JJGittes I totally understand your post. It is hit and miss… For instance, yesterday I was showing homes to a couple who I have been working with for about 4 months now. Yesterday we saw homes number 34-39. That constitutes about 10 full days over the last 4 months of looking with them. This is after working with them for about 3 months last spring. I am not justifying the commissions made, however I am saying that there “can be” alot of legwork. Now I have also had my share of quick hitters who I had to basically do no showing time at all so it does all even out and I am not at all justifying the dollars you are talking about in your previous post.
The commission structure is not an argument that I can win. I can say that there are alot of alternatives. Realize though that even your best realtor at a large brokerage does not pocket all that commission. He/she splits it with the broker, the corporate entity of the brokerage itself, etc… Am I defending this? No not at all. However some people do not realize this and they think that the idiot realtor walked with all that money when that is not the case.
There are lots of alternatives out there for people to save money, commission rebates, using a real estate attorney, etc… Again though, whoever you use, be it a realtor who works for a full service brokerage, or anyone else, if they are good and EARN your trust, then in the long run it will be a good decision.
Oh yeah, and yes JJG I have dealt with alot, ALOT, of those moronic goofballs you are talking about… Aye caramba… Over the past week I had a run of 3 of them that drove me crazy on 3 different transactions. Your post was on target, these types make messes that forever stain the industry.
