Cory
San Antonio,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, January 26, 2007
I've used the same agent for the last 20 years to sell a couple of houses and she has sold several of my folk's houses too. Standard commission on the sales was 6%. I made the comment to her last year about how several of my customer, who happened to be strippers, had gone ino the real estate business. They were all excited about their new careers and even brought me their business cards. Asking if I'd send them customers. She just shook her head. What with these companies cutting down their commissions to next to nothing, selling houses at 1.5 to 3%, that's about all they can get. Next step is to pay them a flat $500 fee for ever house they sell. Sad, sad, sad. You get what you pay for, but at least you'll have something decent to look at. Who are you gonna' go with? Someone who has been selling houses for 30 years or the ex-stripper who'll do it at half the price. Was told there like 11,000 real estate agents here in town.