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I'd say writing her a nice thank you note for being so helpful and telling her you're referring her to other people (and then doing it) is enough...

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I didn't give him squat.

He gets a healthy commission, that oughta be enough.

i got a $50 gift card from mine.... :thumbs:

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I don't care how nice my agent is... :no: my place has been on the market for 4 months and when it does sell, HE WILL BE MAKING MORE MONEY OFF IT THEN ME!!!! :o No gift, no note. :devil: He left for 6 weeks for a vacation to Australia and then a week in Costa Rica.... :huh: He is making way too much!!! :whistle:

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In all the years I've bought and sold homes I have never given an agent a gift. They get a pretty hefty commision.

In fact, when buying a home the agents I've had have given Me the gift as in a Fruitbasket or Garden Dish or Rose bush or bottle of wine etc....

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Not customary to give a gift.. .

But if you feel like you should due to the friendship you both have established before hand.. then that would be a nice touch. a small plant? or hey any trinket brought back from the trip from India?

I brought back some nice carved Elephants... and a dozen or so beautiful carved wood letter openers... that i use as gifts for my clients..

As far as my agent.. first one. from the house i am in now... shortly after we moved in she send a rather large floral arrangement/plant combo. we did nothing .. When re-fi.. happened to be a clients wife that is in business.. she sent even nicer.. basket with lots of goodies.. chocolates plant along with a gift cert for a restraunt. ... ERum.. for a gift from myself.??? well. umm.. Gave her husband.. my client .. his weekly massage for free..... said she could have but she wished it for her husband..

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it's their job to sell me a house. i don't give the grocery store clerk a gift for selling me food, i don't see why i should give a gift to someone who is just doing their job.

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Well, here is what $925,000 gets you in Huntington Beach, California- not too far from where I live.

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If I paid almost a million dollars to end up with this house. My real estate agent wouldn't get squat.

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just an update:

We just gave her a thank you card. :) No gift.

How rude....after everything they did for you.

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Where's our resident real estate agent, lisaD?! She would probably give some good ideas from an agents point of view!

Hahahha...dunno how I missed this thread completely!

I gotta say...and if I'm getting this wrong, then I apologise....there seems to be this huge misconception that we as realtors® make 'too much money'......just because the selling firm might get x%....that does not usually go to just the agent (and if it does in some places, lemme know where that is!!!)...as a realtor® , yesI get a cut of that money....which then I get desk fees deducted from, admin fees, lawyer fees, etc...Then when I actually get a check - I have to put money aside to pay my own taxes (with no employer contributions) , my own health insurance (I'm classed as my own business & don't get group health), board dues, mls dues, gas, continuing education, etc etc.....then I have to put some away in case sales are slow the next month.

By no means am I twisting about it, but there is a huge cost to doing business in real estate that ppl don't factor in, or don't even know about....the typical agent makes 30 grand a year...that is by no means rolling in it......I love my job & wouldn't do anything else & be this happy....but things aren't always what they seem...most realtors® bust their asses to keep their customers happy & to make that sale...and if you look at it by $$$ per hr....well there would be a great amount who are getting below minimum wage!!!

That being said, Stina, I think you made the right decision concerning the gift...a note is a great gift to get....I usually give out gifts at closing, not take them...I would be most happy if my customers were so happy that they passed my card along to a friend of theirs...that says everything. :thumbs:

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that's odd that she didn't leave you a gift ... both houses i've bought the realtor 'snuck' in and left a bottle of wine and ficus tree, respectively.

live and learn! ah well ... you got the best part of the deal!!! your very own house with your husband!!

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