Anonymous wrote:It’s from a real estate agent. So of course it is cheap. And tacky.

OP, not gonna lie - you sound cheap and tacky.

Anonymous wrote:I would rather take commission deduction every time over random junk.

+1

OP sounds very, very, very, very green.

It’s from a real estate agent. So of course it is cheap. And tacky.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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).

It's a tumbler!!

Egads! Not the Tumbler!!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never bought a house so honest question: what do you think would be an appropriate gift?

*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.

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?

Anonymous wrote: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).

It's a tumbler!!

Anonymous wrote:I've never bought a house so honest question: what do you think would be an appropriate gift?

*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.

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).

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?

I would rather take commission deduction every time over random junk.

* not for one house but for 4

We've received 1% commission deduction, gift basket, wine bottle, window glass replacement, and deep cleaning service.

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.

I've never bought a house so honest question: what do you think would be an appropriate gift?

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..