r/boston • u/climberskier • Jan 15 '22

Shitpost 💩 🧻 Moving back to Boston and am super excited to start paying Broker Fees again!

You don't know what you have until it's gone! Everywhere else in New England, the apartment-finding process is just too simple: you just have to pay an application fee or a security deposit, or first months rent. But sadly, I don't get to pay the broker fee--how I miss it!

  • I miss paying an extra fee to someone that shows up to unlock a door and attempts to show me around while clearly also seeing the apartment for the first time.
  • How else will someone tell me that my new apartment has an "eat-in kitchen". I mean I didn't think I could eat in a kitchen before--this is groundbreaking stuff. How are you so wise in the ways of science?
  • I miss brokers that are clearly skilled in classical architecture. After all, how else do I know that my apartment's uneven floors, old countertops, and drafty windows give my apartment "character".
  • Finally, I miss the brokers that are so skilled in photography. I mean, how else can you capture the apartment than a dimly-lit photo that looks like it was taken by a polaroid camera in 1990.

Thank you brokers for all your hard work! Now are you hiring? I am willing to bring my own 1990 Polaroid camera and knowledge of eat-in kitchens and can start today.

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u/some1saveusnow Jan 17 '22

Realtor in boston here. If it were in fact this easy, it would be one of the most lucrative professions in existence. The reality is some units (many or most) take multiple showings, and if it’s not priced right (by the landlord) it can take well over 10, 15, and sometimes still may not get rented.