bipolar bear wrote:RobW wrote:The MO of these guys seems to have been to come in with a couple of good deals at the beginning and then just get silly.
I noticed this myself. Also there seems to have been a tailing off of adverts here from the other overpriced mob, who shall be known as JQT or HOR as they advertise here and any criticism of them isn't allowed, I think. Are these a new incarnation or a branch of the same outfit?
The other overpriced mob... have you listened to yourself?
Let's summarise how ALL the realty companies work here.
* You walk in / email them you need a house / apartment.
* You tell them how much you want to spend.
* They tell you they can show you a number of places the next day that they have already employed someone to visit and photograph before uploading to the server and listing online.
* They pick you up and drive you round for 1 to 8 hours and show you places within your predetermined budget.
* You chose a place to live.
* They negotiate a lease to suit your requirements.
* You pay a deposit and one months rent to the landlord.
* You move in.
As you will see at no point have you paid anything to the agent.
You haven't been forced or coerced into taking somewhere you don't like or want or can afford.
The landlord (sometimes laughingly) determines the rental price.
The landlord determines the commission payment to the agent (anywhere from 25% to 100% depending on the landlord, their motives for renting and the relationship with the agent).
Ok sure, the agents are going to fill their website with lots of lovely pictures of apartments and houses over your $500 budget and won't focus on the $200 a month shite because the people who live in those kind of places are the same type of people who sit there moaning because they can't afford to have a nicer place and blame the agent. The same people who say "just ask a Tuk Tuk guy to take your round"...
So while these Elevated guys still haven't worked out that people who rent quality apartments and houses rarely do so from Facebook and Forums like this.. they have uniquely figured out people who want cheap shit housing do...