Originally Posted by Jay

The best way to find a trust worthy realtor is to have one recommended by someone you trust. Next option is to find a realtor who has ?farmed? the same area for a long time.

I live in Florida and I bought a new house last year, ..it was a definitely a sellers market then. There was very little inventory and I was making offers within 5% of the asking prices and my realtor could not even get a call back on those offers. At one time I had 3 offers going at once. I am not sure where in Florida you are, but it?s not really a buyers market just yet. Sure not here in Ft Lauderdale. The market is softer, and homes are on the market for a bit longer, but values are still going up. The questions is not how many homes have sold in the area, but how many are available, for how long, and at what price below listing are the selling.

I appraised property here in tri county area for many years before I got into this biz, in fact my family has been in the biz for over 40 years now.

Oh, and if you want to make a complaint about that realtor, call the DPR, FREC or The Florida Board Realtors.