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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:I've posted in the past about the realtor scam that people use, at least in this state, to get houses cheap before they ever show up on the market. At any given time in the US there are 5-10 times the number of licensed realtors compared to houses for sale. what's the scam here
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lil poopendorfer posted:what's the scam here Getting a realtor’s license so you can scour all the good poo poo off the listings before the public can ever see it.
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Jul 23, 2022 14:03
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Maybe Im hosed in the head but it bothers me less than things like one realtor legally representing seller & buyer or their compensation structure. Of course, this led me to check on that antitrust suit filed against National Realtors Association only to find out it got dismissed a few months ago https://cookcountyrecord.com/storie...ker-commissions quote:A federal judge has closed the door on an antitrust class action accusing the National Association of Realtors of illegally leveraging access to its Multiple Listings Service to require sellers to pay buyers' brokers, enacting rules intended to discourage sellers from lowering broker commissions.
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Jul 23, 2022 14:32
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Nobody is moving to the communist republics
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Getting a realtor’s license so you can scour all the good poo poo off the listings before the public can ever see it. uhh its not a scam and no one is forcing the homeowners to sell under market value. she's probably just a cash buyer leveraging her access to listings to be aggressive.
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Jul 24, 2022 00:37
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Nothus posted:The Netherlands is the Texas of Europe. Hungary is Alabama and Poland is Mississippi. whats the good part of europe to move to. i can technically apply for descendent birthright citizenship for an EU country but its a big paperwork headache. maybe its worth it
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Jul 24, 2022 01:02
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Ammanas posted:uhh its not a scam and no one is forcing the homeowners to sell under market value. she's probably just a cash buyer leveraging her access to listings to be aggressive. A lot of it is foreclosure auctions and estate sales. It’s absolutely underhanded to acquire a license and buy the good properties up before the general public can see them, and it’s insane that it’s encouraged and legal. It’s one of the factors making it impossible for normal people to buy around here.
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Jul 24, 2022 01:17
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You don't have to be a realtor to buy at foreclosure auctions. You don't have to be a realtor to buy anything Any buyer with actual cash to do deals will have that same access e: and sellers don't have to accept any offer, early or otherwise
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Jul 24, 2022 01:27
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You do have to have a realtor license to access MLS, where you can buy up properties for your slumlord operation or to flip before the general public ever gets an opportunity to see those properties.
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Jul 24, 2022 01:31
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i am harry posted:it depends on the country and there are really different reqs but there are definitely places in the world that will give you a visa as a “private investor” and I’m pretty sure that just means you’ve got a bunch of money in a bank account i will simply become a permanent resident and then citizen of the great nation of china through my correct ideology and posting, welcoming them with open arms as they peacefully annex america
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Jul 24, 2022 01:47
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:i will simply become a permanent resident and then citizen of the great nation of china through my correct ideology and posting, welcoming them with open arms as they peacefully annex america lol if you’re not already keeping a list of whom to turn in first
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Jul 24, 2022 01:50
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for god's sake i just want trains and not those evil holocaust trains either
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Jul 24, 2022 01:54
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:for god's sake i just want trains Would you settle for a regular evil train.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:You do have to have a realtor license to access MLS, where you can buy up properties for your slumlord operation or to flip before the general public ever gets an opportunity to see those properties. People are just doing that on Zillow and Crexi, it's not a secret
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Jul 24, 2022 01:59
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:A lot of it is foreclosure auctions and estate sales. It’s absolutely underhanded to acquire a license and buy the good properties up before the general public can see them, and it’s insane that it’s encouraged and legal. It’s one of the factors making it impossible for normal people to buy around here. yeah but think about how cute it is that soccer moms have a little test they can study for to get an official job certificate and perhaps allay further financial desperation if they're sufficiently successful
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Jul 24, 2022 02:01
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the white hand posted:People are just doing that on Zillow and Crexi, it's not a secret If MLS results were available immediately on Zillow people wouldn’t be getting realtor licenses to access MLS, it gives slumlords/flippers a chance to pick the good properties out before they hit public listings.
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Jul 24, 2022 02:04
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I suppose, but my realtor using her lovely web app her brokerage paid for always seemed a step behind compared to me doing searches on zillow, crexi, county property site etc. And any time she sent me a link from it, I could use that to backend search their MLS listings and there didn't seem to be any secret listings in there. Flippers and slumlords get the good properties by searching all the time and paying with cash, if there are ever early MLS listings to snipe that's dwarfed by that systemic advantage
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Jul 24, 2022 02:10
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for real one of the dumbest people i knew was a dude who lost his realtor job in 2009 after college at the time i wondered how successful he was before that, all i saw was that he bought a sportscar with a color-changing paint job
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Jul 24, 2022 02:12
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I don't know if I can get across how basic realtors are at actually finding deals. Their skills are putting the paperwork together in such a way that the house actually belongs to you, and ah, leasing convertibles? idk
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Jul 24, 2022 02:14
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oh our realtor was a deadeyed shark who ate the seller's lady alive, she later smugly told us that the opposing realtor was the seller's friend from church we bought for slightly under market and she had the offer in same afternoon it went up, this lady is hypercompetent and clears over a million in fees a year, she highly recommends one of the county clubs here
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Jul 24, 2022 02:20
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:for god's sake i just want trains Suburban folks loving hate trains. They are expanding Seattle's light rail and before covid it was one of the biggest things my coworkers would complain about. Lmao
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Yeah fair enough mine was good at negotiation too. Not all brokers are equal for that
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AnimeIsTrash posted:Suburban folks loving hate trains. They are expanding Seattle's light rail and before covid it was one of the biggest things my coworkers would complain about. Lmao apparently around 20 years ago this immediate area successfully fought down a bridge that would've gone in crossing the river between the two extant crossings that we're equidistant between (we're adjacent to one of the rivers here). across the river is an area with the big hospital, air force base, and corporate park that employs as many people as downtown so instead of supporting the growing car traffic and providing a convenient route across the river here it's just a pedestrian/bike bridge. incidentally the community immediately on the other side of the river is significantly less white
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:for god's sake i just want trains Welcome home! 
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mila kunis posted:whats the good part of europe to move to. i can technically apply for descendent birthright citizenship for an EU country but its a big paperwork headache. maybe its worth it but mila, Ukraine is not in the EU
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the white hand posted:I suppose, but my realtor using her lovely web app her brokerage paid for always seemed a step behind compared to me doing searches on zillow, crexi, county property site etc. And any time she sent me a link from it, I could use that to backend search their MLS listings and there didn't seem to be any secret listings in there. PFC is right in that MLS lists stuff before Zillow, etc but the pros don't really buy off MLS anyways. Cash deal only properties, Foreclosures, tax liens, wholesaling, etc. After a bit you get known as an investor and then realtors and other investors just call you and ask if you wanna buy their property before ever listing it publicly.
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AnimeIsTrash posted:Suburban folks loving hate trains. They are expanding Seattle's light rail and before covid it was one of the biggest things my coworkers would complain about. Lmao idk about this, the wait list for commuter train station parking spots around here is like 15-20 years. All the houses within walking distance to the train stops command a premium too. Perhaps folks in the PNW just don't appreciate public trans 
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:for god's sake i just want trains https://twitter.com/yurtwallander/status/1550680191714066432
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lil poopendorfer posted:idk about this, the wait list for commuter train station parking spots around here is like 15-20 years. All the houses within walking distance to the train stops command a premium too. there is a LOT of local media news coverage which makes it seem like seattle is a war zone. People who live 20 minutes away and never go into Seattle think that it’s mad max. accordingly they are terrified that transit means chaos would flood from the city to their lovely suburb because ???
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lil poopendorfer posted:idk about this, the wait list for commuter train station parking spots around here is like 15-20 years. All the houses within walking distance to the train stops command a premium too. It could be. Read up on the Columbia River Crossing if you’re interested. A nearly ten year project that spent $200 million to replace the 100 year old I-5 bridge that was ultimately scuttled because suburbanites in Vancouver were terrified of non-white people from Portland riding the crime train across the river to steal their tvs.
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Ornery and Hornery posted:there is a LOT of local media news coverage which makes it seem like seattle is a war zone. People who live 20 minutes away and never go into Seattle think that it’s mad max. I have a coworker around my age who loves to talk about the junkies in Seattle. He lives in a nice Kent suburb and he doesn't really leave. Anyways check this out lmfao 
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If it's anything like DC/MD/VA's metro they will actually start the construction in 2032 and then run into problems and finally finish it in 2052.
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AnimeIsTrash posted:I have a coworker around my age who loves to talk about the junkies in Seattle. He lives in a nice Kent suburb and he doesn't really leave.
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AnimeIsTrash posted:I have a coworker around my age who loves to talk about the junkies in Seattle. He lives in a nice Kent suburb and he doesn't really leave. lol imagine the year 2039
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Ornery and Hornery posted:there is a LOT of local media news coverage which makes it seem like seattle is a war zone. People who live 20 minutes away and never go into Seattle think that it’s mad max. I work at a company that has an office in seattle. During the orientation zoom for seattle-area new employees, one of the bellevue motherfuckers asked the guy running the orientation, in hushed tones "is it... safe to go to the office?"
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30.5 Days posted:I work at a company that has an office in seattle. During the orientation zoom for seattle-area new employees, one of the bellevue motherfuckers asked the guy running the orientation, in hushed tones "is it... safe to go to the office?" god gently caress these people they're the ones who see nothing wrong with 3bil to fight climate and 30bil to fight "crime"
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The funniest part is that the guy running the orientation was a big time VP, was black, and had already said he lived a few blocks from the office so I'm sure that guy really endeared himself.
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30.5 Days posted:I work at a company that has an office in seattle. During the orientation zoom for seattle-area new employees, one of the bellevue motherfuckers asked the guy running the orientation, in hushed tones "is it... safe to go to the office?" I thought I was in the covid thread and it took me a second
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https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1649-Methyl-St_Pittsburgh_PA_15216_M40507-17259?ex=2945794752 look at the property history lol
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Pffft. That's tame. Welcome to western land realty. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/Wild-Horse-Dr-San-Luis-CO-81152/2119433899_zpid/ That land isn't worth $5k.
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