Recent content by Johnny Fever_IHB

awgee,IR2, Great spreadsheet! Now...getting the agents to negotiate on the commision. How hard is that? What Ive heard from a 'full service'(wtf) realtor that we have contacted is that she doesnt do any discounts b/c she want s to uphold her reputation(ie not be known as a discount...

awgee BTW, is that legal? B/c ultimately you are kicking back $$ to the seller right? Lowering the price artificially..right? Maybe Im not catching on but when I pitched it to a friend...a red flag popped up... JF

awgee, Great thought but how do you get to that point w/ the seller? How do I pitch it to them? Do I tell my agent to negotiate that and how open is that negotiation? How much of that info am I privy to? That would be fantastic to get the front end clipped off but the buyer agent would likely...

awgee, I guess maybe Im asking for too much. Of course I would rather pay less on the top end rather than some meager(in the long run kickback) but in this slow market Ive been told by many that aggressive offers and a % commision is very commonplace. See, the last realtor we had kept...

Hello, I will be a first time homebuyer and I was wondering what is appropriate for a % back to the buyer? Ive thought in the past that that was usually a non-issue but then the 1st realtor we had offered 1% (from his 3% of the deal)of the purchase price back to us. The second realtor we had...

hbguy, Have u lowballed anyone yet? Seems like a realtor may get pretty chapped if he/she knew u were doing that? Am I right thinking that way? Seems like it may perceived as a 'waste' of their time to do that...I dont know thats just me. Believe me, I would love to lowball everything out...

In NC and Turtle Ridge, what are reasonable lowball % offers? Ive seen a lot of stuff not moving over there...also short sales, reo, forclosures.

I know, I know...not that Im ready to pull the trigger by any means, BUT since you need to plan for this stuff way in advance...any suggestions for a realtor? All of the pitches (at open houses etc) so far have been so underwhelming and fake. Thanks! JF

But wait, the TV commercials tell me that they follow a code of ethics.... what a joke. I cant believe that we have to rely on these people and we cant even trust them. Again, my limited experience with them has been pretty underwhelming. I can already see right thru their crap.

I thought they were horrible. Poorly designed look like old floor plans c/w to whats out there.

I toured S&S;at LN and I thought the floorplans were horrible and the model homes looked like grandma's house... Totally turned off from it and wont go back especially at those prices...

No Vas- Ok Ok, thats a good one. Im barely old enough to remember the show itself. Ill consider it strongly. On other notes what are you not using vaseline on? Bwahaha. Remember Vaseline isnt water soluble....

awgee, Yeah, but Im sure since you are well versed in these things, it may not matter as much. But how about for us first-timers?...Do we really need a buyer agent? If not, why shouldnt use redfin? Again, Im new to this and am likely looking past the obvious here. Oh, we did do some...

I use Redfin to search the neighborhoods and noticed that you can place an offer on home thru them and they 'give back' 2/3rds commission? What is the catch?