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Old 04-05-2024, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by billsr View Post
No! No! No! An appraiser is not required to be a Realtor. Some of them do have RE licenses and then become Realtors. However, they usually belong to the MLS as an "Affiliate Member". If an appraiser both collected a commission and was paid for an appraisal, it would be a definite conflict of interest. Plus, an appraiser cannot receive payment that is tied to the amount of the sale. That is against the law.
This has been an interesting thread. I believed listing agents would survive. But, now I am not so certain. The wave of the future may be low cost listing services. Has anyone used a listing service? I assume it is FSBO? We sold our previous home to a buyer we knew had interest. Never had to list the home.

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