American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of the industry, the 6 percent sales commission.The National Association of Realtors, a powerful organization that has set the guidelines for home sales for decades, has agreed to settle a series of lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and by eliminating its rules on commissions.

I"m just going to add to your postThe New York Times Article  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/realestate/national-assoc...is misleading. 

A lot of manpower is lost.As we approach our busy section 8 season (for us April - July) I am looking for better ways (more affordable and efficient options to the investors bottom line) to plan for and execute the workload which may include hiring someone that has section 8 experience to handle our CHA inspections(and associated maintenance work) or a company that we can outsource when the weeks get slammed with inspections. 

I host Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors where you will typcially find about 150 investors at a meeting on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. 

HOA's and Condo associations are hard to deal with on multiple fronts, from tenant approval to tenants following the rules, it can be a difficult rental to manage.

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i own few condo's in NJ and find the association a pain.

Reached out several times then finally decided to try one of the other associates I had worked with and they told me that they ran into issues with underwriter and now they are saying the underwriter doesn’t want to to approve me anymore cause they feel like it’s too much of a project for a first timer.

3/15/24Home sellers would no longer be forced to pay up to 6 percent commission to agents under a settlement that experts say will drive down prices.American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of the industry, the 6 percent sales commission.The National Association of Realtors, a powerful organization that has set the guidelines for home sales for decades, has agreed to settle a series of lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and by eliminating its rules on commissions.

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