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That door must be very heavy (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

A good realtor is worth every penny you pay them and in addition buying or selling your home will:

  • Listen to and help you manage your expectations.
  • Make sure you get a knowledgeable and thorough home inspector.
  • Keep you from getting the shit sued out of you for one of numerous mistakes.
  • Make sure you fully understand the giant pile of paperwork you'll be signing.
  • Have O&E insurance so if they fuck up the paperwork, it's on them and not you.
  • Go to bat for you if you're being discrimated against in any way by banks, buyers, sellers or landlords (all of which are rampant).

The problem is that a lot of realtors are good at "shaking hands and taking names" and terrible at everything else or they're just plain unethical. Unfortunately, that's the vast majority of realtors in my experience.

Source: wife is a realtor who tells me all kinds of "you'll never believe the shit [other realtor] tried to pull today" stories.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)
  • Make sure you get a knowledgeable and thorough home inspector.

You say that as if evaluating quality to decide which realtor to hire is any easier than evaluating quality to decide which home inspector to hire.

  • Keep you from getting the shit sued out of you for one of numerous mistakes.
  • Make sure you fully understand the giant pile of paperwork you’ll be signing.

These two are the job of a real-estate attorney, not a realtor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought they were the same thing except realtors were a specific group you had to pay to be in and have a good record.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Realtors are a specific group of real estate agents. But real estate agents and real estate attorneys are entirely different things: the latter are lawyers while the former are not. Real estate agents are salespeople who search sales listings and give home tours and negotiate deals and whatnot. They have a duty to act in your interest, but they are not qualified or licensed to practice law.

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