Bloodsuckers..avoid at all cost..
I supported my better half for 12 months when she got her real estate agents licence. She worked her butt off, went anywhere at short notice worked laong, late hours and weekends. I reckon it cost me the best part of 10 grand for the year. She got out of it the end (not because I wanted her too) because she discovered she lacked one necessary attribute for that business...total lack of conscience. What she had in abundance, patience, ability to listen, and honesty was her downfall. She earned less than 4,000 for the year but she never even got that because the Agency owner did a bunk. :mad::(
If you aren't on the market yet I'd contact the idiot agent who owns the list (don't tell 'em you have it) and ask if they were will to enter into a multiple listing arrangement. You list as a private seller and with the agency. That way it doesn't matter if the buyer is on the list or not. you'll save half the bloodsucker's commision.
My two bobs worth.:mad:
Cheers
PS: I was a Member of Parliament once and I even loathed Real Eastate snakeoil salesmen.:rolleyes: