I saw some replies to the posts from sdrealtor in here where the replies were titled to SD Realtor. Remember we are two seperate people.
Actually sdrealtor and I have differing opinions about real estate and the commission structure. While many of you don’t find much value in Realtors, there is not a single client I have who was not only very happy with my work, but has referred friends and family to me. Admittedly my fee structure is not the same as the traditional brokerages. However, independent of the fee structure I do believe that a good Realtor will save you money regardless of whether you are a buyer or a seller.
We have had threads like this before. Since nobody that has ever posted her has ever had a for sale by owner gone bad, or had to face a lawsuit due to improper disclosure, nor have any of you ever gone to the classes where we have gone to that have illustration after illustration of lawsuits. So it is entirely understable from my point of view why the frustration about the way real estate is done.
Again, I come from an engineering profession where I routinely worked 60-70 hours for extended amounts of time on projects. I dealt with very smart people. Real estate is quite contrary to that and it is easy to diminish the value of a good agent. My answer to the frustration that all you feel was to go out and get my license. However what was quite interesting was that it wasn’t until after being in the field for a little while and dealing with buyers and sellers, and learning the industry from the inside, that the value of the job became apparent.
I can almost see you guys rolling on the ground. That’s okay because honestly, the majority of agents are booboramas… but there are a few good ones out there that will make you more money on the sale, and save you money on the purchase.
