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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: 23 Nov 1992 14:20:43 GMT
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- In article 1emu8dINN5v7@morrow.stanford.edu, mlw@cisco.com (Monica Waldman) writes:
- >
- >I have to agree that some realtors earn their keep. We spent more than a year
- >looking for a home, running our realtor ragged. The last few months she's
- >been taking us out after the realtor's weekly walkthrough in hopes of us
- >seeing the good buys and getting our offer in first. This includes her time
- >previewing homes, calling to make appointments, driving us around, getting
- >property inspections on homes we liked, inquiring on the status of homes we
- >liked, trying to find out the real scoop on how low of a bid the seller will
- >really take (I know legally she can't tell us much, but she can give a ballpark
- >figure on what the property may go for) and doing a song and dance routine for
- >the sellers when presenting.
- >our offers.
-
- News Flash, Monica: This person is *not* working for you, and will
- *not* represent your interests in any negotiation. To do so would be a
- violation of her moral, ethical, and legal obligations. Any info she
- gives you on how low a price the seller will accept is less than
- useless, if she tells you *anything* useful, the seller can and will
- sue her butt off. "Song and dance" is *exactly* what she will do for
- you when presenting your offer, she will *not* negotiate in earnest on
- your behalf.
-
- How anyone can read Monica's post, knowing the reality of the RE
- agent's loyalty, and still call the profession honorable with a
- straight face is beyond me!
-
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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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