Is it ok to call/text realtors at night

[Anonymous]

We were looking at 1mil dollar properties. I never called my agent that late but I would text/email and he always responded right away. He also called US as late as 11pm when we were waiting on hearing back on offers. Real estate agents who work in hot markets/sell very expensive houses do this.

[Anonymous]

Stop it with your annoying stream of follow-up questions starting with "OK tell me..."

It's almost as if you were a troll determined to have the longest -running thread. Not going to work.

If you're not doing this on purpose, I assume you have some type of social communication disorder such as Asperger's.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fine another question, what do agents even do during the day? i assume people are working during the day and only available after work to work with an agent

It is beyond rude to ask this question, pp. I realize this forum has a couple of posters who are obsessed about agents and commissions and are increasingly frustrated that the disruption in the real estate industry they've been promising would happen for the 8 years I've been on this board hasn't happened yet. But you really don't get to ask questions like "what do you do all day" as if it's a genuine inquiry.

Oh, and by the way, you didn't sell for top dollar because you were so hung up on agent compensation. Ironic, isn't it?

No, not an agent or even a real estate professional. Just over the utter stupidity in this forum.

ok tell me for a 700k townhome in a community with 10+ recent comps, how can you sell for 15k+ more to compensate redfin's low commission?

if i go with redfin, i could list the home at 710K and it would be sold instantly
if i go with regular agent, i'd have to list it for 15k more at 725k, and that price would just sit on the market

One of my neighbors covered a big real estate conference a few weeks ago for her online news service. We noticed a Redfin listing in our neighborhood and she was surprised. The Redfin CEO spoke at the conference and said his company exists to sell ads on its site not to sell real estate. I use Redfin to look at real estate porn and everyone I know uses it to look for houses. My friend said the CEO made the point that they can deeply discount because ad revenue covers the delta. They also pay their agents a small salary, health insurance, and bonuses depending on their level of work. I think it is an interesting concept.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fine another question, what do agents even do during the day? i assume people are working during the day and only available after work to work with an agent

It is beyond rude to ask this question, pp. I realize this forum has a couple of posters who are obsessed about agents and commissions and are increasingly frustrated that the disruption in the real estate industry they've been promising would happen for the 8 years I've been on this board hasn't happened yet. But you really don't get to ask questions like "what do you do all day" as if it's a genuine inquiry.

Oh, and by the way, you didn't sell for top dollar because you were so hung up on agent compensation. Ironic, isn't it?

No, not an agent or even a real estate professional. Just over the utter stupidity in this forum.

ok tell me for a 700k townhome in a community with 10+ recent comps, how can you sell for 15k+ more to compensate redfin's low commission?

if i go with redfin, i could list the home at 710K and it would be sold instantly
if i go with regular agent, i'd have to list it for 15k more at 725k, and that price would just sit on the market

One of my neighbors covered a big real estate conference a few weeks ago for her online news service. We noticed a Redfin listing in our neighborhood and she was surprised. The Redfin CEO spoke at the conference and said his company exists to sell ads on its site not to sell real estate. I use Redfin to look at real estate porn and everyone I know uses it to look for houses. My friend said the CEO made the point that they can deeply discount because ad revenue covers the delta. They also pay their agents a small salary, health insurance, and bonuses depending on their level of work. I think it is an interesting concept.

i think redfin would work well for selling apartments and townhomes where every unit is priced similarly in the same community

if all one bedrooms in the same building were sold for 400k, is there any reason you wont go with redfin's 3.5% commission to sell your 1 bedroom at 400k too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fine another question, what do agents even do during the day? i assume people are working during the day and only available after work to work with an agent

It is beyond rude to ask this question, pp. I realize this forum has a couple of posters who are obsessed about agents and commissions and are increasingly frustrated that the disruption in the real estate industry they've been promising would happen for the 8 years I've been on this board hasn't happened yet. But you really don't get to ask questions like "what do you do all day" as if it's a genuine inquiry.

Oh, and by the way, you didn't sell for top dollar because you were so hung up on agent compensation. Ironic, isn't it?

No, not an agent or even a real estate professional. Just over the utter stupidity in this forum.

I am a real estate agent who is in the 20% (maybe less) of agents who do 80% of the business. If posters work with bad agents who don't respond to contacts or who don't work during the day, it is because they made a bad choice to hire that agent. I work for a company that doesn't have those slackers, but I am forced to work with them often on the one transaction they will have that year. I can understand the public's frustration with that type of agent, because I am equally frustrated with them. The only thing worse is the DCUM type woman who first fails at MLM and then tries real estate "because I love to look at houses."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fine another question, what do agents even do during the day? i assume people are working during the day and only available after work to work with an agent

It is beyond rude to ask this question, pp. I realize this forum has a couple of posters who are obsessed about agents and commissions and are increasingly frustrated that the disruption in the real estate industry they've been promising would happen for the 8 years I've been on this board hasn't happened yet. But you really don't get to ask questions like "what do you do all day" as if it's a genuine inquiry.

Oh, and by the way, you didn't sell for top dollar because you were so hung up on agent compensation. Ironic, isn't it?

No, not an agent or even a real estate professional. Just over the utter stupidity in this forum.

ok tell me for a 700k townhome in a community with 10+ recent comps, how can you sell for 15k+ more to compensate redfin's low commission?

if i go with redfin, i could list the home at 710K and it would be sold instantly
if i go with regular agent, i'd have to list it for 15k more at 725k, and that price would just sit on the market

This doesn't make any sense.

It would sit at 710 too, since you said it's a 700K house with 10+ recent comps.

What's more likely to happen is Redfin would price you at $675 and the full-service agent would get you the 710 for the house.

[Anonymous]

When we bought our house more than 15 years ago, our agent, who was selling our former home and helping us buy the new one, sometime called us at 10 pm and was even over at our house that late, during negotiations with the potential buyer. I just figured that that was normal when offers were being presented.

[Anonymous]

I call and text them anytime. If I can't sleep, they can't sleep.