Do I even need a realtor? | Living In Austin Texas

[@RichardHarrison-bs2fy]

If you're selling, Marketing and working through the closing. If you're buying, showing and knowledge. All in all - experience!

[@PunmasterSTP]

I don't see me and my family needing a realtor anytime soon, mostly because we have no need to move in the near future, but I *do* need these awesome videos from the one and only Boss Lady Realtor 👍

[@markcolaci5825]

I was nervous at first. Now, I’m looking forward to the coming changes. It is about time every buyer must sign a buyer rep before seeing houses. I can’t tell you how frustrating it is to help someone for free and they cheat on you with a builder or other agent. The coming changes should help reduce that at least a little bit. Sellers have to sign listing agreements, buyers should sign buyer agreements. I am interested to see how this plays out with the VA; that is still up in the air but I’m certain they won’t let vets get screwed out of representation. We hope! I think we will see more a la carte services but I welcome people getting into the industry because then they’ll know what we go through and will discover why nearly 9 out of 10 agents fall out of the business in the first two years.

[@PunmasterSTP]

I worked at a VA clinic building for a while, and have also heard a horror story or two about people trying to buy homes from or sell them to veterans. What I saw and heard about was pretty sad, and though I'm not a veteran myself, I think the less a person has to deal with the VA the better. Personally, I would *not* be certain that the VA will do a decent job helping veterans through this transition in the real estate market.

[@markcolaci5825]

@@PunmasterSTP it is sad. I help mostly vets so I’m hoping for the best

[@PunmasterSTP]

@@markcolaci5825 I hope it works out too.

[@kitbiggz6135]

Any extreme weather to worry about? We thought about Houston but can't deal with there flooding issues

[@AustinTX]

Aside from heat, we’ve gotten a couple random hail storms over the last year. They hit in random spots and a lot of cars and roofs get damaged. Like I said, it’s been random but important to note