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Apr 12, 2021
6:17:45pm

Penske Material All-American

Not if it’s a builder.

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Penske Material

Previous username: Santos L. Halper
Bio page: Penske Material
Joined: Sep 25, 2012
Last login: Jun 17, 2024
Total posts: 21,279 (630 FO)

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Time

Realtors suck! We are building a home and the construction company requires one

Cosmo4life

4/12/21 6:08pm

Did they not allow a Homie realtor?

Benfica1

4/12/21 6:11pm

Nope. Weren’t allowed to use them.

Cosmo4life

4/12/21 6:17pm

Right now its easy money.

WJCougar

4/12/21 6:11pm

significantly fewer homes on the market is not good for realtors.

HarlemCoug

4/12/21 6:21pm

Meaning when they sell a home they do very little work.

WJCougar

4/12/21 6:34pm

I would say the opposite. I bet the average realtor is writing 15-30 offers per

Cougarite

4/12/21 9:40pm

Still.....most people can put their home up today and sell it in a week....

WJCougar

4/12/21 10:22pm

I understand on the sale side. What about the buy side they are representing?

Cougarite

4/12/21 10:37pm

Also, doesn't the seller pay the realtor fees? That's my understanding.

Benfica1

4/12/21 6:11pm

Not if it’s a builder.

Penske Material

4/12/21 6:17pm

I built last year and the builder paid our realtor

conrad44

4/12/21 7:03pm

Not when your constructing the home. The lucky realtor makes easy money because

Cosmo4life

4/12/21 6:20pm

Now tell us how you really feel. Don’t hold back this time.

stenso

4/12/21 6:13pm

If you paid $30,000 to someone for a day's work you'd be PO'd, too.

BleedCougarBlue2

4/12/21 6:18pm

PO’d that I’m paying over $20000 for someone that has worked less than 5 hours

Cosmo4life

4/12/21 6:19pm

Yep, demand is so high they can do whatever they want right now. It sucks.

stenso

4/12/21 6:21pm

It sounds like your construction company sucks.

SweetBabyG

4/12/21 6:18pm

What other options do we have. We got locked in on price in January. By the

Cosmo4life

4/12/21 6:22pm

Can you hire a closing attorney instead of a realtor and pay hourly?

stoils

4/12/21 7:56pm

Ours was great when we decided to build. Sold our existing home for free and

Graystation

4/12/21 6:20pm

if they make a bunch of money for doing little or no work doesn't that make them the smart ones?

HarlemCoug

4/12/21 6:22pm

Nope it makes them thief’s

Cosmo4life

4/12/21 6:23pm

RE: if they make a bunch of money for doing little or no work doesn't that make

g$

4/12/21 6:25pm

Weird, I bought a lot and built a house last year and never had to pay a realtor

4/12/21 6:42pm

Where did the seller get the money to pay your realtor?

4/12/21 7:04pm

It cost the seller of the land/lot 6% of the total sale to pay their realtor and

4/12/21 7:37pm

Where do you think he got the money?

4/12/21 8:23pm

Some construction companies require it, some don't. The OP anger is misguided at

palangi

4/12/21 7:06pm

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