“Tricky ways real estate agents get you to spend more money”
May 27, 2019
“1. Playing with the quote…
… “Say you are told that a property will sell between $500,000 and $550,000. You may think that you can pay the low estimate. But in reality you are already setting yourself up to pay the maximum.”…
2. Claiming a property is exclusively listed…
3. Manipulating comparable sales reports…
4. Ending with negotiation fatigue
Brokers know home buying is exhausting — and they may try to capitalize on negotiation fatigue to get you to spend more money…
https://www.bankrate.com/personal-finance/smart-money/tricky-ways-real-estate-agents-spend-more/
“Tricks” is a nice way to put it. What they really mean is “lack of ethics.” In my opinion these types of tactics are scam tactics. Personally I wouldn’t do business with anyone practicing these “tricks.”