basically: why would someone need a realtor to BUY a house?
i understand that to buy a house, you (buyer) give some money to the owner (seller) in the form of a down payment and essentially get a loan from the bank (mortgage), and then pay that loan back to the bank over the course of years (decades).
for selling a house, i get that you’d want someone to put up the listing and pull connections to get the word out to buyers.
but for buying a home, where do the realtors come in and why does everyone say you need to get one to be a serious buyer?
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I’ve used realtors both ways. Selling all they do is list it on mls, which only a realtor can do. Sometimes, they take phone pics to post. Then they play annoying middlemen with all offers having to go through them.
With buying they just show you the houses. Have to have them to get key out of the lockbox. I’ve always found my own houses online. So the realtor was useless, just a key opener.
Def. Not worth 3% of house sale price for each. 6% total.
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