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Judge and the Jury
Should family and friends get involved and give their "advice" in the property selling or purchase process of their family/friends when they are not a real estate agent? That is the question and "court is in session"!
In life situations, as in business I believe there are two sides to everything. ALWAYS. Otherwise, how would I come to a decision of any one point being made?
In this case I will look at the pros and cons of "helping" family and friends with their real estate decisions when they have an agent. It can be beneficial or it could be detrimental in the sale or purchase of the property.
Please give your input so I can add to this list and in the end we all can come to a decision (or opinion) together to give insight to others as well.
The pros of having family and friends getting involved with the sale of the property:
The family/friend is "associated" with the Real Estate Industry and knows "some" of what is going on and feels that they can benefit their family/friend.They are emotionally involved because they are friends/family and feel they can "help" them with not getting "ripped off"They "care" about their family/friend and want to make sure that ... more

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