Well it's interesting that another reviewer wrote in 2024 about her bad experience with Rossmoor Realty in 2022, feeling that she had been taken to the cleaners.
I feel exactly the same. I was looking in 2018 when the market was very hot. I was desperate to get a place and both brokers, from Rossmoor realty, knew I was. I was uncomfortable w/both brokers being from Rossmoor Realty because my gut was never to trust them.
So I identified an available unit listed for $310k. By the afternoon of the next day, I had signed the contract and had the required funds wired agreeing to $331k. The very next early morning I received a call from my RR broker that I had to bump to $351k if I wanted the unit. I was told that I had to redo all of the paperwork in 2HOURS! I panicked and accepted the higher price. It was a time when places were selling in 24 hrs of listing. Mine popped up at 10 pm the night before I bought it.
I have to admit I hadn't had much experience in real estate and I was totally confused, but I only had 2 hours to try to understand why this happened. They said someone else had come along! I had already signed the papers and wired the money! Does that not constitute a sale?
I later tried to consult with some other realtors here in Rossmoor and they kind of said kind of sort that it was weird. Of course they are not going to diss colleagues even though different agencies.
I have stewed on this now for 7 years as I did not have the funds to take them to court.
To this day I feel as though I overpaid by $20k. My feeling is that they did it because they could and it worked out well since they are both w/RR.
My only recourse is to let anyone I know who is looking to try to avoid RR, both seller and buyer agents.
They have held way too much power here in Rossmoor. I am very happy to see that sellers these days are using other agencies.
My advice - stay as far away from Rossmoor Realty as possible. read more