We just moved to this area last summer. My husband initially looked at 3 houses with a real estate agent, but didn’t like any of them. He mentioned that we were wanting to build and we would just look for a builder in the area. Well, she suggested one and we ended up going with him. At the time, my husband felt bad that she had shown us a couple things, and didn’t end up with anything, so said, sorry, but we’re going to build. Our builder also wanted to make sure everything was okay with her. She said, yes, it’s fine, you had no commitment to me.
Now, it’s 8 months later, and we just got an email from her saying that it’s quite typical to get a finder’s fee, so she wants 1%. Is this right?
It sounds like she just decided she went a little overboard on Valentine’s day gifts or something and is looking to make some extra cash?
What gives?