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The most and least ethical Australian jobs have been named, Least ethical: Real estate agents
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Who's even using agents at this point? Youd be better off taking a less than ideal offer than the commision they charge.
You can't advertise on domain or RE unless you're an agent.
Which is ridiculous
Which is ridiculous.
And false. Listing agents exist and it's cheap. I used salebyhomeowner
How did you manage the mental gymnastics to deny you are required to be and agent to create a listing and then immediately follow up with you can pay a “listing AGENT” to create a listing for you.
Because you don't need to be an REA. You can list for as little as $400.
If you go through a third party agency do you not understand what the concept of an agent is?
Those people are not REAs though. It's a different role that they fulfil
Seems like a hole in the market
They used to, there must be a compelling reason why both major players gave up on private listings.
Money and data. They charge around $600 for a listing, but agents also have to (typically) link their CRM, and they tend to give them high-quality data compared to private sellers.
Technically... could I get a REA license then charge people $200 to list thier own house and have the owners details up so the owner can sell it themselves?
They save thousands and I just put up thier houses on RE like a Mum listing her kids old toys on FB marketplace!
I'd assume RE charges for a listing though...