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Thank you Quacks, you are very kind.
That was back in the days when you used to hold the key (pardon the pun) to helping people realise their dreams. I loved those days so much, but glad I'm not doing it now. I quit the day I couldn't take one more person telling me "But Manzara won't charge us 3%" - I gave it all up before I hacked someone with 50 grand to spend and couldn't be told anything, to death.
I believe that was the time when avoiding paying 3% commission became far more important than getting your tapu, habitation certificate, or even in some cases getting your villa. But hey, they saved 1500 quid.
I can totally relate to this, so many people in the UK want you to cut your fees but then spend all of your time dealing with just their property.
With a commission rate of 1.5% being the standard in the area we worked it was only the 'less effective' agents that would agree to fee reductions just to get the property on their books but you just knew that when their 'sole agency agreement' was over and the property still unsold then the seller would be doing the rounds again.
In reality the amount they would potentially save in commission was so little that we used to wonder if they really wanted to move.
We certainly refused to take on properties from these people as you knew they would be on your back constantly.
As we used to say, we loved the job, it was just the people you had to deal with!
