fees for realestate agents

When looking for an apartment with a realestate agent, please keep in mind that you have to pay fees. Your advantage is that you can only pay them when you find exactly what you are looking for and sign the contract with the rental office. (usually different from the one helping you find your apartment)
The fee is not fixed, but from my experience it's usually half of the monthly rent of the aprtment you've just signed the contract for.
Some agents might ask you to pay in advance. Dont! Usually they are very patient with you and if they are really really good, they take you to see 4-5 apartments at a time and show you the worst/cheapest ones first
Also look in the newspapers, they have an add section for realestate, job opening, cars for sale etc. called Al Waseet, (it's for free and it's in arabic and you find sevel versions in the local baqqala or shops) so you might need a local colleague to help you interpret the adds...
good luck to all

IE 01 Apr 2007, 09:25 - Report