or "whore stories" if you have any.butt mostly "deals gone bad" and how RE Agents fucked someone, or you, and how The Process generally sucks ass and should be fed into a wood chipper.I need these examples, and I figure this is best place even though not technically DIY, I'm doing a project that needs this info from mostly a DIY friendly perspective, not a Trophy Wife perspective.Thx in advance, when my Project's true nature reveals itself you will like it.Bascially, right now, I need examples to show a few people how the existing "Process" needs to mostly end and be replaced with new regime.
>>2971891>selling house>require 24 hour notice before any showing so I can deal with things>agrees to this>proceeds to attempt to disregard it, literally, every single day until it’s soldThey’re like children.
>>2971928the vile roastie listing agent of the place next door told me she >couldnt believe people have the audacity to even make an under asking offer in this market >i just immediately reject them and laughmind you this is in reference to a pos single wide on a comically narrow lot in a podunk little hillbilly one horse town where our state bird is fentanly for the absolute bargain price of $349kthese fuckers should be first on the stake
>>2971954>>i just immediately reject them and laughshoulda made a real low ball offer, with a few choice comments.but DESU, she sounds like a good agent. one of my pet peeves is agents get flat % so they have no incentive as sellers not to take a low offer and make 97% of the commission with 10% of the effort, then on to next one.I've got a nice junky "storage unit on the street" van I could loan you to park in front of their house.Way I see it, in my 'hood (I'm a renter) the 'hood could pony up $20k split 20 ways to buy my van and scrap it, and they'd all get $5K boost to property values.
>>2971928at least it sounds like he was trying to make you money and not let any buyers slip away.this thread really ain't going like I expected. :(
Borrowed money from my parents to buy a house. We aint rich, it was 60k that they inherited and refused to invest.>Realtor needs proof of funds, which we provide>Realtor does not pass this along to bank that owns the property or her boss>Contract almost falls through because of this>I get snarky emails from realtor's boss about how any idiot can say they have 60k>Have to scramble to fix their fuckup, while at work.In the end the realtor did slip me a $50 home cheapo gift card, which is more useful than an apology. I truly hate bossbitches though, they think leadership is rudeness and operating off assumptions.
>buying my first house in June >use the inspector my agent recommends (whoops)>doesn't check the AC because it was "too cold to even turn the system on, couldn't risk damaging it">it was 50 degrees that day>doesn't notice that the freon line inside the house has been cut, even though he flagged several other issues with the ceiling in the basement right near it>ends up costing me $1500, my agent says there's no way he could have possibly checked it and I should be lucky an AC repair isn't more expensive >after a lot of yelling at people, my home warranty eventually reverses their determination and covers the whole thing out of a "gesture of goodwill" after I give them even more money. I'm finding a male agent ext time, fuck women.
>>2971891My realtor tried to hook me up with her daughter and I should have accepted because she's a model now
>Poor as shit but I can read a room>Economy is recovering after the 2008 meltdown and I know housing prices are gonna spike>Paying half my income on rent/housing insurance>Fuck renting, I need to get off the treadmill>Work with RE agent and clearly state my desires and price range>Small house, big lot, pre-1970, fixer-upper, not in a cookie-cutter neighborhood, limited road noise>He keeps showing me 3-4-5 bedroom homes that are too large and well outside my price range>Tiny lots, huge garages, newer homes, big developments, near major highways>After refusing a ton of homes over several months he pawns me off on a junior agent>I tell her what I want and she's able to find several of 2 bed/1 bath homes on the marketI ended up with almost exactly what I wanted. A 1950s fixer-upper ranch house in an old neighborhood on a decent sized lot. It was the smallest, cheapest home on the street. The only major upgrade was someone installed vinyl dual pane windows at some point. Half the lot is a backyard for my dog. Its quiet enough that I generally don't hear anything with the windows closed. Total I was paying for the place was slightly higher than the rent in a duplex of the same size. A few years later I refinanced when rates were low and it shaved 15% off of my monthly payment. Meanwhile, the place I was a renting is now charging almost double what I was paying. Renting is a fucking scam.TL;DR find an agent that is hungry, not chasing big commissions. Buy whatever you can as soon as you can. Rents keep going up but your mortgage stays the same.
real property should be exchanged over a handshake between the owner and buyer with the paperwork assisted by the county clerkinsisting that the transaction be buffered by 2 premenopausal holes is beyond irrational. and then allowing them to collude to maximize their 7% take is insane the entire thing is fucking wack
>>2972086well put and good memenot only does the entire Listings thing and their shitty low-info Zillow etc need to be shit-canned, since this ain't 1940 where you are stuck looking for houses in a 3 mile radius....But the whole rest of the transaction with loans, inspections, etc needs to be standardized with AI and all the Fees cut out. If banks will give me $350 gift for opening a checking account and switching my Direct Deposit payroll for 3 months, WTF does a Home Loan come with big fees? They should pay YOU and make an initial deposit of $1000 in their local town bank, just to say "Hello and thx for the biz!:)"If an RE Agent isn't a full blown House Inspector then WTF even are they?, since "searching listings" is all online now.
>>2972086sounds like RE Agents are similar to lawyers in that "one moved into town and business was terrible, then another one moved in and business has been great for both ever since".RE Agents don't seem to provide any clarity. If anything they will take your question and bring you back a mangled non-answer and "that will be the best 'we' can get out of them" and act like you are crazy for wanting a straight answer to simple question.I buy either a new car or cheap (low risk) beater, and when I buy a beater I don't so much examine the car, but the seller. Have they owned it for a while and seem to have legit reason for selling, like new mini-van, baby and tight parking. Or husband died and grannie is a non-driver, etc. I've even done "Junior got in minor fender paint swap and gee, he had no insurance, so no DL for a year, so dad is making him sell. :)"
