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No clue why he's doing it the way he is, and I know nothing about how to buy a house, but it sure sounds like a pain.
by avn2109 12y ago
No clue why he's doing it the way he is, and I know nothing about how to buy a house, but it sure sounds like a pain.
- saraid216 12y agoHis reason is almost certainly money. An agent's commission isn't insignificant. It's the opportunity cost of, well... what he's doing. If he's talking with contractors, he's probably also trying to figure out how to fix it up or modify it. I didn't need to talk with any contractors at all, so I don't know whether or not an agent would have helped.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoWhen we bought our house, the seller paid for our agent as well as theirs.
- avn2109 12y agoIf the seller is paying for "your" agent, is she really yours in the incentivized sense? eg. Zuckerberg's college buddy who fronted the money for early FB servers was sure that "his" attorneys had his back, right up until they stabbed him, because they were paid by Zuckerberg.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoBeing little people, the laws apply to us.
- CamperBob2 12y agoIt is an unbelievable pain (having just gone through the process myself) and unfortunately I don't think there's much you can do to delegate the pain, short of giving someone unlimited power of attorney. Even then, the worst part -- the day-to-day uncertainty -- won't go away. A good buyer's agent can help to some extent, but the mortgage process is the real time sink. If you're a 1099 kind of person and you're not paying cash, your life will pretty much suck for a couple of months.