Newsgroups: alt.invest.real-estate alt.org.natl-assn-mortgage-brokers alt.real-estate-agents
Subject: Re: Income verification for mortgage
From: "Baird Spalding" 
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:50:54 GMT


On  8-Oct-2003, "Jeremy Thurber"  wrote:

> I as a Realtor have no problem telling someone they may do better trying
> to
> sell on their own....why is it that Mtg. Brokers have such a hard time
> saying "You could do better elsewhere"?  Maybe, to back up my earlier
> point,
> they care more about the commission than the customer.
> Don't get me wrong...it's good to get paid,  but the reason the word
> "broker" has such a negative conotation is that there are very few in the
> business that even can define the word ethics.

Under what circumstances do you feel a seller could EVER do better than the
MLS and having Realtors doing the showings?