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r/AskRealEstateAgents rules, stats, and what to post

A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/AskRealEstateAgents: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.

Members
10,548
Community age
Created Jul 2024, 2 years
To post
No minimum in the rules
To comment
No minimum in the rules
Self-promotion
Banned
Links
Banned
Promo risk
HighFrom the rules, not from removal counts

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Rule summary

  • No AI or Software Questions: Use of software and or AI within real estate are NOT permitted questions. If these questions could be asked in any random sub to any other professional then they are not real estate questions. Real Estate means tangible, touchable place where someone can live. Take your poorly worded, low interpersonal skilled, questions you’d like to use for creating tools that you’d like to sell and attempt an in person encounter with a real live human. Realtors are not hard to find or contact.
  • No Non Realtors giving advice: Redditors are expecting responses from professional Realtors who have knowledge on the subject. Realtors should follow the current code of ethics.
  • Don’t be a jerk: There is no need for cursing, being snarky, rude or crass. This is not a sub to dump on Realtors by posting gripes.
  • No Self or Brand Promotion.: Do not advertise services, any company, your listings, your newsletter, or anything that could steer traffic to you or away from any company or an organization. Don’t state a company name or agent name. Do not link a survey to a post. Don’t ask about you becoming an agent or your school project researching Realtors.
  • No links to contracts: Do not post, share, or link to any contracts, templates, clauses, addenda, or fill in legal documents of any kind.
  • Do Not Advise a Customer to ‘Go It Alone’: It should not need to be said but advising a buyer or seller to proceed without professional representation is not allowed. Encouraging consumers to skip agents, rely solely on internet advice, or handle negotiations alone exposes them to legal and financial risk. This subreddit provides general education, not a substitute for licensed representation. Comments promoting unrepresented transactions as advisable may be removed.
  • Posts Should Be About Real Estate: Posts must involve specific real estate topic or scenario such as pricing, contracts, negotiations, disclosures, financing, rentals, inspections, market conditions, ethics, or transaction mechanics. General sales, lead conversion, mindset, coaching, or promo posts aren’t allowed unless tied to a real estate transaction or client situation. Posts promoting or fishing for AI tools, software, research for students are not permitted. If a post could fit in any sales sub then don’t post it here.
  • No direct messaging: Do not request, offer, or engage in direct messages (DMs) for the purpose of self promotion, lead generation, or moving conversations off platform. All communication must remain public and within the thread. Any attempt to solicit or respond to DMs for business, services, or personal gain is prohibited and will be removed.
  • Posts need to have a question: Posts need to have a question on topic. Advice is not a question.
  • No Gaslighting: Don’t tell a customer asking a question their concern is not a problem.

Works well

  • A specific question about a real deal you are personally in, like asking agents how a pricing or disclosure situation is usually handled.
  • A plain question about how a part of a buying or selling transaction works, with enough context that an agent can answer it properly.
  • A question about working with a realtor, such as what a normal part of the process looks like, without naming any company or agent.
  • A short scenario post about a lease, an inspection, or a financing question that ends in one clear on topic question.

Avoid

  • Asking about software, AI, or tools built for real estate, which “No AI or Software Questions” removes on sight.
  • Naming your company, an agent, a listing, or a newsletter, or linking anything that steers traffic to you.
  • Posting about sales tactics, lead conversion, mindset, coaching, or anything that could fit in a generic sales sub.
  • Sharing a contract, template, clause, addendum, or any fill in legal document for feedback.
  • Posting advice or an opinion without ending your post in a clear on topic question.
  • Answering questions when you are not a realtor, which “No Non Realtors giving advice” prohibits.

What r/AskRealEstateAgents Is For

This community is for the general public, meaning people who are not agents, to get advice on real estate transactions like buying, selling, and leasing, or on working with realtors, agents, and brokerages. The answers are meant to come from professional realtors, because the rules say people posting here expect that. So the room is customers asking and licensed agents answering. If you are a founder or a marketer reading this, understand that you are a guest as a member of the public, not as a professional, and the rules are written around that shape.

Rules That Matter Before Posting

The rules that decide whether a marketing shaped post survives here are unusually strict, and they cut off most founder playbooks at the door. “No AI or Software Questions” bans any question about using software or AI in real estate, so if you built a proptech tool, you cannot ask about it here. “No Self or Brand Promotion.” bans advertising services, companies, listings, newsletters, surveys, and anything that steers traffic to you, and it even bans stating a company or agent name. “Posts Should Be About Real Estate” bans general sales, lead conversion, mindset, and coaching posts, and it specifically calls out fishing for AI tools and software. “Posts need to have a question” requires a real on topic question, and “No direct messaging” bans moving conversations to DMs for lead generation. “No Non Realtors giving advice” means if you are not a realtor, you should not be answering questions here either.

What To Post

If you are a founder, the honest read of the rules is that almost nothing marketing shaped survives here, and that is fine. What survives is a real question about a real deal you are personally in. If you are buying, selling, or renting your own place and you are confused about pricing, disclosures, financing, inspections, or how to work with an agent, you can ask that in one clear sentence ending in a question mark. Keep every company name out of it, keep it public, and let professional agents answer. You earn reputation here by being a genuine member of the public, not by slipping your product past the door. If your only goal is to reach agents with your tool, this is the wrong room and the rules say so plainly.

What To Avoid

The fastest removals are covered by “No AI or Software Questions”, “No Self or Brand Promotion.”, and “Posts Should Be About Real Estate”, so do not ask anything about software, AI, lead generation, sales, or coaching, and do not name a company or agent. “No links to contracts” bans sharing contracts, templates, clauses, addenda, or any fill in legal documents. “No direct messaging” bans moving talks to DMs for business, so keep everything in the public thread. “Posts need to have a question” means advice posts without a real question get removed. “No Non Realtors giving advice” means you should not answer other people's questions here unless you are a professional realtor. “Don’t be a jerk” bans gripes and snark, “Do Not Advise a Customer to ‘Go It Alone’” bans telling people to skip agents, and “No Gaslighting” bans dismissing a customer's concern as not a problem.

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Common questions about r/AskRealEstateAgents

Can I ask agents what they think of my real estate tool?

No. “No AI or Software Questions” bans software and AI questions outright, and “Posts Should Be About Real Estate” calls out fishing for AI tools and software, so this gets removed.

Can I mention my company name or link to my site?

No. “No Self or Brand Promotion.” bans advertising services, companies, listings, newsletters, surveys, and anything that steers traffic to you, including stating a company or agent name.

Can I run a survey of realtors here?

No. The promotion rule says do not link a survey to a post, and it also bans student research projects about realtors.

Can I share a contract or template to get feedback?

No. “No links to contracts” bans posting, sharing, or linking to contracts, templates, clauses, addenda, and any fill in legal documents.

Can I ask agents to DM me about my services?

No. “No direct messaging” bans requesting or offering DMs for self promotion or lead generation, and all communication must stay public in the thread.

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