scholes23:
Agents are the major cause of accommodation problems we have. From them misleading clients against their will to go for a house that's not good , knowing fully well that the house is bad but their greed wouldn't let them .
Few months ago, my brother got an apartment, thankfully the owner is a nice person. She opened up to us telling us that agents are instigating that she should increase the house rent and that she's spoiling business for them. This is not fair at all. With what is going on in the country, everything is increasing except salaries and you want someone to increase rent. Like you nor dey pay rent abi na you build house for the owner.

Maggots

Except the agent is the caretaker of the house whereby he/she generates income from the rent paid, it's only the owner that benefits from rent increments.

With increased rents, it even makes it a bit harder to get a willing client and as such makes the task of earning from commission even more tricky especially if the agent is not the principal agent with several other agents marketing same property.

The biggest beneficiaries from the real estate industry still remains the investors such as the landlords.

I BELIEVE IN DIRECT MARKETING BY LANDLORDS AND DEVELOPERS. Agents are mainly concerned about percentage/commission. To get visa, agents, to get passport agents ,to rent a shop, agents, to do this or that agent must come in