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New York City Council Votes to End Broker Fees Squeezing Renters

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258 points JumpCrisscross | 1 comments | 13 Nov 24 21:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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zjp ◴[14 Nov 24 00:00 UTC] No.42131619[source]▶
Based. Why the fuck do you deserve $10,000 for unlocking the door to an apartment I found myself?
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nxm ◴[14 Nov 24 01:02 UTC] No.42132034[source]▶
Same thing could said of real estate agents
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lolinder ◴[14 Nov 24 01:16 UTC] No.42132138[source]▶
Our real estate agent more than earned her commission when we bought in 2021. There was zero chance we'd have landed a house that year without her help, and landing when we did got us a record-low mortgage rate that has more than covered the commission already.
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1. blitzar ◴[14 Nov 24 10:16 UTC] No.42134733[source]▶
Real estate agents have no business being in the mortgage industry.

Charitably rereading your comment - this agent sounds like they were a buying agent. Which should 100% be a real thing; but nothing like a real estate agent and more like a family lawyer / family financial adviser / family hostage negotiator all rolled into one.