How to Buy w/out a Realtor?

[CA renter]

I don’t think buyers should be able to enter a seller’s house without the seller’s authorization, but perhaps there could be a security firm that sent special “rent-a-cops” (pre-screened, with access to lockboxes) out whenever a buyer wanted to look at houses. The buyers could pay the hourly rate for these registered home-showers, and we could all live happily ever after. 🙂

edit: of course, the seller could opt for an “open” lockbox that (perhaps pre-registered/screened) buyers could open with a special code, if the sellers would prefer that (vacant house, or staged house with no valuables, etc.).

[NotCranky]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Russell] . . . Technology could be used to safely allow registration of buyers to access sellers/houses without an agent. . . [/quote]

Russell, if I am reading your post right, I don’t see this happening. As you know, lockboxes record the combination of every agent using them, even time and date they entered and left the property. The agents have already been vetted in that they have been fingerprinted and had a background check run on them at the time of licensing. The DRE routinely rechecks certain aspects of all licensees’ backgrounds and is notified if a licensee has a County or State lien against them (i.e. child support, etc.) Just because a buyer has gone thru a “loan prequalification” process doesn’t mean they wouldn’t put something that they saw and liked in their pocket during an unsupervised “showing” of an occupied property. I don’t see Sandicor or any of the Boards issuing lockbox keys to unlicensed buyers. Ain’t gonna happen.[/quote]
Stop fear mongering.Nobody would expect sandicor to do it.Screw sandicor. I am not saying it will be done either Just that you kind of almost have to fake stupidity(because I know you all are smart) to say it can’t be done.

[NotCranky]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Russell] . . . Technology could be used to safely allow registration of buyers to access sellers/houses without an agent. . . [/quote]

Russell, if I am reading your post right, I don’t see this happening. As you know, lockboxes record the combination of every agent using them, even time and date they entered and left the property. The agents have already been vetted in that they have been fingerprinted and had a background check run on them at the time of licensing. The DRE routinely rechecks certain aspects of all licensees’ backgrounds and is notified if a licensee has a County or State lien against them (i.e. child support, etc.) Just because a buyer has gone thru a “loan prequalification” process doesn’t mean they wouldn’t put something that they saw and liked in their pocket during an unsupervised “showing” of an occupied property. I don’t see Sandicor or any of the Boards issuing lockbox keys to unlicensed buyers. Ain’t gonna happen.[/quote]
Stop fear mongering.Nobody would expect sandicor to do it.Screw sandicor. I am not saying it will be done either Just that you kind of almost have to fake stupidity(because I know you all are smart) to say it can’t be done.

[NotCranky]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Russell] . . . Technology could be used to safely allow registration of buyers to access sellers/houses without an agent. . . [/quote]

Russell, if I am reading your post right, I don’t see this happening. As you know, lockboxes record the combination of every agent using them, even time and date they entered and left the property. The agents have already been vetted in that they have been fingerprinted and had a background check run on them at the time of licensing. The DRE routinely rechecks certain aspects of all licensees’ backgrounds and is notified if a licensee has a County or State lien against them (i.e. child support, etc.) Just because a buyer has gone thru a “loan prequalification” process doesn’t mean they wouldn’t put something that they saw and liked in their pocket during an unsupervised “showing” of an occupied property. I don’t see Sandicor or any of the Boards issuing lockbox keys to unlicensed buyers. Ain’t gonna happen.[/quote]
Stop fear mongering.Nobody would expect sandicor to do it.Screw sandicor. I am not saying it will be done either Just that you kind of almost have to fake stupidity(because I know you all are smart) to say it can’t be done.

[NotCranky]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Russell] . . . Technology could be used to safely allow registration of buyers to access sellers/houses without an agent. . . [/quote]

Russell, if I am reading your post right, I don’t see this happening. As you know, lockboxes record the combination of every agent using them, even time and date they entered and left the property. The agents have already been vetted in that they have been fingerprinted and had a background check run on them at the time of licensing. The DRE routinely rechecks certain aspects of all licensees’ backgrounds and is notified if a licensee has a County or State lien against them (i.e. child support, etc.) Just because a buyer has gone thru a “loan prequalification” process doesn’t mean they wouldn’t put something that they saw and liked in their pocket during an unsupervised “showing” of an occupied property. I don’t see Sandicor or any of the Boards issuing lockbox keys to unlicensed buyers. Ain’t gonna happen.[/quote]
Stop fear mongering.Nobody would expect sandicor to do it.Screw sandicor. I am not saying it will be done either Just that you kind of almost have to fake stupidity(because I know you all are smart) to say it can’t be done.

[NotCranky]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Russell] . . . Technology could be used to safely allow registration of buyers to access sellers/houses without an agent. . . [/quote]

Russell, if I am reading your post right, I don’t see this happening. As you know, lockboxes record the combination of every agent using them, even time and date they entered and left the property. The agents have already been vetted in that they have been fingerprinted and had a background check run on them at the time of licensing. The DRE routinely rechecks certain aspects of all licensees’ backgrounds and is notified if a licensee has a County or State lien against them (i.e. child support, etc.) Just because a buyer has gone thru a “loan prequalification” process doesn’t mean they wouldn’t put something that they saw and liked in their pocket during an unsupervised “showing” of an occupied property. I don’t see Sandicor or any of the Boards issuing lockbox keys to unlicensed buyers. Ain’t gonna happen.[/quote]
Stop fear mongering.Nobody would expect sandicor to do it.Screw sandicor. I am not saying it will be done either Just that you kind of almost have to fake stupidity(because I know you all are smart) to say it can’t be done.

[sdrealtor]

I beleive those things are happening in your world and it just adds more evidence that we live in pretty different worlds.

[sdrealtor]

I beleive those things are happening in your world and it just adds more evidence that we live in pretty different worlds.

[sdrealtor]

I beleive those things are happening in your world and it just adds more evidence that we live in pretty different worlds.

[sdrealtor]

I beleive those things are happening in your world and it just adds more evidence that we live in pretty different worlds.

[sdrealtor]

I beleive those things are happening in your world and it just adds more evidence that we live in pretty different worlds.

[sdrealtor]

deadzone
(snark on) Before you refer to the dumbass public again kindly remember that you added .9% and 3% and came up with 4.9% (snark off)

[sdrealtor]

deadzone
(snark on) Before you refer to the dumbass public again kindly remember that you added .9% and 3% and came up with 4.9% (snark off)

[sdrealtor]

deadzone
(snark on) Before you refer to the dumbass public again kindly remember that you added .9% and 3% and came up with 4.9% (snark off)

[sdrealtor]

deadzone
(snark on) Before you refer to the dumbass public again kindly remember that you added .9% and 3% and came up with 4.9% (snark off)

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