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I had a client who only sold 5million$+ estates and I went with them a few times on showings and I bought quite a few houses myself in the 5-20k range. The effo

I had a client who only sold 5million$+ estates and I went with them a few times on showings and I bought quite a few houses myself in the 5-20k range. The effort made by the estate agent was the same; close to nothing. I don’t know what’s wrong with these people and they definitely don’t deserve the commission. But when I ask just give me the location and the keys, they don’t do that. So totally useless and yet they want to come with you.

arkitaip 3y ago
Yes, just hand the keys to someone's home to a complete stranger, what could possibly go wrong.
- hospitalJail 3y ago
  Eh, with security cameras for ~$20 per camera, you can buy a lot of security cameras for the 25k commission. Heck, you can buy over 1000 security cameras and still save money.
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  - tzs 3y ago
    There was a now deleted reply to that, probably intended as a joke, about how the cost of electricity for all those cameras would wipe out the profit. I was curious and did the math. I'm using motion sensitive security cameras that only record and upload when motion is detected. At the places with the most expensive residential electricity in the US or the EU 1000 of those cameras would need under $5 of electricity per year. There's also the thing that the cameras upload to. I don't know how much power that uses, but it is powered by a 5 W USB power supply so can't be more than $22/year.
  - Solvency 3y ago
    This is the most cliched HN thought pattern I've ever seen.
- anonzzzies 3y ago
  Here you have to sign a contract (so competitors or the owner don't sell it cheaper to you) and they take a copy of your passport and proof of residency. So not exactly strangers. And in this cases where I asked for the keys, they were local realestate agents I went to school with. Not that anybody locks their door over here; it's just often not clear what the location is to prevent personal negotiations.
  - dna_polymerase 3y ago
    > it's just often not clear what the location is to prevent personal negotiations. Oh no, we had a bug once when our software uploaded the property to the web with the address unlocked. The place got swarmed by people who would just enter the property at any time, not giving a damn about the owner's privacy. They were ringing the doorbell, asking about the price and if they could see the place right then and there. Agents are the first line of defense against shitty people.

arkitaip 3y ago

Yes, just hand the keys to someone's home to a complete stranger, what could possibly go wrong.

hospitalJail 3y ago
Eh, with security cameras for ~$20 per camera, you can buy a lot of security cameras for the 25k commission. Heck, you can buy over 1000 security cameras and still save money.
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- tzs 3y ago
  There was a now deleted reply to that, probably intended as a joke, about how the cost of electricity for all those cameras would wipe out the profit. I was curious and did the math. I'm using motion sensitive security cameras that only record and upload when motion is detected. At the places with the most expensive residential electricity in the US or the EU 1000 of those cameras would need under $5 of electricity per year. There's also the thing that the cameras upload to. I don't know how much power that uses, but it is powered by a 5 W USB power supply so can't be more than $22/year.
- Solvency 3y ago
  This is the most cliched HN thought pattern I've ever seen.
anonzzzies 3y ago
Here you have to sign a contract (so competitors or the owner don't sell it cheaper to you) and they take a copy of your passport and proof of residency. So not exactly strangers. And in this cases where I asked for the keys, they were local realestate agents I went to school with. Not that anybody locks their door over here; it's just often not clear what the location is to prevent personal negotiations.
- dna_polymerase 3y ago
  > it's just often not clear what the location is to prevent personal negotiations. Oh no, we had a bug once when our software uploaded the property to the web with the address unlocked. The place got swarmed by people who would just enter the property at any time, not giving a damn about the owner's privacy. They were ringing the doorbell, asking about the price and if they could see the place right then and there. Agents are the first line of defense against shitty people.