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Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by pg5 »

hospitalJail wrote: post #7

About 10 years ago, me and my wife took LSD on a vacation, and the sheer uselessness of a real estate agent appeared to us. What does a real estate agent do? They unlock doors. Who are real estate agents? We can all think of a few real estate agents, none of them are top performers. They are usually on their ~4th career before the age of 30. They are the type of person to wear a suit in public to pretend that it make…

I disagree with this. You pay a realtor because a good one stays up to date with what's happening in the market, has a network of vetted contractors/potential buyers/other connections, has up-to-date frameworks for handling the processes and timing of tricky situations that can arise.

Sure, you can do all that yourself if you want, but for the average person, they are providing value.

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Post by tiedieconderoga »

hospitalJail wrote: post #7

About 10 years ago, me and my wife took LSD on a vacation, and the sheer uselessness of a real estate agent appeared to us. What does a real estate agent do? They unlock doors. Who are real estate agents? We can all think of a few real estate agents, none of them are top performers. They are usually on their ~4th career before the age of 30. They are the type of person to wear a suit in public to pretend that it make…

A good real estate agent can provide a lot of value, especially if you're a first-time buyer.

* They've seen a lot of houses, and know what to look out for even before you commit to calling in inspectors.

* They've seen a lot of closings, and can handle all of the title/law crud. "Quick closing" can be a big plus to some sellers.

* They've seen a lot of negotiations, and can help you get a feel for how the other party is thinking.

There certainly are people who unlock the door, stare at their phone all day, and collect their commission. Those aren't very good agents, even if they can get the job done when the market is extremely short on supply.

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Post by whynotmaybe »

gbrindisi wrote: post #5

In italy the real estate agent can be sidestepped if you know directly the seller, as a consequence the ads they put up are comically balanced to trigger your curiosity but not too much revealing to let you figure out where the place is. Such a terrible experience as a buyer, i’m baffled this whole charade hasn’t been disrupted by tech already.

In Québec it's starting to be disrupted by duproprio.com where the sellers manages the sale themself. The company takes the pictures & 3d scan and provides legal support.

I guess real estate agents are so good at marketing that we believe it's a hard job that we can't do ourselves.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by version_five »

hospitalJail wrote: post #7

About 10 years ago, me and my wife took LSD on a vacation, and the sheer uselessness of a real estate agent appeared to us. What does a real estate agent do? They unlock doors. Who are real estate agents? We can all think of a few real estate agents, none of them are top performers. They are usually on their ~4th career before the age of 30. They are the type of person to wear a suit in public to pretend that it make…

This will sound harsh, but mostly real estate agents are suckers who are actively getting scammed by the brokerage. Brokerages have a virtual monopoly (oligopoly) on listings and comparable sale prices though MLS (I'm in Canada but I think the US is the same) and as such it's in most seller's and buyers interests use them. Agents are getting charged all sorts of scam fees to market themselves in exchange for getting to tap into the MLS. Every ad and stupid video and contract and mailer and whatnot is getting sold to them by the brokerage who is siphoning off all the money they can. The real suckers are the agents, even if they don't really do anything.

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Post by pg5 »

nvr219 wrote: post #10
hospitalJail wrote: post #7

About 10 years ago, me and my wife took LSD on a vacation, and the sheer uselessness of a real estate agent appeared to us. What does a real estate agent do? They unlock doors. Who are real estate agents? We can all think of a few real estate agents, none of them are top performers. They are usually on their ~4th career before the age of 30. They are the type of person to wear a suit in public to pretend that it make…

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Have you both bought and sold a primary residence without a realtor?

Interested to hear about the experience.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by hospitalJail »

arkitaip wrote: post #17
anonzzzies wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had a client who only sold 5million$+ estates and I went with them a few times on showings and I bought quite a few houses myself in the 5-20k range. The effort made by the estate agent was the same; close to nothing. I don’t know what’s wrong with these people and they definitely don’t deserve the commission. But when I ask just give me the location and the keys, they don’t do that. So totally useless and yet they…

Yes, just hand the keys to someone's home to a complete stranger, what could possibly go wrong.

Eh, with security cameras for ~$20 per camera, you can buy a lot of security cameras for the 25k commission.

Heck, you can buy over 1000 security cameras and still save money.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by afavour »

junon wrote: post #9
mtmail wrote: post #2

Interview with the author https://www.digitalesbild.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/inexplicably-b... "KP: Is it important for you that the photos actually originate from real estate marketplaces? If so, how do you verify their origin? AD: Yes, that’s actually really important, otherwise the blog is just unverifiable user-generated content. If an image is submitted without a link, or no agent’s logo on the image, or I can’t find…

This is incredible given some of the listings. The fact one of the pictures is the house on literal fire, coupled with this context, goes to show that some people really don't belong anywhere in marketing or sales.

When I see something like that I just assume the realtor knows they’ve been handed a dud listing and is expending as little effort on it as they possibly can.
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