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Originally Posted by nma
People are free to sell their houses without an agent, yet they choose to use one.. There must be a reason?
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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld
I think that reason is access to MLS. When was the last time you bought a house by looking at craigslist? If individuals were allowed to list on MLS with standard criteria, then the need for r/e would be slim.
An agent is a convenience pretty much - get them to do the leg work of booking appts, showing appts, n for that someone has to pay.
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No offense to anyone that is a realtor, but the "code" is strong between them.
They will not openly admit to it, but they are all against owners selling their own homes. Heck, they are against those 1% realtors because commission is their lively hood.
That being said, I also understand it from a realtor's point of view.
For everything that they help sell or buy, it's not just them that get's paid.
They work for a company that takes a cut.
They have assistants that need to get paid.
Marketing, staging a home.
Insurance, licensing to be a realtor. MLS listing fees.
And while things are going great now, eventually the market will slow down so they are not going to be printing money forever.