I have known Joy Denton since 2004. I moved here from Europe that year. She was a friend of someone I knew at Sothebys in London. I contacted her to be my realtor when I was trying to buy a house in 2015. I thought I could trust her. She was a horrible agent. I told her what I was looking for which was a house in Beverly Hills, basically a turn key sale for my whole family. I told her my price range was $1.7 to $2 million. After I told her my criteria she started e-mailing me properties to look at. Nothing was even close to what I wanted. Every single house was in horrible shape and a fixer-upper. I looked at close to twenty homes. They all had holes in the walls and nasty interiors. I mean these places were REALLY dirty and nasty. I would not even want my dog to stay in a few of these places, seriously.
During the 'showings' we had lunch four times. Every single time I bought my own lunch. She did not even offer to drive. I put close to 200 miles on my car in these showings. I guess I was confused about how a realtor treats you in the United States. I finally found my own house and sent her the listing so we could look at it. She drew up a contract and there was $45,000 in additional fees tacked on that we had not discussed. Because she said the 4 percent in fees we had agreed upon was not enough, Joy said. I walked away from the table and found a much better realtor.
Because she was my 'friend' I had not even bothered to check her out in advance. When I did, I wondered why all the reviews I'd read about her on the internet were positive. Turns out she has her husband Craig doing most of the reviews. That got me curious enough to check out her story that she has a degree in Environmental Design in Syracuse New York. Turns out she does not. She majored in it and dropped out. You really should check out her credentials yourself before doing business with her.
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I have known Joy Denton since 2004. I moved here from Europe that year. She was a friend of someone I knew at Sothebys in London. I contacted her to be my realtor when I was trying to buy a house in 2015. I thought I could trust her. She was a horrible agent. I told her what I was looking for which was a house in Beverly Hills, basically a turn key sale for my whole family. I told her my price range was $1.7 to $2 million. After I told her my criteria she started e-mailing me properties to look at. Nothing was even close to what I wanted. Every single house was in horrible shape and a fixer-upper. I looked at close to twenty homes. They all had holes in the walls and nasty interiors. I mean these places were REALLY dirty and nasty. I would not even want my dog to stay in a few of these places, seriously.
During the 'showings' we had lunch four times. Every single time I bought my own lunch. She did not even offer to drive. I put close to 200 miles on my car in these showings. I guess I was confused about how a realtor treats you in the United States. I finally found my own house and sent her the listing so we could look at it. She drew up a contract and there was $45,000 in additional fees tacked on that we had not discussed. Because she said the 4 percent in fees we had agreed upon was not enough, Joy said. I walked away from the table and found a much better realtor.
Because she was my 'friend' I had not even bothered to check her out in advance. When I did, I wondered why all the reviews I'd read about her on the internet were positive. Turns out she has her husband Craig doing most of the reviews. That got me curious enough to check out her story that she has a degree in Environmental Design in Syracuse New York. Turns out she does not. She majored in it and dropped out. You really should check out her credentials yourself before doing business with her.