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Escurumbele

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10. It is OK for the Real Estate Broker to get a fee, because at the end of the day they have gone through the
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:12 PM
Jun 2024

process of finding a property for the client, taking the time to show it,and sometimes they show many properties before the client decides, or the client finds something on his/her own, or with another Realtor (there is no loyalty in Real Estate), writing the appropriate documents, etc. BUT, the fee should be paid by the landlord, AND the fee should not be that high.

I helped my niece find an apartment in Florida, I took her there, and all the landlord had to pay the Real Estate Agent was $200.00 for finding a tenant. Maybe the fee needs to be a little bit higher in New York, but it should never be more than $500.00

Having the tenant pay for the fee is crazy, they are already paying a very high fee for rent in New York, and I bet the $3,800.00 monthly fee is for a studio apartment.

New York is insane, I could never live there, everything is overpriced, the traffic is horrendous, never a place to park, the subway almost always full and it takes a long time to commute even by subway. Yes, New York has a lot of great things to see, to go to, that is why, for me, it is a one week visit, then go back home, I can always come back to visit the things I could not visit the last time I was there.

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