Realtor commission

[Ben Huynh]

hi I'm just doing the leg work to put a team together. My question is should I negotiate the commission rate of the realtor? Or should I just pay the full rate? I have bought two properties before but never sold one yet. Just wonder what is appropriate percentage? Don't want to be a cheap skate but don't want to be take advantage of either. Thank you so much for your time!!

[Russell Brazil]

Did you use the same agent for the two buy side transactions? What price points are we talking about?

For my repeat clients (Which investors usually are) I discount my listing side commission from 6% to 5% typically. On cheaply priced property I do not discount though as I need to make something. With one flipper, who was flipping on the backside in the $700k range, I went down to 4.5% (2.5% to buyer, 2% to me) because the commission was still high enough, as well on a high end flip, there is less work on the marketing side.