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June 26, 2009 at 4:14 PM #421525June 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM #420800
Scarlett
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]Scarlett
Why I would mind is because what comes around goes around. if you will screw with the redfin guy eventually you’ll screw with me. No thanks.[/quote]Fine. I thought I explained that I was actually concerned with the fairness towards the Redfin agents. I am sure lots of people wouldn’t have even thought twice. As for me, I am very loyal and honest to MY personal realtor and I expect likewise. Initially I thought that Redfin had a service of just showing houses for some fee, which would be pretty clear cut. But it’s not quite that cut & dry, because they would like you to use them as agents when you decide on a house, so you are in a ethical limbo if you want to use them AND your agent in that case. So I will not get in this situation.
June 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM #421031Participant[quote=sdrealtor]Scarlett
Why I would mind is because what comes around goes around. if you will screw with the redfin guy eventually you’ll screw with me. No thanks.[/quote]Fine. I thought I explained that I was actually concerned with the fairness towards the Redfin agents. I am sure lots of people wouldn’t have even thought twice. As for me, I am very loyal and honest to MY personal realtor and I expect likewise. Initially I thought that Redfin had a service of just showing houses for some fee, which would be pretty clear cut. But it’s not quite that cut & dry, because they would like you to use them as agents when you decide on a house, so you are in a ethical limbo if you want to use them AND your agent in that case. So I will not get in this situation.
June 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM #421301Participant[quote=sdrealtor]Scarlett
Why I would mind is because what comes around goes around. if you will screw with the redfin guy eventually you’ll screw with me. No thanks.[/quote]Fine. I thought I explained that I was actually concerned with the fairness towards the Redfin agents. I am sure lots of people wouldn’t have even thought twice. As for me, I am very loyal and honest to MY personal realtor and I expect likewise. Initially I thought that Redfin had a service of just showing houses for some fee, which would be pretty clear cut. But it’s not quite that cut & dry, because they would like you to use them as agents when you decide on a house, so you are in a ethical limbo if you want to use them AND your agent in that case. So I will not get in this situation.
June 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM #421368Participant[quote=sdrealtor]Scarlett
Why I would mind is because what comes around goes around. if you will screw with the redfin guy eventually you’ll screw with me. No thanks.[/quote]Fine. I thought I explained that I was actually concerned with the fairness towards the Redfin agents. I am sure lots of people wouldn’t have even thought twice. As for me, I am very loyal and honest to MY personal realtor and I expect likewise. Initially I thought that Redfin had a service of just showing houses for some fee, which would be pretty clear cut. But it’s not quite that cut & dry, because they would like you to use them as agents when you decide on a house, so you are in a ethical limbo if you want to use them AND your agent in that case. So I will not get in this situation.
June 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM #421530Participant[quote=sdrealtor]Scarlett
Why I would mind is because what comes around goes around. if you will screw with the redfin guy eventually you’ll screw with me. No thanks.[/quote]Fine. I thought I explained that I was actually concerned with the fairness towards the Redfin agents. I am sure lots of people wouldn’t have even thought twice. As for me, I am very loyal and honest to MY personal realtor and I expect likewise. Initially I thought that Redfin had a service of just showing houses for some fee, which would be pretty clear cut. But it’s not quite that cut & dry, because they would like you to use them as agents when you decide on a house, so you are in a ethical limbo if you want to use them AND your agent in that case. So I will not get in this situation.
June 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM #420810CA renter
Participant[quote=AN][quote=sdrealtor]LAFTER
When was the last time the guy at the golf shop put you in his car and spent hours driving you around to go try out clubs?[/quote]
I guess they would if they’re trying to sell $500k golf clubs :-). I can’t speak for everyone, but I would much rather go see the places myself. Just give me the code. Would be nice if they establish a finger print system and anyone can go in if they want to and if the house is available for showing. Those who want their hands held can still pay for it. At this moment in time, there’s really not much option for those who don’t want their hands held.[/quote]100% with you on this, AN.
We don’t want someone to “sell” us anything. We know what we want, know how to price things, and know how to negotiate (if we ever wanted to do that ourselves).
Quite frankly, many agents get in the way of transactions because they stand between the buyers and sellers. I honestly think we could negotiate a cleaner, easier deal without agents, but they hold the keys to the MLS and lockbox system, so buyers are pretty much forced to use them.
BTW, I fully acknowledge that not all buyers/sellers are capable of negotiating deals, but for those of us who don’t want to waste our time with ungodly amounts of paperwork, and who would rather sit down at a table — directly communicating between buyers/sellers — and quickly see if we can come to a conclusion, the whole realtor-led method can make things much more adversarial than necessary.
I think Scarlett was clear that she did **NOT** want to waste a realtor’s time if she wasn’t going to close a deal with them. At least that’s how I read it.
June 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM #421041Participant[quote=AN][quote=sdrealtor]LAFTER
When was the last time the guy at the golf shop put you in his car and spent hours driving you around to go try out clubs?[/quote]
I guess they would if they’re trying to sell $500k golf clubs :-). I can’t speak for everyone, but I would much rather go see the places myself. Just give me the code. Would be nice if they establish a finger print system and anyone can go in if they want to and if the house is available for showing. Those who want their hands held can still pay for it. At this moment in time, there’s really not much option for those who don’t want their hands held.[/quote]100% with you on this, AN.
We don’t want someone to “sell” us anything. We know what we want, know how to price things, and know how to negotiate (if we ever wanted to do that ourselves).
Quite frankly, many agents get in the way of transactions because they stand between the buyers and sellers. I honestly think we could negotiate a cleaner, easier deal without agents, but they hold the keys to the MLS and lockbox system, so buyers are pretty much forced to use them.
BTW, I fully acknowledge that not all buyers/sellers are capable of negotiating deals, but for those of us who don’t want to waste our time with ungodly amounts of paperwork, and who would rather sit down at a table — directly communicating between buyers/sellers — and quickly see if we can come to a conclusion, the whole realtor-led method can make things much more adversarial than necessary.
I think Scarlett was clear that she did **NOT** want to waste a realtor’s time if she wasn’t going to close a deal with them. At least that’s how I read it.
June 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM #421311Participant[quote=AN][quote=sdrealtor]LAFTER
When was the last time the guy at the golf shop put you in his car and spent hours driving you around to go try out clubs?[/quote]
I guess they would if they’re trying to sell $500k golf clubs :-). I can’t speak for everyone, but I would much rather go see the places myself. Just give me the code. Would be nice if they establish a finger print system and anyone can go in if they want to and if the house is available for showing. Those who want their hands held can still pay for it. At this moment in time, there’s really not much option for those who don’t want their hands held.[/quote]100% with you on this, AN.
We don’t want someone to “sell” us anything. We know what we want, know how to price things, and know how to negotiate (if we ever wanted to do that ourselves).
Quite frankly, many agents get in the way of transactions because they stand between the buyers and sellers. I honestly think we could negotiate a cleaner, easier deal without agents, but they hold the keys to the MLS and lockbox system, so buyers are pretty much forced to use them.
BTW, I fully acknowledge that not all buyers/sellers are capable of negotiating deals, but for those of us who don’t want to waste our time with ungodly amounts of paperwork, and who would rather sit down at a table — directly communicating between buyers/sellers — and quickly see if we can come to a conclusion, the whole realtor-led method can make things much more adversarial than necessary.
I think Scarlett was clear that she did **NOT** want to waste a realtor’s time if she wasn’t going to close a deal with them. At least that’s how I read it.
June 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM #421378Participant[quote=AN][quote=sdrealtor]LAFTER
When was the last time the guy at the golf shop put you in his car and spent hours driving you around to go try out clubs?[/quote]
I guess they would if they’re trying to sell $500k golf clubs :-). I can’t speak for everyone, but I would much rather go see the places myself. Just give me the code. Would be nice if they establish a finger print system and anyone can go in if they want to and if the house is available for showing. Those who want their hands held can still pay for it. At this moment in time, there’s really not much option for those who don’t want their hands held.[/quote]100% with you on this, AN.
We don’t want someone to “sell” us anything. We know what we want, know how to price things, and know how to negotiate (if we ever wanted to do that ourselves).
Quite frankly, many agents get in the way of transactions because they stand between the buyers and sellers. I honestly think we could negotiate a cleaner, easier deal without agents, but they hold the keys to the MLS and lockbox system, so buyers are pretty much forced to use them.
BTW, I fully acknowledge that not all buyers/sellers are capable of negotiating deals, but for those of us who don’t want to waste our time with ungodly amounts of paperwork, and who would rather sit down at a table — directly communicating between buyers/sellers — and quickly see if we can come to a conclusion, the whole realtor-led method can make things much more adversarial than necessary.
I think Scarlett was clear that she did **NOT** want to waste a realtor’s time if she wasn’t going to close a deal with them. At least that’s how I read it.
June 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM #421540Participant[quote=AN][quote=sdrealtor]LAFTER
When was the last time the guy at the golf shop put you in his car and spent hours driving you around to go try out clubs?[/quote]
I guess they would if they’re trying to sell $500k golf clubs :-). I can’t speak for everyone, but I would much rather go see the places myself. Just give me the code. Would be nice if they establish a finger print system and anyone can go in if they want to and if the house is available for showing. Those who want their hands held can still pay for it. At this moment in time, there’s really not much option for those who don’t want their hands held.[/quote]100% with you on this, AN.
We don’t want someone to “sell” us anything. We know what we want, know how to price things, and know how to negotiate (if we ever wanted to do that ourselves).
Quite frankly, many agents get in the way of transactions because they stand between the buyers and sellers. I honestly think we could negotiate a cleaner, easier deal without agents, but they hold the keys to the MLS and lockbox system, so buyers are pretty much forced to use them.
BTW, I fully acknowledge that not all buyers/sellers are capable of negotiating deals, but for those of us who don’t want to waste our time with ungodly amounts of paperwork, and who would rather sit down at a table — directly communicating between buyers/sellers — and quickly see if we can come to a conclusion, the whole realtor-led method can make things much more adversarial than necessary.
I think Scarlett was clear that she did **NOT** want to waste a realtor’s time if she wasn’t going to close a deal with them. At least that’s how I read it.
June 26, 2009 at 4:50 PM #420820sdrealtor
ParticipantTell ya what AN
I’ll send you my finger print (or maybe someone else’s you wont know). Will you give me 24 access to your house?June 26, 2009 at 4:50 PM #421051ParticipantTell ya what AN
I’ll send you my finger print (or maybe someone else’s you wont know). Will you give me 24 access to your house?June 26, 2009 at 4:50 PM #421321ParticipantTell ya what AN
I’ll send you my finger print (or maybe someone else’s you wont know). Will you give me 24 access to your house?June 26, 2009 at 4:50 PM #421388ParticipantTell ya what AN
I’ll send you my finger print (or maybe someone else’s you wont know). Will you give me 24 access to your house? -
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