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Originally Posted by BryanBusby
It's easier for me now that my wife has family that works in real estate. Before that happened, honestly? I drove around an area and looked houses with sold signs in the front yard and started working down a list and interviewed them.
I'm not saying my method would be the best return, but I'd look at all my options instead of forcing myself into a narrow tunnel plan because agents R crooks and they are allegedly all lazy.
But I wouldn't need an agent to know that telling buyers that have one to **** off is a stupid ****ing idea. Stunting your own buying pool to inflate your price to save what....3%(?) isn't a thing I would ever consider.
Research, research, research and research again. Keep all your options on the table and don't be afraid to fire somebody if you don't get results that you like. Some mechanics are total crooks too, and I could get some savings, but doesn't mean I'm going to attempt a transmission rebuild on my own.
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Well here's my deal, I've only bought one house in my life, and it turned out to have some very significant electrical issues and we should have never been allowed to take possession of it as it was. And I place that blame squarely on my buyer's agent. She recommended the inspector, and then the electrician that made some repairs, and I know that between the two of them, one, if not both, were aware of the other issues. There's no way they could have not been as the electrician was working in the same area they were in, and for whatever reason, they were swept under the rug. I put my trust in her and I got ****ing burned badly. Hell we're lucky the place never burnt down because of them.
So no, I don't hold realtors in very high regard. I know it's wrong for me to base my opinion off of one bad experience, but a home is the single biggest purchase most people make in their lives. And we did everything right that time, and still got screwed.