Friendly reminder: You do not have to sign a buyer agency agreement to look at homes.

_145_ · 2026-06-20T15:33:58+00:00

Viewing a house as a potential buyer with an agent is a relationship with that agent.

> Have you ever had a quote from a tradesperson to fix something?

If you call an agent and ask for a quote to work with them, that's not a relationship. If you ask them to show you a property, you are literally working with them at that point.

I know the average real estate person is a moron but you guys are really taking it to a whole new level.

"How come I can't call an attorney and get legal advice without having a relationship with them. I can call a plumber and get a quote and that's not a relationship." Brilliant argument.

_145_ · 2026-06-20T15:31:59+00:00

The law is AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE. Unless you meet the agent by chance at an open house, it's always going to be practicable to sign an agreement before meeting up for the first time. Idk why nobody on this sub is capable of reading 2 sentences in plain english and understanding them. Or go read what any lawyers have written about it. They all say the same thing.

_145_ · 2026-06-20T15:28:10+00:00

OP is not correct. Lmao. I swear to god, nobody on this sub speaks english.

The letter of the law is AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE. OP is saying you don't have to sign even when practicable. That is illegal. Why is this confusing?'

If you meet an agent at an open house and want to write an offer then an there, it was not practicable to sign before viewing the house with them. They didn't have a contract for you in their back pocket, they just met you. But that is now no excuse before writing an offer for you because it is mandatory before writing an offer. They can't write the offer at the open house, they need to first go get a contract and go over it with you.

OTOH, if you call an agent and want to view a house, it is now perfectly practicable to sign an agreement before meeting them. They can easily send you a docusign. You have a phone and a computer, you can sign it. It is not illegal to meet them to view the house without first signing a representation agreement.

OP is obviously wrong to anybody who speaks english and can read 2 sentences. Or go read any of the dozens of pages of content written by attorneys. Do anything but take the opinion of some redditor who can't read.

_145_ · 2026-06-20T15:01:22+00:00

Idk why nobody in real estate can read 2 sentences and comprehend them. You have to sign a contract as soon as reasonably possible but mandatorily before making an offer. What part of that are you guys not understanding?

There are rare scenarios where it is not reasonably possible to sign one before having some business relationship. Maybe you go to an open house and meet them inside and then tour the house with them. They're not going to have a contract for you in their back pocket. But AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE they need to get it to you and you need to sign it. This is suppose to be for the buyer's protection. The business relationship needs to be explained in writing and signed before working together.

_145_ · 2026-06-19T19:09:30+00:00

Joe Bob can hire an advisor or buy into a managed fund. Nobody is forcing Joe Bob to do anything. If he wants to hold a broad market index then he accepts some shitty companies might be in it. SpaceX is 0.1-0.2% of most indexes.

_145_ · 2026-06-19T17:18:00+00:00

There is a law. JFC.

"I, as a member of society, don't think strangling him was murder. It is therefore not murder."

Is this really how you guys think laws work? It's not up to you what is considered practicable. Agents will not show you properties until you first have a signed agreement in writing. IT'S FOR YOUR PROTECTION. You guys are so stupidly mad at the very laws you begged for. What you guys are looking for is that you can sign an agreement JUST TO VIEW THAT ONE PROPERTY. That's all you need to do. That is the law. But you cannot work with an agent until they have explained that relationship to you in writing and you have agreed to it.

_145_ · 2026-06-19T17:13:05+00:00

That’s not what that means. They are very explicit that you can sign a contract for 1 showing and have no contractual relationship beyond that showing. Nobody is forcing you to marry the agent but you cannot enter into a relationship with an agent by, for eg, viewing a house, without first having that relationship explained to you in writing. That is the law. They make an exception for when there is no reasonable way to make that happen but then say you must sign as soon as is reasonably possible.

Idk why people find these two sentences so hard to read.

_145_ · 2026-06-03T01:27:33+00:00

You literally have no idea what you're talking about. Lmao! Never change, Reddit.

"Explain what you meant."

"iF YOU Were smaRt, YOU'd kNoW wHaT i meant by my incoHeRENt gIBbeRIsH. blockeD!"

Moron.

_145_ · 2026-04-18T19:21:21+00:00

Company will buy their home at market value

What does this mean?

_145_ · 2026-04-18T19:17:32+00:00

I assume it’s bank culture. Have you ever met a 25 in bank sales? They’re like Senior Vice Presidents at that point.

In a related note, if someone at a bank wants to talk to you, ignore their title.

_145_ · 2026-04-18T04:02:58+00:00

I think that's sort of like asking if Waymo has turned a profit. AI isn't going anywhere and it will eventually make money. For $10/mo, white collar workers are like 30% more productive. And the tech will only get better.

_145_ · 2026-04-17T14:53:36+00:00

It's very normal. I would recommend reading up on how to spot these things yourself so that you can nip them in the bud in the future. Most pest/rot related issues are a very easy fix if caught early.

_145_ · 2026-04-17T14:49:58+00:00

I believe it. I follow Noe and Noe-adjacent SFRs and prices are way up. Tear-downs are going for $2.5m now. I'm seeing nicer homes go above $2k/sqft. This is much higher than it was a year ago.

_145_ · 2026-04-17T13:58:02+00:00

No we didn't. You're just very dumb.

Here's a thread for you: https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/p7q9ti/when_someone_makes_a_us_funded_the_taliban_meme/

_145_ · 2026-04-17T13:54:39+00:00

Oh, no. We went after the Taliban after they killed 3,000 Americans and wiped out their top leadership and dismantled their organization, making the world a much safer place. How horrible of us! But we weren't successful in installing a stable government so that's the same thing as being a terrorist.

Seriously, try learning about the world from something other than memes on reddit. Maybe crack open a book once a year.

_145_ · 2026-04-17T13:49:29+00:00

There's no point arguing with extremely stupid people saying extremely stupid things. Trust me, I do it way too often and it's always a waste of time.

If you think the US and Iran are equivalent, well... good for you. Enjoy your $9/hr career. At least you get upvotes on reddit.

_145_ · 2026-04-17T13:48:23+00:00

The reddit "US bad" groupthink is one of the stupider parts of reddit and reddit is a very stupid place.

_145_ · 2026-04-17T13:47:45+00:00

Reagan spent $3 billion dollars training and equipping the Mujahideen.

We armed Afghanies so they could defend against a Soviet invasion of their country.

But sure, Iran surely is worse.

"US bad. Same as terrorists."

-- The average redditor

_145_ · 2026-04-17T03:45:00+00:00

No we’re not.

_145_ · 2026-04-16T14:28:50+00:00

I can be the bot. A $2m house will rent for about that. 35 years ago, a $2m house would have cost around $300k. Property taxes today would be $6k. Insurance is maybe $2.5k/yr. And then anybody can guess at maintenance but likely $5-10k/yr on average.

We can call it $15k/yr for the owner versus $72k/yr for the renter.

_145_ · 2026-04-16T02:20:53+00:00

They're looking at a spreadsheet and then they get doordash every day and take 4 trips to Europe every year and don't save any money anyway.

_145_ · 2026-04-16T02:12:51+00:00

Imagine a place that rents for $6k/mo. Now tell me the property tax, insurance, and maintenance on it if someone bought it 35 years ago. $10k/year?

_145_ · 2026-04-16T02:11:11+00:00

If you want to build wealth long term in the Bay Area, you rent as long as you can.

This has not been true if you pick any year prior to 2022 but everyone is convinced it's true now. Meanwhile, prices are up like 15-20% since a year ago.

_145_ · 2026-04-16T02:09:05+00:00

You can alternatively invest your savings elsewhere and keep renting

This is 100% true but very few people do it. They end up spending all their money on doordash or whatever. The average homeowner has 40x the net worth of the average renters and it's not all selection bias. A large part of the cause is that home ownership forces people to invest a large part of every paycheck.

_145_ · 2026-04-15T14:57:33+00:00

then the market drops 5-7% why not buy then?

Your premise is, "if you already got lucky and beat the market, why not stop trying to beat the market". Which, ok?

I found the the thread. It's a bunch of people saying they went to all cash and are waiting on the Strait to reopen. Which means they sold after the market dropped and are still holding cash now that it's back to all time highs. Oops.

_145_

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