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I feel like its similar to car dealerships. Once you've decided to take on a realtor, there's now a social pressure to buy/sell. You feel like you can't spend t
by djfdat 3y ago
I feel like its similar to car dealerships. Once you've decided to take on a realtor, there's now a social pressure to buy/sell. You feel like you can't spend too long looking, and taking up the realtor's time.
I feel like these institutions exist to pressure unsure people into making unsure decisions by trying to get them to gloss over details that might not matter.
- shostack 3y agoScrew that. Be up front with where you are in your process but don't cave to pressure from someone whose financial incentives do not fully align with yours. Be polite but firm, and if they don't want to work with you there's plenty of others who will.
- FireBeyond 3y agoMy realtor's commission when I bought this house 2 years ago amounted to about $30,000. I don't feel too guilty about taking up her time for 3-4 hours a week for 2 1/2 months. Even if we assume she did the same amount again, if not double, lets say 10 hours/week for those 10 weeks, her 'hourly rate' (which I figure similar to a contractor, as there are of course other expenses) still comes to $300/hr, which is approaching associate/partner levels at a "reasonable" law firm (not white shoe or corporate).