Comments on LOCAL.FranklyRealty.com Reviews: $135,000!? EOS 21 Auction: A Steal or Bait

With all the resources available, hiring a realtor...

2010-01-09T12:47:54.728-05:00

With all the resources available, hiring a realtor is sometimes not necessary for turnkey owner occ situations. However often for out of state investors, having a broker familiar with the area helps them speculate much better metro areas where they want to throw money into rentals or hit the auctions for fix and flips.

I am a corporate lawyer (not much in real estate, ...

2008-04-16T20:28:00.000-05:00

I am a corporate lawyer (not much in real estate, however) and really find the generalization made by anonymous troubling. I am not at all inclined to support Realtors - I do think in many cases that they add little value and earn their negative reputation. But the blunt truth is that while there are far too many Realtors, there are far too few good ones. One could say the same with other services providers, such as lawyers and investment bankers. But I have been through the mill with real estate, and there is no question that the broker I finally landed in my last transaction (now retired) was worth every penny. He worked hard, knew the market, was very secure in his value add, and knew a sophisticated (relatively) client like me was going to be persuaded by the hard truth more than anything else. And bluntly, although I may not end up using his firm, you can bet with my next transaction I will give Frankly a call. There's too much helpful blunt talk not to.

Why would they discourage representation? Because...

2008-03-05T14:14:00.000-05:00

Why would they discourage representation? Because realtors take quite a slice of the asking price for doing close to nothing. I'm amazed that realty still exists as a profession.

No wonder 20- and early 30-somethings don't understand the point of realtors.