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| Farrierlady - 2014-02-28 8:25 AM
 Your post was hard to read with all your ####### and what not.......plus, I have to get ready to head to a closing! :)  I'llÂ
address some of what you said later on for sure.....
but, the short answer to your last question  was I a million dollar producer last year........... Â
YES........... actually 1,872,000.00   Last year and so far for this year I am at 894,000 and the year just started  :)
I'm sorry you did not recognize that my answers were below each of your paragraphs separated by symbols ....
I have owned real estate offices since 1972 and been a broker in 5 different states and have seen practically ever sham and lots of agents that are self ordained and others that are mice and study all the time ....
You think you have the answers and your broker is doing you a disservice by not correcting the direction you are headed in some of your answers ....
By your figures and the typical 1.5% commission agents receive your $1,800,000 x .015 = $27,000 in gross income before you deducted your taxes, expenses and fees. Maybe this link will help you understand that you need to sell more than 3 million in sales each year to end up with some money to pay your regular bills ....
http://www.boiseblog.com/2009/10/the-truth-about-million-dollar-pro...
I am not going to debate you again ... I hope you can open your mind to broader horizons in the future.
This is a good link for sellers and buyers to understand the prices of houses and why there are over priced homes on the market getting constant price reductions and remaining on the market for months ...
http://franklintnhomesforsaleonline.net/post/4179331/what-does-mill...
Have a good day and as you slide down the banister of life ....>>>
may you have many splinters of success in your career!!
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| There are excellent realtors out there and not so excellent realtors out there. The realtor who was representing the property we bought was terrible. We were just looking at land and did not have a realtor representing us when we found our current place. There was a house and several out buildings but most are being torn down, we were interested in the land so did not feel the need to have a realtor. We had all documents reviewed by our lawyer before signing. We got a heck of a deal. We had an excellent realtor sell our place after we bought this one. As others have said, get someone to represent you, shop for a realtor you click with. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | BARRELHORSE USA - 2014-02-27 1:15 PM One big way of telling if your agent is professional .. your first visit to the office they will go over your finances and indebtedness with a fine tooth comb and start you a file with this estimated information of how much house you can own with your current financial ability. They may even tell you to combine or pay off certain accts ... to increase your buying power.
Sooooooo.......here's my "take" on your "professional"......And we have purchased and sold MANY properties in several states in our lives. I will tell you that no way on God's green earth will I be disclosing ALL of my financial information and going over it with a "fine tooth comb" with a "yo-yo" working in your office. That information is between my BANKER and myself. I will give your "yo-yo" a range of selling prices and what type of property I am in the market to buy......and you can go from there..... |
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| NJJ - 2014-02-28 2:14 PM BARRELHORSE USA - 2014-02-27 1:15 PM One big way of telling if your agent is professional .. your first visit to the office they will go over your finances and indebtedness with a fine tooth comb and start you a file with this estimated information of how much house you can own with your current financial ability. They may even tell you to combine or pay off certain accts ... to increase your buying power. Sooooooo.......here's my "take" on your "professional"......And we have purchased and sold MANY properties in several states in our lives. I will tell you that no way on God's green earth will I be disclosing ALL of my financial information and going over it with a "fine tooth comb" with a "yo-yo" working in your office. That information is between my BANKER and myself. I will give your "yo-yo" a range of selling prices and what type of property I am in the market to buy......and you can go from there.....
Yep, after we made the offer we let the realtor representing the property we bought to run a credit report on us to quaify us, that was it. |
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Location: Midwest | NJJ - 2014-02-28 2:14 PM
BARRELHORSE USA - 2014-02-27 1:15 PM One big way of telling if your agent is professional .. your first visit to the office they will go over your finances and indebtedness with a fine tooth comb and start you a file with this estimated information of how much house you can own with your current financial ability. They may even tell you to combine or pay off certain accts ... to increase your buying power.
 Sooooooo.......here's my "take" on your "professional"......And we have purchased and sold MANY properties in several states in our lives. I will tell you that no way on God's green earth will I be disclosing ALL of my financial information and going over it with a "fine tooth comb" with a "yo-yo" working in your office. That information is between my BANKER and myself. I will give your "yo-yo" a range of selling prices and what type of property I am in the market to buy......and you can go from there.....Â
I would never go over my finances with an agent. When I bought my house, I was 21. I told the agent that if they needed something, I could get a pre-approval letter from my bank (which I did). Then we looked at homes in my price range. Easy-peasy |
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| trumanOscar - 2014-02-27 8:22 PM
Martha Hayward is a good realtor with Century 21 out of Sulphur Springs, Tx. Has many horse properties.
Covered Arena 150x300ft on 15 acres with 1500sqft, 3bed, 1 bath apartment: 300k
http://texasmls.com/homes-for-sale-details/9121-S-FM-275-CUMBY-TX-7...
Hubby has been trying to get me to move to Texas since before we were married. After this winter, I might just be a little more inclined. I saw this property listed somewhere and have to admit, I find it tempting...lol |
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| SOO many listing agencies have websites with the homes posted on them, we didn't waste time calling until we found exact properties to inquire about. I guess I never thought about having an agent look up houses for me.
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Nateracer - 2014-02-28 3:05 PM SOO many listing agencies have websites with the homes posted on them, we didn't waste time calling until we found exact properties to inquire about. I guess I never thought about having an agent look up houses for me.
We used both when we were hunting property down here. We looked for almost three years. I would search the "net" and then contact the agent working with us to set up appts. to view and to find others. Then when we made a trip down, we had five or six properties that fit our "needs" to inspect. |
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Location: Moved to Montana | The thing about properties on the "net" is depending on the site they may or may not be available or still listed. Some sites are good about being current some pull everything off the MLS and keep it forever to get hits. Finding a good person to work with will give you the advantage of knowing the market in the area and what similar properties are selling for. Many realtors will ask what you qualify for as far as your finances and some will give advice if you ask for it but that is really between you and your lender. In a hot market the realtor may ask you to prequalify so no one wastes time looking outside your price range...... But there are not a lot of hot markets at the moment!
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| NJJ - 2014-02-28 2:14 PM
BARRELHORSE USA - 2014-02-27 1:15 PM One big way of telling if your agent is professional .. your first visit to the office they will go over your finances and indebtedness with a fine tooth comb and start you a file with this estimated information of how much house you can own with your current financial ability. They may even tell you to combine or pay off certain accts ... to increase your buying power.
 Sooooooo.......here's my "take" on your "professional"......And we have purchased and sold MANY properties in several states in our lives. I will tell you that no way on God's green earth will I be disclosing ALL of my financial information and going over it with a "fine tooth comb" with a "yo-yo" working in your office. That information is between my BANKER and myself. I will give your "yo-yo" a range of selling prices and what type of property I am in the market to buy......and you can go from there.....Â
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Location: Alabama | BARRELHORSE USA - 2014-02-28 1:54 PM Farrierlady - 2014-02-28 8:25 AM Your post was hard to read with all your ####### and what not.......plus, I have to get ready to head to a closing! :) I'll
address some of what you said later on for sure.....
but, the short answer to your last question was I a million dollar producer last year...........
YES........... actually 1,872,000.00 Last year and so far for this year I am at 894,000 and the year just started :) I'm sorry you did not recognize that my answers were below each of your paragraphs separated by symbols .... I have owned real estate offices since 1972 and been a broker in 5 different states and have seen practically ever sham and lots of agents that are self ordained and others that are mice and study all the time .... You think you have the answers and your broker is doing you a disservice by not correcting the direction you are headed in some of your answers .... By your figures and the typical 1.5% commission agents receive your $1,800,000 x .015 = $27,000 in gross income before you deducted your taxes, expenses and fees. Maybe this link will help you understand that you need to sell more than 3 million in sales each year to end up with some money to pay your regular bills .... http://www.boiseblog.com/2009/10/the-truth-about-million-dollar-pro... I am not going to debate you again ... I hope you can open your mind to broader horizons in the future. This is a good link for sellers and buyers to understand the prices of houses and why there are over priced homes on the market getting constant price reductions and remaining on the market for months ... http://franklintnhomesforsaleonline.net/post/4179331/what-does-mill... Have a good day and as you slide down the banister of life ....>>> may you have many splinters of success in your career!!
You're correct, we don't need to debate. Your figures you posted on my sales and commission are no where near close to what I made or get paid off of the closing of a home. You asked if I was a million dollar producer, I answered you. I will say that if my broker had your attitude, I'd find a new company to work with. Oh and BTW, 2013 was my first full year as a Realtor (I was licensed in '09 and never went to work).
I will say again, you can print words all you want, but, much of what you said in your posts, was not accurate....but, then I've seen you do that on here before with many others when you believe you're correct. |
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Location: Prosser, WA | I think a good realtor for properties with any kind of acreage can be really hard to find. We went through a lot of them. Seems like most would send us a few listings and then we wouldn't hear from them again. I will say we were picky and were willing to wait until we found the right property so maybe they thought we weren't serious. Just couldn't see spending a few hundred thousand on a place we really didn't like. LOL. |
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