., you see so many hundreds of thousands of realtors offering massive rebates to consumers.From a Realtor's perspective, on a 500k purchase of a listed property:would a realtor rather get ahead of this rebate wave and loan back $10,000 of the commission at a very low rate to the buyer Post Closing and ultimately keep the entire 3 Points?

The list is massive of people who get in trouble for negligence in this area especially when it comes to charging people upfront for home retention servicers.

Everything else is subject to massive abuse.

That's probably junk mail rate--or massive quantities.

For if I had predicted at the beginning of 2008 we would experience freezing credit markets, bankruptcies and near bankruptcies of our largest of financial institutions, massive amounts of taxpayer monies used to "save" the financial system, the worst recession numbers since the Great Depression, unemployment at 7% and rising, mortgage defaults at unprecedented levels, "deleveraging" on a global basis -- and toss in oil going from $95 a barrel to $145 a barrel and back to $37 -- then you would have sought to admit me into a mental ward for treatment last January.

If you're really interested in knowing what your property is worth, and you believe, after comparing nearby properties with similar specific amenities (beyond just sq ft and proximity), then learn more about the person who sold it to you.If investigation show they had some crazy circumstance (massive ignorance, pressing need to sell immediately, spouse's death, pending foreclosure...) then maybe your property is worth a lot more than you paid for it.

So, I'm going to look to more rural areas, away from the massive investor crowds - closer to home.Thanks, Jack

you should have seen the doc she signed....it was massive!

Deflation combined with massive foreign debt.

I see massive pressure on stand alone small brokers, they don't have the horsepower to keep up.