harder to obtain. Gov. Schwartzeneger saw right through the ploy, and vetoed the bill. He knew they just wanted to decrease the amount of Brokers, so the Cheerleaders would have less competition. Gov. Brown let the bill ride right through. All of you should remember that when paying thousands of dollars (full commission) for a few hours of a Realtors time. When that bill passed, I became an Independant.)