12-27-2017, 12:14 PM
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Originally posted by Punaperson
My fantasy has been to have a class action suit that holds real estate agents accountable for making huge amounts of money over the years for selling unrealistic expectations to naive buyers:
- " It's about a 20 minute drive into Hilo "
- " Of course they're going to pave the roads "
- " The community association takes care of your subdivision
These are statements made to new neighbors ( within the last 5 years ) by their real estate agents.
Sounds like they had sh!tty real estate agents (and there are a lot of them, I believe I've "fired" a total of 7). But none of the fairly competent agents I used ever misled me in that manner. One needs to do their due diligence when purchasing the most important thing in their lives, and that starts by gathering references and doing research on the agents that they are paying to assist them with that. All that being said, any of these agents will just use the excuse that they were giving the best information that they had available to them at the time. I tell people (when buying Puna property) to ONLY use agents that actually live in Puna, preferably as close to the subdivisions you are shopping as possible. And drive the commute during rush hour *when school is in session*, and visit any prospective property on a Friday night after 9 pm, park and listen to what your new neighbors (including the coquis) are going to sound like. Come back at about 4am to find out what the roosters are going to sound like.