House Rental "Agents" Commission

sa_japie
By sa_japie

I am not sure where this post should be but here goes anyway. Can anybody shed some light on the procedure/practise with regards to rental "agents" and how they operate. When I initially rented my place 2 years ago I rented directly from the landlord [owner]. Now that I am looking for another place to stay - larger - every "agent" that I come across wants varying amounts of commission from me! This is outragous as far as I'm concerned. The majority of these "agents" answer the telephone and then demand anything from 2 weeks to 3 months rental in the form of commission - just to answer the phone and tell you where to come to sign the contract.

Many people that I talk to say that it is normal while others say that one should not pay this as it amounts to extortion. I tend to agree with this. In normal countries any commission is paid by the landlord who appoints an agent to act in his stead and on his behalf. Any comments / suggestions would be welcome.

By smoke• 26 Oct 2008 14:32
smoke

no sorry QS if i had a Persian kitty mate then yeah sure :(

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By qatarisun• 26 Oct 2008 14:18
qatarisun

Smoke, speaking of kittens.. are the persian by the chance?

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By smoke• 26 Oct 2008 13:53
smoke

my services are free only for you irrysa habibi ;)

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By irrysa• 26 Oct 2008 13:30
irrysa

oh, smoke, i thought u do it for free ;o)

If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.

By smoke• 26 Oct 2008 13:13
smoke

shut up charan dont say such things out in public your ruining my chances for my part time business!! GOD any more people like u educating the others and i'll starve to death..what will my little little kitten eat? huh? huh?

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By Rizks• 26 Oct 2008 13:04
Rizks

Crockroach .....lol

By anonymous• 26 Oct 2008 13:03
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

Try to avoid Crockroach Agents. Go directly to the Owner.

My friend initially went through with the Agent and cut him off after the introduction to the owner. Agent threaten him of all thing under the sun ang end of the day nothing happened. What this crockroach can do do. call the police or file a court case ;)

Ban Spoon Feeding not Me

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