{"id":1931,"date":"2006-12-21T13:57:27","date_gmt":"2006-12-21T21:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/12\/the_doffed_brokers_fee_of_low_expectations_is_that_all_there_is.html"},"modified":"2006-12-21T13:57:27","modified_gmt":"2006-12-21T21:57:27","slug":"the_doffed_brok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/12\/the_doffed_brok.html","title":{"rendered":"The Doffed Broker&#8217;s Fee Of Low Expectations (Is That All There Is?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The broker reveals the big secret to never having to pay a broker&#8217;s fee &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypress.com\/19\/51\/news&#038;columns\/rentaldem.cfm\">keep expectations ridiculously low<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>How then, without a license or an abundance of contacts, was I able to find each of my six apartments without ever paying a fee? I like to think I was guided by raw real estate instincts, but truthfully it has a lot more to do with being flexible. I have never paid a broker, but I&#8217;ve also never had my heart set on a perfect little gem of a space in hopes it would complete my lifestyle. Again renting comes back to dating: keep your standards low if you&#8217;re looking for a deal.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And who among us hasn&#8217;t gone for a cheap date every now and then?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The broker reveals the big secret to never having to pay a broker&#8217;s fee &#8212; keep expectations ridiculously low: How then, without a license or an abundance of contacts, was I able to find each of my six apartments without ever paying a fee? I like to think I was guided by raw real estate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real_estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}