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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with OP. [b]This has nothing to do with the options either a gift or cutting commission. It's a thank you.[/b] And frankly a good business practice on the part of the realtor. Every realtor we've used, except our first one who was brand new, gave us a gift.

Same with our friends. [/quote]

Well said. OP would have been fine with no gift, but don't send marketing materials to your clients as a thank you for earning $30K. That's essentially a gift to the realtor for the clients to give you free marketing. Something like a tumbler with the realtor's name should be given as promotional materials to drum up business, not as a thank you for business they just gave you. Maybe it could be given alongside a real gift for closing.

It would be wise for realtors to give a small gift after each transaction. If it went well, then it would end the deal on a very positive note and make the clients more likely to refer people to you and use you again. If it went badly, then it might soften the blow and keep your clients from bad mouthing you. A bottle of wine, gourmet food, or something the clients like are all inexpensive options that could net you another transaction.[/quote]

Also you might avoid a childish and petty former client naming you on a public message board. Anonymously, of course. [/quote]

I didn't do this, but why shouldn't people share positive and negative referrals? That's how this business works.[/quote]

OP, we have bought millions of dollars of real estate without a realtor gift, and it makes no matter to us whatsoever.

I agree maybe nothing at all would have been sufficient, in your case. [/quote]

This is us as well.  It’s a business relationship.  I don’t need my realtor to stroke my ego but it seems there are lots of people who do.

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