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Background: Provided my realtor (who is a personal friend) the amount I wanted to clear on the sale of my home. After countless showings and 40+ days on the market we finally got an offer.
It was a low-ball offer but not so far away that we couldn’t counter. I countered…. They countered. Ultimately, I was around $5k away from my minimum amount I wanted to clear.
I told my realtor, the sales price is acceptable if the buyers agent can take 2% (in other words, I would pay 5% commission). My realtor responded with a thumbs up emoji at 7:15 PM and I didn’t he hear from him again until the next day at 9:15 AM. He texts me, “I can’t believe this agent can’t get her clients up 6k. BS imo”
I’m a little confused as I told him the sales price is agreed upon and it’s up to the realtors to take a reduction of 1% in commissions.
I start heeding questions from my realtor about another buyer who visitors the property the other day…. Almost as if he’s avoiding the subject. Finally at 6:00 PM today, I ask about the buyer with an offer…. His reply “it died, they wouldn’t budge.”
Me: “sales price was finalized, did the commission reduction kill it?”
Realtor: “yep. No worries, we are moving on.”
My wife and I are at dinner thinking WTF is going on and perplexed how our realtor and personal friend could be so nonchalant about the only offer we have seen in 1.5 months.
After dinner, realtor and I exchange more text and it leads to me demanding a phone call immediately. I end up scolding him and corner him into him telling me that he never relayed the acceptance of the sales price offer with a 1% commission reduction. I called him a greedy fucker that lied to me because he couldn’t fathom a $2500 reduction on commission knowing I’m about to use him to purchase a $850k+ house.
I made him revive the deal and am now waiting to see if this will finalize. Wtf would you do in this situation. His wife is also a coworker of mine.
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It was a low-ball offer but not so far away that we couldn’t counter. I countered…. They countered. Ultimately, I was around $5k away from my minimum amount I wanted to clear.
I told my realtor, the sales price is acceptable if the buyers agent can take 2% (in other words, I would pay 5% commission). My realtor responded with a thumbs up emoji at 7:15 PM and I didn’t he hear from him again until the next day at 9:15 AM. He texts me, “I can’t believe this agent can’t get her clients up 6k. BS imo”
I’m a little confused as I told him the sales price is agreed upon and it’s up to the realtors to take a reduction of 1% in commissions.
I start heeding questions from my realtor about another buyer who visitors the property the other day…. Almost as if he’s avoiding the subject. Finally at 6:00 PM today, I ask about the buyer with an offer…. His reply “it died, they wouldn’t budge.”
Me: “sales price was finalized, did the commission reduction kill it?”
Realtor: “yep. No worries, we are moving on.”
My wife and I are at dinner thinking WTF is going on and perplexed how our realtor and personal friend could be so nonchalant about the only offer we have seen in 1.5 months.
After dinner, realtor and I exchange more text and it leads to me demanding a phone call immediately. I end up scolding him and corner him into him telling me that he never relayed the acceptance of the sales price offer with a 1% commission reduction. I called him a greedy fucker that lied to me because he couldn’t fathom a $2500 reduction on commission knowing I’m about to use him to purchase a $850k+ house.
I made him revive the deal and am now waiting to see if this will finalize. Wtf would you do in this situation. His wife is also a coworker of mine.
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My realtor lied about providing a counter to the other party
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