Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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It’s very simple to list on Zillow etc. Just take the photos you like…about 30. Upload them and wait and see. A serious homebuyer is usually hitting the site for new listings. The potential buyer will even get emails from the site. It costs virtually nothing to do so why not? We listed our home for nearly an half million and got an offer in less than a week. The title company walked us through the process and we were closing about a month out. They printed the disclosure forms, etc., supplied the notary and even had the wire done for us. We paid around 1,400 dollars for the whole effort. Wouldn’t you want more than 20,000 dollars for taking pictures, filling out boxes and uploading to a very friendly user website? It’s almost more work to use Facebook than it is to list a house.
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As I mentioned, this is why it will likely change on how the buyer's agent gets paid. But you are flat out wrong that an agent can't represent a buyer. A good buyer agent will steer a buyer away from bad deals. |
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Now, I once felt like you do. Heck back in my past life I sold 2 homes by owner. Both times I had to pay the buyer's agent. Listing on MLS doesn't get people in the door necessarily. Anyhow, until I saw how much an agent really does, first hand, I would have thought like you do. 70 hours. Still has me laughing. It's 6:33 and my wife just got in the door. She drove 45 minutes to an appointment and the buyer called her 5 minutes before and cancelled. Just part of the deal. She'll be on the phone multiple times tonight also I'm sure. I'm just saying people have no idea how hard that job is to do. You may think that one sale only took 70 hours, but you didn't count the 10 deals that didn't happen that also took 70 hours. |
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They will file for bankruptcy and return in another form.
7 other brokerage services, including publicly traded, have just received the same suit 10 Reasons You Don't Need to Join The National Association of Realtors There are 1,200 local associations and boards and 54 state/territory associations across the United States. To use the REALTOR designation, you must be a member. The mission of the NAR is "to empower REALTORS® as they preserve, protect and advance the right to real property for all." Its vision is "to be a trusted ally, guiding our members and those they serve through the ever-evolving real estate landscape." Last edited by Babubhat; 10-31-2023 at 06:04 PM. |
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You are saying, if you are a buyer and you come to me and want to see a house, and I tell you the house is way overpriced, you are going to report me? Well good luck with your home buying. LOL. |
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In Florida, a licensed agent cannot represent the buyer and the seller in the sales phase. It is unethical and illegal. In some cases, they can become a transaction agent, but only after a sales contract has been executed.
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Again, maybe different in Florida? In Massachusetts there can be a buyer's agent contract that states the agent is representing the buyer and it also discloses the commission being paid. When I mention semantics, I mean how it's paid. If the house is 500K and the commission is 50K (for easy math) you could pay 50K at closing to the listing agent who then gives the buyer's agent 25K. Or you could pay each agent 25K at closing from the proceeds. Or the seller could give the listing agent 25K, the buyer could give the buyer agent 25K and the house could close at 450K. My point, it all comes out in the wash. That's why I say the lawsuit results change nothing but the semantics... A buyer's agent should not be telling the buyer that it cost them nothing to be represented. There is a cost, and it can be buried in the commission structure. That is why the lawsuit was won. So in the future it won't necessarily save the buyer money (or make the seller more) because the agents will both want to get paid. They just have to disclose it differently. |
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