Hi,
I've decided to move to a nicer place. I'm looking for suggestions on ways to keep down the commission realtors/lawyers want to charge.
I've been through the apartment search game before in Santiago. As usual the real estate people are totally disorganized and don't show many properties, are late, etc. Yet, they immediately expect 1 month commission for their "work" if I decide I like the place. Some even are extra "generous" and offer to pay for the contract.
Their impressive work involves opening the door and showing the house. And they expect to make RD $10,000 for that. I don't mind paying for good service, but I find these guys to be really bad.
I've tried advertising in the newspaper to find leads, but that just ended up being time consuming and not producing good results.
Does anyone have any thoughts on avoiding this/negotiating it down?
Adrian
I've decided to move to a nicer place. I'm looking for suggestions on ways to keep down the commission realtors/lawyers want to charge.
I've been through the apartment search game before in Santiago. As usual the real estate people are totally disorganized and don't show many properties, are late, etc. Yet, they immediately expect 1 month commission for their "work" if I decide I like the place. Some even are extra "generous" and offer to pay for the contract.
Their impressive work involves opening the door and showing the house. And they expect to make RD $10,000 for that. I don't mind paying for good service, but I find these guys to be really bad.
I've tried advertising in the newspaper to find leads, but that just ended up being time consuming and not producing good results.
Does anyone have any thoughts on avoiding this/negotiating it down?
Adrian