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7 February 2024 | 19 replies
EMD as a legal requirement for a valid real estate contract is a myth.Try this in a search engine: "is earnest money required in [state]" and the result will be page after page, state after state, of attorneys, real estate commissions, brokers, all confirming that it's not.
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7 February 2024 | 34 replies
. 😂😂😂 do you get a commission from Wrangler?
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6 February 2024 | 6 replies
I encourage all others who have been swindled or have had similar experiences to share them too and to submit complaints to the Better Business Bureau, Department of Consumer Affairs, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, State Board of Accountancy, Federal Trade Commission, Police Department’s Financial Crime Unit, and the District Attorney.
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7 February 2024 | 50 replies
He uses a flat listing broker for the MLS listing to avoid half of the real estate commissions.
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6 February 2024 | 16 replies
For the life of me I can’t really find a property to flip locally but the ones I’ve bought and held for 2 years have appreciated significantly and if I was to sell some of them now after all taxes, commissions and expenses were paid I’d probably profit about $65,000-$85,000 on the 2 year properties.
6 February 2024 | 10 replies
Sold for $47k and after 10% commission for my realtor ( a land specialist from National Land Realty.Good realtors with local knowledge are worth their weight in gold!)
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25 August 2016 | 1 reply
We have had people run the commission through work before, and they pay 100% of it back to the employee (again since they don't care about the residential side of agency).
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11 September 2016 | 11 replies
In my opinion doing that makes sense if you're "saving" part of the commission on your end.
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5 September 2016 | 7 replies
We have modeled our business after his. 11/1/15 was our closing 380 San Felipe rdWe got it under contract at 117k Sold to investor for 121kNetted with commission 6kThis home sold in May 2016 for 178k
5 September 2016 | 24 replies
If the brokers are correct, you will be close to a breaking even after commission.