Realtor questions...

[The King]

I literally came in here to shitpost. Why on earth would I even be mad?

I see my old friend naynay asking about me and I realize it's been a long time since I've picked on the window lickers.

Seems reasonable, since I too had absolutely nothing enlightening to add to this thread.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Look at the paperwork from when you sold your house dumbass. It'll be 6%.

And if you don't think your new home builder pads the cost of your home 3% to cover the buyers agent comission...then I can't fix your stupidity.

Hey, dumbass, I have my paperwork sitting on my desk next to me. I can tell you with 100% certainty exactly what my numbers are.

My builder wasn't doing any discounting what-so-ever, when I signed contract with the. They increased pricing the same week, since they were selling so quickly. They have sold all lots now. im sure you've heard of supply and demand, they have more buyers lined up than lots to sell them. They dont need to discount. I was able to get $10k in upgrades for free, along with that agent's commission, all for the "advertised price" of the house. So you can think of it however you want, the money is what it is.

Now, since my realtor is getting 3% on the new place, he's willing to be my listing agent for.... free. I'll only be paying 3% to the buyers agent when I sell.

How bout dah

[kingjason]

I miss Nate. He looked over my paperwork for the house I sold to the people behind me just out of kindness. That deal cost me zero since the guys wife was interning at a realtors office. Then he beat up the people that owned the house I bought and got the price down 15k. I never batted a eye at whatever he made off the deal. Hell he would drive down, hang out, look at some houses, get tased, whatever he felt like that day.

Zillow has some make me sell my house price on their site. I put a stupid amount and will be curious if it sells randomly. I may be homeless, but I hope to buy my next house with mostly cash, welll if I decide to move. I do love my neighborhood.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I miss Nate. He looked over my paperwork for the house I sold to the people behind me just out of kindness. That deal cost me zero since the guys wife was interning at a realtors office. Then he beat up the people that owned the house I bought and got the price down 15k. I never batted a eye at whatever he made off the deal. Hell he would drive down, hang out, look at some houses, get tased, whatever he felt like that day.

When my new guy was giving me his presentation, he asks what your realtor's name was when you purchased your house (banking on a bad experience or just plain forgetting) and I was "Nate, and if he were still around we wouldnt be having this conversation"

[kingjason]

When my new guy was giving me his presentation, he asks what your realtor's name was when you purchased your house (banking on a bad experience or just plain forgetting) and I was "Nate, and if he were still around we wouldnt be having this conversation"

Yeah Nate and Trey were a hard combo to beat.

[Blackpony]

That is about the only good luck we've had with house buying and selling. The realtor we used to buy our last house, we used to sell it then buy the land we have now. A good realtor will take note of what your looking for and start searching. Ours had some program that would email us if something even remotely close to what we want came on the market. It also depends on that realtors connections with other agents as to wether they can get inside info about houses that are about the hit the market. We looked at a bunch that were not listed yet but ended up building. Anyone in the Dallas area needing a recommend pm me and I'll send you her info.

[dsrtuckteezy]

i know nothing of the topic, but i'm just going to go ahead and assume ruffdaddy is the dumbass here.

[Chas_svo]

i know nothing of the topic, but i'm just going to go ahead and assume ruffdaddy is the dumbass here.

Dumbass, arrogant prick, and wrong/clueless about real estate...

[mschmoyer]

You can also put a limit on how much a buying agent gets paid. However that may limit the attention your home gets from buying agents.

This is the best part. The threat of no attention you get from your SELLING agent, on behalf of all buying agents out there. In a market where houses weren't selling in mere seconds, I might buy this. But not now.

As for everyone else arguing, there's a whole bunch of apples to oranges situations your trying to compare equally.
1) 12% is presumably 6% for the house you sold, and 6% for the one you bought. The most complete of ripoffs.
2) Buying a brand new house from a builder is a whole different situation. They're going to charge for the realtor whether you have one or not, so it's a no-brainer.