Realtors: How should I handle this client? |
- How should I handle this client?
- Beware Trailhead Marketing
- Anyone know details on how Realtor.com/Opcity is now giving all the data/leads to Facebook to integrate and then sell back to Realtors. Just got an update today and not sure what to think of this new triple dip platform. Reference: Realtor.com charges Realtors for leads. Opcity captures those leads
- Former client (seller) selling home I listed without an agent within weeks of expiration.
- Marketing spend - 3K for search engine placement?
- Teaming up with my husband realtor?
- Red flags when someone says they have other offers on the table.
- Advice on how to research residential realtors
- Multi-State Agents?
- AITA? Competitive neighbors or bad realtors killing my deal?
- Grounds for Ethical Breach??
- Unsolicited Emails and Calls
- A question for all agents
| How should I handle this client? Posted: 05 Mar 2020 07:38 AM PST Online lead. Show up at first house showing. My phone got stolen from my car earlier that day so I'm handicapped. We get to the first house and I realize I can't get in the sentrilock without my phone. so I borrow my clients hotspot smh, and use their phone to call the listing agent. After 30 min of standing outside we finally get in and the showing goes really well. (i've been in business for about 4 years and have done many transactions so I know how to get a deal closed.) But a few days later, they send me another home to look at. HERES WHERE I FUCK UP. He texts me and asks if we can see it at 5:30. I go check to see whether the home is Go and Show, or Appointment only. The home is go and show and I book the showing. BUT I FORGOT TO TEXT HIM BACK AND SAY YES. So I'm prepared all day for the showing and send him an email around 3:30 with informational documents letting him know that we will discuss them at our showing later. I guess he didn't see it because I call at 5:00 to let him know i am on the way and he says he didn't know we were meeting because I didn't text him back and he can't do it. Now our schedules are conflicting and getting kind of tedious to link up again. I also feel like I've lost my leverage to put him on agency and give him a pass to show a few more homes. I see that he is looking at homes online but he is getting kind of slow with responding now. His lease ends in June and he has good amounts of money! How should I move forward? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 05 Mar 2020 09:21 AM PST Holy crap! I just was on the phone with this Trailhead Marketing company for 40 minutes trying to cancel my marketing advertisment with them. I was going to give it one month to see if I liked it, and of course, like any other marketing agency they make Big promises with less then stellar results. When I called to cancel he kept going on and on and on with his script and wouldn't freaking cancel me. He kept trying to sell me, and say, "these things take time" etc. OMYGOODNESS- I wanted to scream. Please stay away from this company. They will gladly take your money and make it an obstacle to cancel. [link] [comments] |
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| Former client (seller) selling home I listed without an agent within weeks of expiration. Posted: 04 Mar 2020 07:31 PM PST The listing contract my client signed had a clause that stated that the brokerage would still be able to collect on the commission if she sold her home on her own within 60 days of the expiration date. She is a former employer, so I tried my best to appease her. The home is the most fixer upper in the history of fixer uppers. But I worked hard to sell that home. She refused to lower the price the entire the home was on the market even though I told her the price was too high. As the expiration date was approaching, she stopped responding about putting the house back on the market. That was the beginning of February. Today I messaged her asking about putting the home back on the market now that it's spring. She told me she found an investor that offered to buy it. So my question is, should I even pursue this? My commission would only be around $1,000. I'm not with the brokerage that listed the home anymore, and like I said, she used to be my boss and I don't want to burn bridges. Any advice is appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Marketing spend - 3K for search engine placement? Posted: 04 Mar 2020 10:45 PM PST One of the most intriguing calls I get is offering to make my realtor website #1 in search results. I didn't believe it was possible. They got me to believe it was possible and sold me on nine months of #1 placement in my geographical area plus keyword phrases, such as "sell my home" for $3000. Twelve hours later, I feel that being #1 in keyword search results won't actually ... it is vanity. #1 on search results would drive website traffic, but so what? Real estate IDX data is low value, it is everywhere. I never planned on spending an extra $3K in marketing this year. The people selling this spun a great story on ROI and I started at intrigued by the technology and ended up suddenly making a huge purchase. Buyer's remorse kicked in hard. I am doing reasonably well from Zillow leads, Adwerx, Facebook at $1800/year marketing spend. I could increase those efforts. Or and if I used that money to, say, sponsor charitable events or do noteworthy things for my community...something that fosters connections and provides more value. My website is a broker-provided one that is reasonably spiffy and lets people search for properties or request a home valuation, but nothing earth-shattering or special. Does #1 in search results carry any real value? [link] [comments] |
| Teaming up with my husband realtor? Posted: 04 Mar 2020 09:52 PM PST My husband is a realtor and I would like to "team" up with him! I'm the introvert and he is the extrovert so becoming a realtor also is not ideal. Some ideas I've had are: Appraiser, Loan officer, Home inspector What are your thoughts on this? I have a job with a very flexible schedule and maybe work 25 hours a week. So I would like this side job to not be so "9-5" and be flexible Thanks everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Red flags when someone says they have other offers on the table. Posted: 04 Mar 2020 08:01 PM PST In Florida, I'm 6 months in to my Realtor career and have some clients that are flippers. We are putting out offers regularly; however someone with a property that's 200 days on the market will suddenly have other offers on the table and ask if we can come up higher. What are some red flags that tell you they are being less than truthful and what are some good probing questions I can ask while still following the code ethics? [link] [comments] |
| Advice on how to research residential realtors Posted: 04 Mar 2020 07:15 PM PST I am hoping to get advice on how I can research who are the top/most selling condo realtors/brokers in the 20005 & 20001 zip codes? And how does one further filter by number of bedrooms and specific price points? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 05:50 PM PST Realtor in CT, wanting to expand my business into either Boston or NY. Have always dreamed of working in the city. Wondering if there are any agents that have been successful working in more than one state? I know for most of the country, it wouldnt work..but people who live in the Northeast are probably familiar with how many people commute to the city. It probably wouldn't be practical to work with buyers in farther areas, but I was thinking that it may be feasible to take on listings since I wouldnt necessarily have to be there physically every day aside from open houses/appraisals, etc. [link] [comments] |
| AITA? Competitive neighbors or bad realtors killing my deal? Posted: 04 Mar 2020 04:53 PM PST Listed a condo, complex of 10, so smaller place. Seller warns me, neighbor downstairs is going to list after we do. Ok, I like friendly competition and having opens same day is actually a good thing. We list at 429k. Go 30 days before neighbor lists 20k over us. Praise Jebus all is well in the world. My seller goes under contract last week at 410k. A few days into the inspection period, after the listing went pending, neighbors realtor drops price from 449 to 399. Under my contract price and well under all comps in the neighborhood. It's suddenly a fire sale ...on a fucking Wednesday.... something tells me it's not all good in the hood. Did they just try to steal this buyer? Buyers are free to do anything since it's still during inspection period. Their realtor is green, like painfully so, but I'm giving it a genuine effort in favor of moving the deal along. Radio silence last two days. Hmmmmm? Is that a double offer I hear happening? I hope they would do the right thing and cancel our contract before making another offer. To be ethical or not to be ethical, that is the question. So...Should seller shoot first, make a concession to sales price and save the deal that may or may not be in jeopardy? Or do I kill the neighbor? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 03:26 PM PST I'm seeking advice from realtors about a situation I am in with a house purchase. I am curious if I have a leg to stand on with an ethical breach by the owner/agent of a property my wife and I have under contract in Louisiana in St. Tammany Parish. For starters, the agent is also the owner. We wrote the original purchase agreement in mid Dec '19 with a closing date of late Jan, 2020. Just before the closing we find out the owner/agent had a federal lien on all his properties. The title company said he owed around 50K back in July '19, which has since increased with interest and penalties. Our loan agent got us a free 30 day extension on our rate, plus this is the second property we have gone through a round of inspections on. We decided to stay and extend the contract to wait for the IRS to give a final payout number so the title company would let us purchase the property with a clean title. After a few weeks into the extension, the owner/agent told our agent he could release us from the contract, and that he had $$ to pay the amount (though he would likely still owe a little as to be determined by the final IRS amount). Needless to say, we are beyond frustrated. My questions are: 1. Is the tax lien something he should've disclosed legally? Or just morally? (Can you get the drift I think this guy is a POS...) 2. Does his delinquency to pay taxes like a normal American citizen affect his standing as a realtor? ie, how can he be expected to do good work/offer sound advice to clients if he is in default? 3. Do we have any grounds to file an ethical complaint against him? Thanks for any input/feedback you can give us! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 02:39 PM PST Hi r/realtors! Running out of avenues, I hope this is allowed on the sub Seeking advice- I keep receiving unsolicited emails and phone calls from realtors 2,000 away in a different state. I ask them to take me off their lists and block them but the flow does not stop. A new group of realtors emails/calls me every week. I do not have property for sale nor am I looking to buy. I suspect I'm on a master list that keeps getting sold to the next buyer. How do I get off this list? I'm sorry for the frustration, but I have researched and called and cannot find a way to stop this. Maybe you can shed light on this? Thank you!!!! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2020 08:13 PM PST Hey y'all! Agent in New Jersey here and I wanted to know other agents opinions and preparations they are taking now with Coronavirus coming into the US. Hand Sanitizer after every showing? Shake clients hands? So forth. Stay safe out there fellow agents! [link] [comments] |
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