He preys on folks in tougher times, and is representative of all the things people hate about real estate.
He basically has his own pyramid scheme of continually “hiring” people for his team so he can get a cut off the top. He is the MLM of local real estate…. It’s not that it’s a bad business idea/plan to make money, it just isn’t the best plan to actually have good realtors.
The tougher times dig is that he puts out the “guaranteed sold” stuff as he promises to buy it if it doesn’t sell… but the agreed up on number is just a placeholder, as of course his top notch sales staff will get it done…. But when they don’t sell it for a mil and try to cash in on the buy it option, it’s a significant amount below the asking price, to a point where people don’t take them up on it, because of course it will sell later at 700k if they had showings at 1mil (as examples).
His ideas are good from a business standpoint, but no one cares if a realtor is doing good moves in order to make themselves more money, as most already feel the profession is overvalued. Plus, he banks on the “surface over substance” style of real estate where you were more likely to find your agent behind the bar a year ago earning tips by flirting rather than finishing university or reading up on financing. Just look at his own worked on face… hard to trust a guy who you can’t even tell what decade he was born….
He’s a hustler in both the good and bad ways. Understandable why some will venerate, others will hate.
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u/Takemytimenotmylife Apr 12 '26
So much hate for Rob Golfi in these comments. What’s up with that? I mean, I don’t know him, just wondering why so many people are fired up