Do sellers agents even exist anymore

[Anonymous]

I wonder if there are actually any seller's agents anymore. They all seem to function like buyers' agents trying to negotiate prices down.

[Anonymous]

This has been my experience too. When interviewing agents and when selling our home, our seller agent acted more like they were on the buyer's side instead of working for us/getting us the best net.

[Anonymous]

Quicker sale/quicker $$ would be my guess.

[Anonymous]

Most agents, myself included, want to see what is best for our clients. That said, what we think is best and what they believe to be best can sometimes vary. What your goals are as a Seller should always be part of the discussion and be used to guide the listing, however there are times that my experience and understanding of the market says that that "low-ball" offer may in fact be the best combination of terms and price that we can expect in given market conditions.

Your agent is the GPS & you are the driver... we're going to lay out what we think is the best roadmap to successfully get you to your destination. You're not required to follow those directions, but it will force us into "recalculating" potentially multiple times to avoid roadblocks you didn't expect. On occasion we can also just be outright wrong

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quicker sale/quicker $$ would be my guess.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most agents, myself included, want to see what is best for our clients. That said, what we think is best and what they believe to be best can sometimes vary. What your goals are as a Seller should always be part of the discussion and be used to guide the listing, however there are times that my experience and understanding of the market says that that "low-ball" offer may in fact be the best combination of terms and price that we can expect in given market conditions.

Your agent is the GPS & you are the driver... we're going to lay out what we think is the best roadmap to successfully get you to your destination. You're not required to follow those directions, but it will force us into "recalculating" potentially multiple times to avoid roadblocks you didn't expect. On occasion we can also just be outright wrong

LOl! This is not true at all. I haven't met one agent in my life that care of his/her clients. They just want to push on a quick sale and then forget about the client unless there is a chance of more business. This is one profession where peoples' trust is as low as cars salesman or a politician.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has been my experience too. When interviewing agents and when selling our home, our seller agent acted more like they were on the buyer's side instead of working for us/getting us the best net.

They did that with me and I was very strict with them on pushing something that is making my bottom line less. You need to set boundaries because a lot of these are not educated and unprofessional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quicker sale/quicker $$ would be my guess.

Don’t sellers want quick sales? That would seem to be in the interest of the seller…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most agents, myself included, want to see what is best for our clients. That said, what we think is best and what they believe to be best can sometimes vary. What your goals are as a Seller should always be part of the discussion and be used to guide the listing, however there are times that my experience and understanding of the market says that that "low-ball" offer may in fact be the best combination of terms and price that we can expect in given market conditions.

Your agent is the GPS & you are the driver... we're going to lay out what we think is the best roadmap to successfully get you to your destination. You're not required to follow those directions, but it will force us into "recalculating" potentially multiple times to avoid roadblocks you didn't expect. On occasion we can also just be outright wrong

LOl! This is not true at all. I haven't met one agent in my life that care of his/her clients. They just want to push on a quick sale and then forget about the client unless there is a chance of more business. This is one profession where peoples' trust is as low as cars salesman or a politician.

NP this doesn’t ring true at all. For one thing, you have probably done but a handful for real estate transactions in your life — so stop projecting your extremely limited experience as the norm.

And before you accuse me (because you are so tiresome), I am not an agent nor am I tied to the industry in any way. I just find comments like this to be dumb, offensive and arrogant. You should be shamed into never sharing your invalid opinions again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: LOl! This is not true at all. I haven't met one agent in my life that care of his/her clients. They just want to push on a quick sale and then forget about the client unless there is a chance of more business. This is one profession where peoples' trust is as low as cars salesman or a politician.

I'm sorry to hear that you've had such poor experiences. I got into the business because of some serious questions I had after my first home purchase and figured that there had to be a better way, so I get where that feeling comes from. There are unfortunately, like most professions, some pretty poor agents out there. That said, many of us really want to see you happy and successful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most agents, myself included, want to see what is best for our clients. That said, what we think is best and what they believe to be best can sometimes vary. What your goals are as a Seller should always be part of the discussion and be used to guide the listing, however there are times that my experience and understanding of the market says that that "low-ball" offer may in fact be the best combination of terms and price that we can expect in given market conditions.

Your agent is the GPS & you are the driver... we're going to lay out what we think is the best roadmap to successfully get you to your destination. You're not required to follow those directions, but it will force us into "recalculating" potentially multiple times to avoid roadblocks you didn't expect. On occasion we can also just be outright wrong

LOl! This is not true at all. I haven't met one agent in my life that care of his/her clients. They just want to push on a quick sale and then forget about the client unless there is a chance of more business. This is one profession where peoples' trust is as low as cars salesman or a politician.

Add on government workers. Honestly, the whining I have heard from my neighbors who work for the government is annoying. Last night at the Halloween block party, I told more than one of them to sell their shitbox houses to builders and let people with money come into the neighborhood. They can actually take care of the houses and yards and not have some GS 12 try to cut their lawn. They can't even edge properly. Some got a little huffy, but I mean it. They need to leave the close in neighborhoods to people with the brains to earns money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most agents, myself included, want to see what is best for our clients. That said, what we think is best and what they believe to be best can sometimes vary. What your goals are as a Seller should always be part of the discussion and be used to guide the listing, however there are times that my experience and understanding of the market says that that "low-ball" offer may in fact be the best combination of terms and price that we can expect in given market conditions.

Your agent is the GPS & you are the driver... we're going to lay out what we think is the best roadmap to successfully get you to your destination. You're not required to follow those directions, but it will force us into "recalculating" potentially multiple times to avoid roadblocks you didn't expect. On occasion we can also just be outright wrong

LOl! This is not true at all. I haven't met one agent in my life that care of his/her clients. They just want to push on a quick sale and then forget about the client unless there is a chance of more business. This is one profession where peoples' trust is as low as cars salesman or a politician.

How many agents have you worked with? 1, 5, 10? I guess that makes you an expert on the behavior of all realtors. lol.

[Anonymous]

They are still out there but you will have to interview quite a few. You will also have to be firm on what price you want to sell, and if you want to pay for the buyer agent fee at all. We said no, so our agent worked on getting high price offers to compensate for the buyer broker fee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most agents, myself included, want to see what is best for our clients. That said, what we think is best and what they believe to be best can sometimes vary. What your goals are as a Seller should always be part of the discussion and be used to guide the listing, however there are times that my experience and understanding of the market says that that "low-ball" offer may in fact be the best combination of terms and price that we can expect in given market conditions.

Your agent is the GPS & you are the driver... we're going to lay out what we think is the best roadmap to successfully get you to your destination. You're not required to follow those directions, but it will force us into "recalculating" potentially multiple times to avoid roadblocks you didn't expect. On occasion we can also just be outright wrong

LOl! This is not true at all. I haven't met one agent in my life that care of his/her clients. They just want to push on a quick sale and then forget about the client unless there is a chance of more business. This is one profession where peoples' trust is as low as cars salesman or a politician.

How many agents have you worked with? 1, 5, 10? I guess that makes you an expert on the behavior of all realtors. lol.

DP

I’ve only purchased a few cars from used car salesmen. It’s still an untrustworthy industry. Also I would not call myself an expert on politicians. It’s still an untrustworthy position.

Not all real estate agents, used car salesmen and politicians are untrustworthy, but the profession they have chosen has earned its untrustworthy reputation. And people who choose these roles wear a cloak whether they like it or not.

Again, not all real estate agents are untrustworthy. Find any antitrust lawsuit against NAR - there are many - and you’ll find agents supplying evidence of other agent corruption. NAR is a major reason the industry has an untrustworthy reputation; it’s not just the agents themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most agents, myself included, want to see what is best for our clients. That said, what we think is best and what they believe to be best can sometimes vary. What your goals are as a Seller should always be part of the discussion and be used to guide the listing, however there are times that my experience and understanding of the market says that that "low-ball" offer may in fact be the best combination of terms and price that we can expect in given market conditions.

Your agent is the GPS & you are the driver... we're going to lay out what we think is the best roadmap to successfully get you to your destination. You're not required to follow those directions, but it will force us into "recalculating" potentially multiple times to avoid roadblocks you didn't expect. On occasion we can also just be outright wrong

LOl! This is not true at all. I haven't met one agent in my life that care of his/her clients. They just want to push on a quick sale and then forget about the client unless there is a chance of more business. This is one profession where peoples' trust is as low as cars salesman or a politician.

How many agents have you worked with? 1, 5, 10? I guess that makes you an expert on the behavior of all realtors. lol.

I have worked with more than 100 and have sold and bought more than 50+ properties in my life. I have never met a single one who is not shady. It is the profession with a very low trust so don't think yourself to be an anomaly because you are not and agents are dime a dozen. They start calling and kissing a**e when there is a chance of sale otherwise they wouldn't even care about anyone. may be you need to get out of this profession because the commission is going down and there might be some respect left for you in front of your friends and family.