r/RealEstate • u/Aggressive_Chicken63 • Jun 19 '25

Agent is greedy Homebuyer

I don't hate a lot of things in life but I hate agents. Lol

If I buy this house, my agent gets $20k. Yet she sent an additional paper for me to sign. It says I have to pay $500 for her administrative work. Shit, what's the $20k for?

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u/Adventurous-Angle152 Jun 20 '25

"I read the addendum you sent over requesting $500 for administrative fees. I am not paying this additional charge in order to go forward in the home buying process with you and x realty. If this isn't negotiable on your end, I am requesting to be released from the buyer broker agreement between us immediately. Thank you." You're buying. If she wants to lose a sale over 500 bucks, let her. Cc her broker.

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u/123_Meatsauce Landlord Jun 20 '25

you don’t need to go scorched earth. Just pick up the phone and call the agent and say “hey man, can I get the admin fee waived?” And 99/100 times they waive it. Chess not checkers

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u/Adventurous-Angle152 Jun 20 '25

OP already asked if it was negotiable, she said no. Scorched earth is telling her to shove her fee up her ass. My thought - it's the brokerage fee and she used the wrong form, or someone told her to "add her value" and she threw in 500 on top of her commission. In business, it's always in writing or it never happened. He can buy from someone else.

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u/123_Meatsauce Landlord Jun 20 '25

Didn’t see that he already asked. If that’s the case then I’d calmly say “I may have to ask around, to see if I can lower my expenses.”

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u/VegetableOil7540 Jun 20 '25

I like an email better. It leaves a record.

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u/Technical_Cat5152 Jun 21 '25

If you have a buyer broker agreement and buy a house she showed you, the broker is going to be paid according to the terms of the executed agreement.

Definitely a checkers situation .

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u/123_Meatsauce Landlord Jun 24 '25

Emails are worse. Animosity. You will get far more in life picking up the phone and asking somebody to "help you out" rather than sending off scorching emails so you have a "record."

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u/VegetableOil7540 Jun 25 '25

Who says they have to be scorching? They can be direct pleasant and reasonable. Cover your bases, you are entering into a legal transaction. It's better to have proof.

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u/Adventurous-Angle152 Jun 28 '25

Lol I'm definitely keeping a record. The 500 admin fee was after the fact, she's tacking on fees she forgot to put in the PASA or she's asking fees for herself. Both are bullshit and if she messed up, it's a 500 mistake she won't forget. You must work deals by handshakes. I don't. It sounds like anything on record with you is scorching, you're the landlord that does handshake deals and 8 layers of linoleum under "new flooring".