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sdrealtor
ParticipantFunny but without naming names, one of agents called out by SD R as competent is extraordinarily weak as a listing agent and cost numerous clients tens of thousands of dollars by consistenly allowing them to drastically overprice their homes in a declining market without applying any pressure to reduce them. I know this agent well and like them personaly very much but I also know this to be true and it is a good example of why a good agent can make a difference.
sdrealtor
ParticipantFunny but without naming names, one of agents called out by SD R as competent is extraordinarily weak as a listing agent and cost numerous clients tens of thousands of dollars by consistenly allowing them to drastically overprice their homes in a declining market without applying any pressure to reduce them. I know this agent well and like them personaly very much but I also know this to be true and it is a good example of why a good agent can make a difference.
sdrealtor
ParticipantFunny but without naming names, one of agents called out by SD R as competent is extraordinarily weak as a listing agent and cost numerous clients tens of thousands of dollars by consistenly allowing them to drastically overprice their homes in a declining market without applying any pressure to reduce them. I know this agent well and like them personaly very much but I also know this to be true and it is a good example of why a good agent can make a difference.
sdrealtor
ParticipantFunny but without naming names, one of agents called out by SD R as competent is extraordinarily weak as a listing agent and cost numerous clients tens of thousands of dollars by consistenly allowing them to drastically overprice their homes in a declining market without applying any pressure to reduce them. I know this agent well and like them personaly very much but I also know this to be true and it is a good example of why a good agent can make a difference.
sdrealtor
ParticipantFunny but without naming names, one of agents called out by SD R as competent is extraordinarily weak as a listing agent and cost numerous clients tens of thousands of dollars by consistenly allowing them to drastically overprice their homes in a declining market without applying any pressure to reduce them. I know this agent well and like them personaly very much but I also know this to be true and it is a good example of why a good agent can make a difference.
sdrealtor
ParticipantCabal
Agreed that most (but not all) of us are terribly self-interested. There are some of us out there, its just not always so easy to find us. While I typically am very much a partner to my clients, i often find that I have to be adversarial at times. 6 months ago I had a listing that the seller insisted she get a certain price for. I knew she couldnt get it. We got a great cash offer and I worked her really hard to accept because I firmly believed it was in her best interest to do so even so she couldnt see through to understand that. She fought me the whole way through the transaction and it would have been much easier to give in to her and her self-interest. She now calls me on a weekly basis to thank me for doing what I knew had to be done even though she couldnt see it at the time. She has since referred her 2 best friends to me.All the unethical stories I tell after a few drinks involve crap my clients, other buyers/sellers and agents tried to pull. Its amazing what people think they can get away with.
sdrealtor
ParticipantCabal
Agreed that most (but not all) of us are terribly self-interested. There are some of us out there, its just not always so easy to find us. While I typically am very much a partner to my clients, i often find that I have to be adversarial at times. 6 months ago I had a listing that the seller insisted she get a certain price for. I knew she couldnt get it. We got a great cash offer and I worked her really hard to accept because I firmly believed it was in her best interest to do so even so she couldnt see through to understand that. She fought me the whole way through the transaction and it would have been much easier to give in to her and her self-interest. She now calls me on a weekly basis to thank me for doing what I knew had to be done even though she couldnt see it at the time. She has since referred her 2 best friends to me.All the unethical stories I tell after a few drinks involve crap my clients, other buyers/sellers and agents tried to pull. Its amazing what people think they can get away with.
sdrealtor
ParticipantCabal
Agreed that most (but not all) of us are terribly self-interested. There are some of us out there, its just not always so easy to find us. While I typically am very much a partner to my clients, i often find that I have to be adversarial at times. 6 months ago I had a listing that the seller insisted she get a certain price for. I knew she couldnt get it. We got a great cash offer and I worked her really hard to accept because I firmly believed it was in her best interest to do so even so she couldnt see through to understand that. She fought me the whole way through the transaction and it would have been much easier to give in to her and her self-interest. She now calls me on a weekly basis to thank me for doing what I knew had to be done even though she couldnt see it at the time. She has since referred her 2 best friends to me.All the unethical stories I tell after a few drinks involve crap my clients, other buyers/sellers and agents tried to pull. Its amazing what people think they can get away with.
sdrealtor
ParticipantCabal
Agreed that most (but not all) of us are terribly self-interested. There are some of us out there, its just not always so easy to find us. While I typically am very much a partner to my clients, i often find that I have to be adversarial at times. 6 months ago I had a listing that the seller insisted she get a certain price for. I knew she couldnt get it. We got a great cash offer and I worked her really hard to accept because I firmly believed it was in her best interest to do so even so she couldnt see through to understand that. She fought me the whole way through the transaction and it would have been much easier to give in to her and her self-interest. She now calls me on a weekly basis to thank me for doing what I knew had to be done even though she couldnt see it at the time. She has since referred her 2 best friends to me.All the unethical stories I tell after a few drinks involve crap my clients, other buyers/sellers and agents tried to pull. Its amazing what people think they can get away with.
sdrealtor
ParticipantCabal
Agreed that most (but not all) of us are terribly self-interested. There are some of us out there, its just not always so easy to find us. While I typically am very much a partner to my clients, i often find that I have to be adversarial at times. 6 months ago I had a listing that the seller insisted she get a certain price for. I knew she couldnt get it. We got a great cash offer and I worked her really hard to accept because I firmly believed it was in her best interest to do so even so she couldnt see through to understand that. She fought me the whole way through the transaction and it would have been much easier to give in to her and her self-interest. She now calls me on a weekly basis to thank me for doing what I knew had to be done even though she couldnt see it at the time. She has since referred her 2 best friends to me.All the unethical stories I tell after a few drinks involve crap my clients, other buyers/sellers and agents tried to pull. Its amazing what people think they can get away with.
sdrealtor
ParticipantMike
The vast majority of top quality agents dont work in the flat fee environment and are not able to accept one. How much they would accept is irrelavent because they arent able to accept flat fees.The house esmith is in escrow on is a good example. The listing agent was lousy (maybe one of the worst I have encountered) and prevented the sale from being completed much sooner at a higher price. Ultimately that worked to esmith’s advantage not the bank that will bear the brunt of his incompetence in this case.
The additional effort it takes to sell a 1.5M house is greatly due to the sellers ego who add marketing costs because they want to see their home advertised in the UT, Dream Homes and other useless publications.
sdrealtor
ParticipantMike
The vast majority of top quality agents dont work in the flat fee environment and are not able to accept one. How much they would accept is irrelavent because they arent able to accept flat fees.The house esmith is in escrow on is a good example. The listing agent was lousy (maybe one of the worst I have encountered) and prevented the sale from being completed much sooner at a higher price. Ultimately that worked to esmith’s advantage not the bank that will bear the brunt of his incompetence in this case.
The additional effort it takes to sell a 1.5M house is greatly due to the sellers ego who add marketing costs because they want to see their home advertised in the UT, Dream Homes and other useless publications.
sdrealtor
ParticipantMike
The vast majority of top quality agents dont work in the flat fee environment and are not able to accept one. How much they would accept is irrelavent because they arent able to accept flat fees.The house esmith is in escrow on is a good example. The listing agent was lousy (maybe one of the worst I have encountered) and prevented the sale from being completed much sooner at a higher price. Ultimately that worked to esmith’s advantage not the bank that will bear the brunt of his incompetence in this case.
The additional effort it takes to sell a 1.5M house is greatly due to the sellers ego who add marketing costs because they want to see their home advertised in the UT, Dream Homes and other useless publications.
sdrealtor
ParticipantMike
The vast majority of top quality agents dont work in the flat fee environment and are not able to accept one. How much they would accept is irrelavent because they arent able to accept flat fees.The house esmith is in escrow on is a good example. The listing agent was lousy (maybe one of the worst I have encountered) and prevented the sale from being completed much sooner at a higher price. Ultimately that worked to esmith’s advantage not the bank that will bear the brunt of his incompetence in this case.
The additional effort it takes to sell a 1.5M house is greatly due to the sellers ego who add marketing costs because they want to see their home advertised in the UT, Dream Homes and other useless publications.
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