Gift for a realtor?

[screwedup]

I have POA for my parents and have used it to sell their house for them at their request.  (They are alive and well - they just didn't want to be bothered because they now live 5 hours away).  The agent has shown the house, herself, roughly 15 times in 23 days.  She got me a full price offer today and the house is now under contract.

She has been so easy to work with (I also live 5 hours away so all contracts are electronic, etc).  She's clearly worked hard and fast.

If it makes a difference, she is a dual agent and getting 5% commission on the sell of the house.  However, this is in a LCOL (south GA) so it's substantial but not like she's getting comped on a $450K house.

I'd like to give her a nice gift at closing.  What should I do?

[pantsparty]

Champers and a gift card to a men's tailoring shop.

[Kristinmo]

A referral. That's the best thing you can give a realtor.

[bonquiqui]

Oct 2, 2013 12:42:16 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

Champers and a gift card to a men's tailoring shop.

You beat me to it 

[screwedup]

I'd love to give her referrals but no one I know wants to live in the hell hole where my parents lived. They were only there for 5 years so it's not like I grew up there.

[janegold]

I gave mine a nice bottle of wine. Ya'll know what she gave me. Lol.

[jaycee]

We've worked with a few realtors in the past 3 years and never gave or received a gift.

Maybe a bottle of wine?

[whitemerlot]

She will be getting a nice commission. No gift needed.

[emjacobs]

Oct 2, 2013 12:55:38 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

Oct 2, 2013 12:54:15 GMT -5 whitemerlot said:

She will be getting a nice commission. No gift needed.

This. And if you really want to do something, a thank you note to her broker's office is very appropriate. 

Yep.

[FastHands]

Oct 2, 2013 12:55:38 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

Oct 2, 2013 12:54:15 GMT -5 whitemerlot said:

She will be getting a nice commission. No gift needed.

This. And if you really want to do something, a thank you note to her broker's office is very appropriate. 

Ditto. She essentially showed the house once per weekday over 3 weeks. I don't consider this above-and-beyond that would warrant a gift above the commission.

[Deleted]

As a realtor, I don't expect gifts. AT ALL. Like others have said, that is my job and the commission is the gift.

That being said, I have always appreciated when someone got me something like a bottle of wine, or even a thank-you card. Honestly - a thank you card goes a long way.

[Alyssa]

lol....she's getting a nice commission check for doing her job....I wouldn't give her anything more. I worked for Coldwell Banker for 5 years and handled their commission checks. Agents do pretty well with every sale.

[screwedup]

I guess I'm a little nicer than I thought. I've never had a realtor work this hard for me. She's definitely getting a hearty thank you card and a letter to her broker. I'm honestly not sure if she drinks (the area is SUPER conservative) but I might do a token gift card to Amazon or something.