First of all, I don’t think you understand what my beef with this guy is, let me summarize.
He stated something along the lines of “it’s just a standard DRE contract”, but yet there was a $695 fee in there that if you did not scan closely with your eyes, you would probably miss, and then be subject to pay. That’s not a “Standard” fee in the real estate business, it’s something typically found with a discount broker, not a full service broker that’s charging 6% commission.
To me, if a realtor is going to make a promise on TV such as “you can cancel at any time if you’re not satisfied” which is what he USED to say, but I don’t think he’s saying any more, and then he automatically puts a $995 cancellation fee in his contract, he’s contradicting himself, and should not be given the time of day.
I do business the old fashioned way, which is you disclose everything up front to the person you are doing business with, and not try and hide anything. If you tell me “it’s just the standard contract”, and then you add in some hidden costs to the “Standard” contract, then you’re not very ethical.
So for me, this is not just the fact that he was pushy, it’s also an ethical question. If they are this unethical in signing a deal with me, then what are they going to do during the sales and negotiation process?
And for the record, I did tell him I wasn’t willing to pay the fee, and he said “if that’s your only concern, i’ll remove it.”
