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- From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: How to tell a REAL buyer's agent
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 16:04:54 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
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- References: <1992Nov18.200317.7781@tessi.com>
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- In article 7781@tessi.com, allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren) writes:
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- >What does FSBO mean?
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- For Sale By Owner (ie, not listed through a RE agent).
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- >I guess that I'm agreeing with you in that real estate is fundamentally
- >a dishonest business in some respects, but then, I think plumbers and
- >electricians, etc. are grossly overpaid as well.
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- Perhaps, but at least they *do* something :^). Besides, they are paid
- by the hour, regardless of the nature of the job.
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- I have never understood the justification for linking a RE agent's fees
- to the price of the house. If there is any correlation at all between
- price and the work required to sell, it seems that it would be
- negative. People at the lower end of the spectrum are the ones barely
- qualifying for loans, don't understand finance and negotiations, etc.
- Does a realtor really work 5 times as hard to sell a $500K house as
- they do to sell a $100K one?
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- ---
- Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
- Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM |and I showed him a picture of you. I said,
- DoD #0111 (919)460-8302 |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
- (The Grateful Dead) --> |It seemed like the least I could do...
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