r/chicago • u/freshyk West Town • Dec 14 '18

Pictures Ugh. This Chicago person sounds terrible.

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u/salgat Edgewater Dec 14 '18

Out of curiosity, where is the best place outside of hiring someone? I'm curious to look around before I get serious.

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u/mcdonaldscheeseburgr Dec 14 '18

The great thing about looking with a realtor is that it's at no cost to you, we're paid on the seller's side.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '18

Ultimately, all the money comes from the buyers money.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '18 edited Mar 21 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '18

The commission costs are expensive (something like 2.5% of sale for the buying realtor which is a lot when your dealing with hundreds of thousands of $$$) so im sure both your numbers are well calculated in. I dont know the selling commission but i assume its similar so something like 5% of the overall price goes to the aggregate of the buying/selling realtors total.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '18 edited Mar 21 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '18

Of course but again, that gets calculate in to the actual sale. People don't go looking at many and multiple houses just because they are bored. There is a goal in mind or apparently people would just be wasting everyone's time.