Construction company with "land service"

Many private sellers advertise on e. Classifieds or regional platforms, bulletin boards, etc.

Our current house was only advertised on such a portal, not on a well-known real estate portal. And the plot of land we bought was only advertised on e. Classifieds.

I have also once placed a search ad on e. Classifieds, there I was offered a few objects from private individuals, none were really suitable, but at least something was offered.

You can apply that saying to pretty much any trade, including your (former?) own,

Window installers are significantly more competent than real estate agents. Or did you mean business consultants? (that would be a liberal profession, not a trade) – I gladly admit that I deliberately don’t play golf because I hold most of my colleagues passionately in regard for one thing above all else, namely keeping my distance.

The essential competence of a real estate agent is to have a network that brings up relevant properties.

Replace "is" with "should be," otherwise it only applies to every tenth agent. That’s exactly what annoys me about real estate agents: that most of them do not even remotely live up to little Fritz’s cliché "they definitely know the market and everyone, a glance in the file and the matter is settled." The majority of agents have nothing more than the mentioned trade license and rely on the three cards "hope dies last," "a blind chicken sometimes finds a grain," and "Infinite Monkey." That you can do cheaper yourself.

Regarding the topic of searching for plots, I definitely consider that not stupid, especially if you are unfamiliar with the area and don’t know anyone.

I may have expressed myself ambiguously: there is nothing against using real estate agents – you just shouldn’t commission them. With the explicit note "THIS IS NOT A COMMISSION," you can certainly invite them to get in touch if they have something suitable on offer.

If a company had plots of land, then the company could also show them directly. And if the plot of land was good, then one could also openly and honestly mention the high taxes.

The guy also spilled a few secrets. Knows all the relevant brokers in the area. Gets offered the plots before they hit the open market. I couldn't shake the impression that the brokers receive some kind of extra commission upon closing.

I'll quote a salesman from a home construction company I spoke to on the phone a few weeks ago: "I get access to land more easily than the average person – through my network I have access to many plots and additionally I’m officially allowed to bribe the broker. And which broker wouldn’t be happy about an extra 4 bills."

We sign a notarized contract that obliges us for about 9 months to develop every property acquisition with the company Kern, regardless of whether we find the property or the company Kern does. This excludes collaboration with other construction companies during this period. Is this a common procedure? Since I cannot really assess the company Kern's abilities regarding property search, it seems a bit risky, as during this period no one else can serve me. Thank you very much in advance... I am glad that there are forums like this one!

My experiences from last year: Please do not sign such a contract under any circumstances, neither with the company Kern nor with any other house seller. Many house building companies offer something like this. However, they usually do not have their own plots of land (where should they come from anyway?) and if they do, according to my experience, these are plots on which no reasonable person would want to build or live. Many house sellers also advertise plots that do not exist at all, which unfortunately become unavailable after signing the contract or they advertise the same plot multiple times with only slightly changed square meter details, location information, etc. It is different with plots that are offered from the beginning as "developer-bound".

I am quoting a salesperson from a home construction company whom I spoke to on the phone a few weeks ago:
"I usually get access to a plot of land more easily than the average person - through my network I have access to many plots of land and in addition I am officially allowed to bribe the real estate agent. And which agent wouldn’t be happy about an extra 400 euros."

Then he should just show me the plots of land he can offer. It can even be anonymized. And already sweat beads are forming on the salesperson’s forehead