HI Investor Mike,
Challenge Accepted,
Again i will prove you wrong, builders don't offer a better deal for a buyer to show up without a Realtor, it is taking away the buyers rights to representation, and buyers have rights, tons of rights, just like having a Realtor to look our for their interests, the builder may or may not negotiate regardless of the buyer having representation, at least that is the way it works for publically traded builders as they value their Realtor partners (maybe you have been dealing with some shady builders that often file BK and change names), publically traced builders and many reputable privately owned builders do not penalize buyers for having representation, the builders with inventory will negotiate, but builders that are selling won't take 3% off the price just because there is not a Realtor involved on the buyers side. There are builders that pay their agents more if there is no buyers agent as they want their agents to get out their and find buyers but no publically traded company will put anything like what you are suggesting on paper. Here is the bottom line with new homes, they negotiate down in price what happens is they just hurt their comps for their own subdivision which they are still selling in, how could they possibly tell an appraisor one house exactly the same sold for $10k less because there was no buyer Realtor to pay, think about it.
If you have something against Realtors, stop using Realtor websites, and stop giving advice to those without the experience to go into such a large purchase without proper experienced representation looking out for their interests. It's great you have your experience and wish to share it but don't mislead inexperienced buyers with your opinions unless you can back that up with contracts to prove your point, show me builders that are willing to put that deal in writing, not just hear say, PROVE me wrong and i will apologize but show me the contracts to prove it.
It's great that you have enough experience to know what you are doing enough not to need a Realtor for your needs, that suits your needs, but you don't have any skin in the game for your advice, your reputattion is not on the line, you don't have to answer questions for those buyers that get in to a bad deal based on your advice, and have no licenses at stake for leading someone in the wrong direction, think about it. Share your knowledge but don't bad mouth Agents while you use our site. It is just rude so have some courtesy. Start your own website if you wish to push your knowledge in this format.
