Posted on February 26, 2010 by Rogue Agent

You’ve heard the saying, “Cut out the middle man!”. Are Agents a cancer? What does the surgeon do? He removes the tumor. In NYC, this is exactly what’s been happening. Check this out!

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Rogue Agent

The elephant in the room is the major association that most real estate agents are members. Their lobby is big. Every year thousands of agents provide donations with their dues to its political action committee. As a buyer or seller, if you think your the little guy, you better think again. [...]

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Rogue Agent

NPR’s Noah Adams talks to Douglas Gantenbein, who back in 2004 wrote an article on Slate.com slamming real estate agents as a waste of money. Gantenbein said people don’t need real estate agents when they can find so much information about buying or selling a house on the Internet. Check it out

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Rogue Agent

I’ll be brief. The educational bar is not high in the industry of residential real estate. A large percentage of the industry simply have a high school education. Although there are quick workshops for licensees to increase their knowledge, few take advantage of them. The courses are never difficult and basically [...]

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Rogue Agent

Is it Duel? or is it Dual?  Let’s have a Dual?  ‘Duel’ means fight and ‘dual’ means two.  It’s pretty much the same thing when the buyer and seller are gullible enough to believe that a single agent can be a fiduciary to two opposing sides.  How is it possible to represent the buyer 100% [...]

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Rogue Agent

Here’s another trick the seller’s agent will hope to employ. A contract has been submitted.  Its less than what you want, you feel you should get more, the comps in the area appear to echo that you CAN get more.  Your agent is there to negotiate for you and will fight for you.  Not exactly. [...]

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Rogue Agent

You make the decision to sell your home and enlist the services of an agent.  The duties of the seller’s agent are simple.  They are working for you.  Its a fiduciary relationship.  They have duties of trust, loyal care, accounting and obedience.    But are they always working in your best interest?  Here’s an example.  You [...]

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Rogue Agent

Most states have rules about agency.    An agent is either a buyer’s agent, a seller’s agent, or the person is working for both sides of the table which is called a dual agent.  A buyer’s agent, simple enough, is suppose to work for the buyer.  That means the agent has a fiduciary duty to  work [...]

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Rogue Agent

FSBOs or For Sale By Owners don’t fall for this one.  This is one of most profitable tricks used by real estate agents.  You have your FSBO sign in front of your home and 50% of the calls you get are from a real estate agent.  The agent may ask have you considered listing with [...]