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I'm helping someone post a home on Zillow, where do you put the price down without using their thoughts?
We know very successful realtors who have walked it and given prices that are much higher then Zillow's thoughts when this market area is super hot, with most homes selling in one day. I've never posted in Zillow before and I can't find where to put asking price? Thank you in advance if anyone can help!
Come back and let us know when your friends have given up. I'm sure this group can provide excellent advice about hiring a good realtor who can actually get the job done.
I'm helping someone post a home on Zillow, where do you put the price down without using their thoughts?
We know very successful realtors who have walked it and given prices that are much higher then Zillow's thoughts when this market area is super hot, with most homes selling in one day. I've never posted in Zillow before and I can't find where to put asking price? Thank you in advance if anyone can help!
Wait a second . . . so you brought in a bunch of agents to give you price opinions and then didn't hire any of them? Now you're taking the information they gave you and research they did and are trying to sell it on your own. That's pretty scummy.
Not really. At least he gave them a chance to wow him. And perhaps he will come back to one of them later. Isn't that the price of doing business? As outsiders, we don't know the circumstances.
Wait a second . . . so you brought in a bunch of agents to give you price opinions and then didn't hire any of them? Now you're taking the information they gave you and research they did and are trying to sell it on your own. That's pretty scummy.
We've had realtors come look at our house that was up for sale, not because they were showing it to a client, or even previewing for a client, but because they had a similar house they were going to list and wanted to compare.
Each one used up a couple hours of our time because we had to prep the house for a showing that was not actually a showing, and then actually put aside time to show it.
Not really much different from bringing in a realtor to get a value on your property, and then not listing with them. Not every interview is going to result in a listing for an agent.
I think it's all part of playing the game called Real Estate.
Friends niece is a realtor, his live in gf, her best friend is a realtor, and one of our businesses clients just wanted to look through. All were told well in advance it was being sold by owner. They chose to give needed advice. They put up signs (we trade services with a sign company) on Sunday and had 9 couples come look at it in a 2 hr stretch. The realtor friends are also figuring it out for if he does choose to go that route, that he'll pick them. Not a bad option.
Not really. At least he gave them a chance to wow him. And perhaps he will come back to one of them later. Isn't that the price of doing business? As outsiders, we don't know the circumstances.
We don't know the circumstances. I just made my comment based on what was stated in the thread.
Taking someone's hard work and using it for your own gain without compensating them is not tolerated in other industries. There have been countless law suites over such things. Why is it people seem to think it's so acceptable in real estate?
I'm certainly not saying a person has to hire an agent just because they came in and breathed the air in their house. However, if an agent comes in and gives you work that you've deemed "good enough to use yourself" then they have "wowed" you as you put it and you should have hired them.
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Originally Posted by CieloIn20
We've had realtors come look at our house that was up for sale, not because they were showing it to a client, or even previewing for a client, but because they had a similar house they were going to list and wanted to compare.
Each one used up a couple hours of our time because we had to prep the house for a showing that was not actually a showing, and then actually put aside time to show it.
If those agents weren't up front about the purpose of their visit then that was equally scummy. What was it that my mother always said? Oh yes. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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Originally Posted by CieloIn20
Not really much different from bringing in a realtor to get a value on your property, and then not listing with them. Not every interview is going to result in a listing for an agent.
I think it's all part of playing the game called Real Estate.
Again, I'm not saying that just because you invited someone in that you need to hire them. However, if their work was good enough for you to use yourself then they were probably good enough for you to hire them.
People who invite agents in to their home to steal their ideas and their work typically are not looking for to be "wowed." They never had any intention to hire the agent and inviting someone into your home for the sole purpose of stealing from them is scummy.
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Originally Posted by wamer27
Friends niece is a realtor, his live in gf, her best friend is a realtor, and one of our businesses clients just wanted to look through. All were told well in advance it was being sold by owner. They chose to give needed advice. They put up signs (we trade services with a sign company) on Sunday and had 9 couples come look at it in a 2 hr stretch. The realtor friends are also figuring it out for if he does choose to go that route, that he'll pick them. Not a bad option.
Well, that is definitely not scummy as you were up front with everyone about your intentions.
We don't know the circumstances. I just made my comment based on what was stated in the thread.
Taking someone's hard work and using it for your own gain without compensating them is not tolerated in other industries. There have been countless law suites over such things. Why is it people seem to think it's so acceptable in real estate?
Perhaps people live in different worlds. Some are very liberal with free advice and do their best to only offer it when they have either data or experience to back it up. In the some industries, such as real estate, it is a little like throwing out tidbits into the water to draw in some bigger fish. The free tidbits bring in clients who start to think they can trust you. People in the plant nursery business and furniture sales do it all the time. Same with auto repair--free advice once in a while brings in steady customers. Heck, some experts on C-D offer free and useful advice.
Not blaming you MikePRU for your comment. You were defending your industry. But when you think about it, some of that free advice has probably turned interested parties into clients.
Interesting how REA's get upset about their time being wasted but sure don't worry about wasting yours. I am so tired of being contacted by them telling me they just sold a house in the neighborhood and would love to show me how they could sell mine. Then when I respond to the phone call I get some nitwit on the phone who knows nothing of the call but will call me tomorrow when she clears it up. That is the last I hear from them.
And the telemarketers they hire who absolutely are telephone pests. They don't think that is wasting my time?
I honestly wish I felt there was one honest REA out there to hire. This business was always a bit on the sleezy side but now seems to be really down in the gutter.
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