source: WHY DO AGENTS CHARGE TENANTS ANY COMMISSION AT ALL?
I find that agents DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for a tenant.
Seriously, i do not need an agents' service at all. they serve me no purpose.
the only reason any of us tenants deal with an agent is because those lazy landlords, who will not spare the time to market their property, happens to be using an agent.
so when we tenants look for a property and reply to ads, well guess what.....we get in touch with an agent, who does nothing for us but fix an appointment with the owner.
if the owners are willing to advertise themselves, we tenants could just deal directly with the owner and settle all matters including the rental and contract with the owners.
i would much rather deal with the owner directly. even though i had dealt with agents. the agents had looked for a property for me but, honestly, i had rejected all their offers simply because they do a bad job of finding me the property i want and their offers fall short of my requirements. its more like they serve the owners as they market the property of the owners instead of the tenants interests and wants.
all this while i m in singapore, i had researched and looked for rooms myself and guess what......i had found better deals searching myself than using an agent.
all the agent does is.......fix the appointment with the owner, take us to view the place, and then stand there with their mouths drooling for me to pull out my cash to pay their commission, which i believe should not be paid, simply because they had done nothing for me.
some of these agents dont even do their homework.....they had never been to the places their marketing and dont even know abt the room and its facilities. the only time they saw the place was when they took me there.
so how could you even market a room or unit if you had never been there yourself and say things such as its nice and this and that rubbish.
after signing the contract, the agents you worked with is no longer to be found. they are relieved of their duty and they couldnt care less what happens to us tenants, whether out deposit was rightfully refunded, whether we are experiencing any problems with the place or the owners or any other inconvenience we are experiencing.
INSTEAD OF CHARGING THE TENANTS ANY COMMISSION, AGENTS SHOULD CHARGE THE OWNERS!!!!!!!!!!
you are servicing the owners and seriously you are serving the best interests of the owners. you are marketing their property, looking for tenants according to the owners' requirements, and well, you were employed in the first place because the landlords needed you, not us tenants.
SO CHARGE THE OWNERS! NOT THE TENANTS!!!!!!!
in a world of no agents or a world of agents only charging the owners, we tenants would be much better off and save alot more.
agents seriously only get in my way of finding the property i need.
Seriously, i do not need an agents' service at all. they serve me no purpose.
the only reason any of us tenants deal with an agent is because those lazy landlords, who will not spare the time to market their property, happens to be using an agent.
so when we tenants look for a property and reply to ads, well guess what.....we get in touch with an agent, who does nothing for us but fix an appointment with the owner.
if the owners are willing to advertise themselves, we tenants could just deal directly with the owner and settle all matters including the rental and contract with the owners.
i would much rather deal with the owner directly. even though i had dealt with agents. the agents had looked for a property for me but, honestly, i had rejected all their offers simply because they do a bad job of finding me the property i want and their offers fall short of my requirements. its more like they serve the owners as they market the property of the owners instead of the tenants interests and wants.
all this while i m in singapore, i had researched and looked for rooms myself and guess what......i had found better deals searching myself than using an agent.
all the agent does is.......fix the appointment with the owner, take us to view the place, and then stand there with their mouths drooling for me to pull out my cash to pay their commission, which i believe should not be paid, simply because they had done nothing for me.
some of these agents dont even do their homework.....they had never been to the places their marketing and dont even know abt the room and its facilities. the only time they saw the place was when they took me there.
so how could you even market a room or unit if you had never been there yourself and say things such as its nice and this and that rubbish.
after signing the contract, the agents you worked with is no longer to be found. they are relieved of their duty and they couldnt care less what happens to us tenants, whether out deposit was rightfully refunded, whether we are experiencing any problems with the place or the owners or any other inconvenience we are experiencing.
INSTEAD OF CHARGING THE TENANTS ANY COMMISSION, AGENTS SHOULD CHARGE THE OWNERS!!!!!!!!!!
you are servicing the owners and seriously you are serving the best interests of the owners. you are marketing their property, looking for tenants according to the owners' requirements, and well, you were employed in the first place because the landlords needed you, not us tenants.
SO CHARGE THE OWNERS! NOT THE TENANTS!!!!!!!
in a world of no agents or a world of agents only charging the owners, we tenants would be much better off and save alot more.
agents seriously only get in my way of finding the property i need.
