Love your videos! Thanks for having Curtis Stokes as a guest. We just followed your lead and are hooked up with Michael from Curtis Stokes' as our buyer's broker in our search for our boat. Thanks again!
Good vid, but the links you talked about would have been great to have in the description. Wish I could follow in y'alls footsteps, as I am in IT, but I am on site support. Maybe some day...
Great info to know - thanks!! We're 3-years into the RV thing (a rig which we're ALWAYS working on!!) and, already considering a boat purchase in a few years...should I be evaluated mentally first tho?? lol
You should definitely have your head examined :) (Seriously though, we're loving the cruising lifestyle too.. but it is a huge learning curve from RVing.)
Would a Buyer's Broker (such as Mr. Stokes) represent a buyer who may be interested in buying a new boat? In other words, would a buyer's broker advise, represent, and/or help some one negotiate the purchase of a new boat from a new boat dealership? Or do they just work the pre-owned market? Thanks! Love your videos!
Did I miss the financial arrangement with a buyer's broker? Is it like when you buy a house the brokers split the commission? Or do you have a separate arrangement on top of boat purchase price?
Yes.. most selling brokers split the commission with the buyer's broker. However, if you purchase a for sale by owner boat, they may not include commissions - and in that case, you'd pay your broker directly.
Usually your boat broker can help you find a survey.. or ask on the various boating forums for recommendations in your area? We also just used Google to find some to call.
what is the commission? buyer broker. How do u avoid bad-hombres in the boat-broker business? Some brokers put a deposit, at wholesale price, on the target boat, then the broker flips it to the buyer at market price.
We love the Wynns and their adventures (and so proud of our friends) - but blue water passage making doesn't really appeal to us. Loving our coastal cruising lifestyle :)
