Podio pricing made us switch CRMs (they were bought buy Citrix and got greedy) but they are a great option too because each message is sent individually. 

Northern CA investors might be lazy enough to fall for the trap by not utilizing their local friends or contacts who can provide real insights into the area rather than relying on a realtor In RE - golden rule is to always watch your own back first and never rely on “just what is being told” as greedy realtor motivations with a naive - inexperienced & lazy buyer is a deadly recipe - poised to be doomed.

For me it's hard to tell with these Midwest markets...some here swear by the Midwest cash flow tradeThe only reason I'd consider is only because I feel the coasts have all level or topped...so the trader in me tells me sell socal buy Midwest for now....but we are already late to this idea I think...I feel Midwest valuations in the traditional cashflow market sense is probably also overvalued so there's absolutely still risk in value ...but sure it's going to cash flow 

Don’t be greedy, present it professionally and negotiate.

I do still pay 2.5% buyers commission, reduced from 3% as it's difficult to get greedy buyers agents to show a house to their clients if you go below 2.5%....But like I said, unlocking doors and filling out cookie cutter contracts with a HS diploma doesn't warrant 70K split between four people just to sell my two houses.

The public increasingly sees us as greedy and opportunistic --  they do not understand our increased costs or our need for a reasonable return on our investments. 

"There's a cost to being a greedy jerk, Tom".When you get close on price with the seller; go to all agents in the deal and ask them to take a little off their commissions to close the gap.  

My philosophy is don't get greedy and no one ever went broke from taking a profit.  

Had he been less greedy he would do fine.

My advice is to not be greedy and chalk up your first couple deals as education.