I've bought and sold several houses in my time. I've always had thoughtful/genuine thank you gifts from realtors on the selling side. This one gifted us with a Yeti, a branded one mind you. I would rather nothing at all than some piece of office merch.. |
I've never bought a house so honest question: what do you think would be an appropriate gift? |
I’ve sold 3 $2M+ homes in the past several years (long story) and never once received a gift – so you’re ahead of me. |
We've received 1% commission deduction, gift basket, wine bottle, window glass replacement, and deep cleaning service. |
* not for one house but for 4 |
I would rather take commission deduction every time over random junk. |
Who cares? You sold the house for $2 million. Were you mostly in it for the gift from your realtor, or for the (presumably) large capital gain? |
NP, but when we bought our 1.5 million house a few years ago, our agent had left us a lovely gift basket with red and sparkling wine, all sorts of delightful snacks, and a kind Thank you/enjoy the house note. I too would rather receive nothing than a branded Yeti (assuming we’re talking about a Yeti bottle and not a fancy Yeti cooler). |
*painting of the house we moved from *gift baskets *good bottles of wine *theater tix It's not about the $$ spent, but the thought. I would take a $40 bottle of wine over an office branded yeti anyday. |
It's a tumbler!! ![]() |
We have bought and sold several houses, and never received a gift, OP. Is this your first one? Why do you think you are owed a gift? $2m is a common sale price in this area. You could have chosen another realtor, I suppose? Painting a house? For real? You know how much that is? Besides, you would have found fault with how it was painted. I can just tell. You basically want a gift for that amounts to the price of their commission? What are you smoking? |
Egads! Not the Tumbler!!! |
It’s from a real estate agent. So of course it is cheap. And tacky. |
+1 OP sounds very, very, very, very green. |
OP, not gonna lie - you sound cheap and tacky. |