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- What kind of car should I drive?
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- Show off your personal website that you’ve created.
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- The family real estate business
- Find listing agent for a listing
- How do realtor couples work?
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| What kind of car should I drive? Posted: 24 Jan 2021 08:22 AM PST Living in Orlando FL. I want to get into the luxury space like most agents. I might join a luxury team if available. I'm moving from the superficial culture of LA and although I have a nice 2018 Volkswagen GTI se right now, it's a lease I'm turning in this September. I don't want to lease again and I definitely don't want to buy new, ideally keep it under $10k something reliable and affordable. I was thinking a used Acura or used Lexus. But what if I got an old 2010 civic for $5k?... Thoughts?? Opinions? Experience?? [link] [comments] |
| Am I being underpaid for my work as a licensed assistant? Posted: 23 Jan 2021 10:43 PM PST I have been working as a licensed assistant to a high producing realtor in the central Texas area for just about 3 months. I'm basically her personal assistant/transaction coordinator/listing coordinator. Some of the other things I do on a day to day basis include: - create all of her marketing materials - manage and reach out to her database to check in on her clients/ask for referrals - manage her budget - go along with her to listing appointments - run various errands on her behalf such as attend inspections, attend closings, meet with the photographer for new listings, etc - write all contracts with related addenda including amendments - handle contract-close - manage her social media accounts - send out mailers - literally anything else she asks me to do I am getting compensated $2,400 a month for my work which is M-F 8:30am-5:30pm. As we all know, they market is INSANE and I have been writing contracts/attending inspections on the weekends now too which results in me really never having a day off. She also wants me to hold open houses at her listings every weekend and in turn will pay me .001% of the sales price of the home once it closes. ($700,000 house = $700 for me at closing) I feel like I am being taken advantage of for my time, skills, and age. I'm in my mid-twenties and have taken such a huge pay-cut from my previous salaried job (with benefits) to gain experience working with this agent. I'm not even sure it's worth it anymore as I'm not even making enough money to make ends meet, AND I literally feel like I'm doing everything for her and only getting a tiny sliver of the pie. Am I being compensated fairly? [link] [comments] |
| Show off your personal website that you’ve created. Posted: 24 Jan 2021 12:18 PM PST If you've made yourself (or had someone make one for you) a website show it off. There are so many unrecognized and beautiful sites out there. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 10:13 AM PST A potential listing client has to net $260k from a house that's difficult to find comps for. We'd need to list 170/square foot+. It's an early 1900's home, completely renovated; no expense spared. Another realtor and I differ on CMA's. He says she can't list higher than $260k, I think she can get $280-285k. Homes here sell in days, often with multiple offers. What would you do? Details below. I found a somewhat-similar house (the only difference is an attached garage) that's also fully renovated, with the same number of bed/bath/half-bath, floors, under a mile away and sold two months ago. It sold at 177/square foot, but it was constructed in 2006 and has mostly three-year-old maintenance items. There was another fully-renovated house, of a different style, but same size and beds/baths that went at 188/square foot. However, the other agent is correct that most of the homes in the area, if you go mostly off sold time, beds/baths, <1 mile, would only justify a max of $260,000 and a net of $230-something if she uses a realtor. Would it harm prospects if we listed at 280,000 for two weeks, tested the waters, then dropped back to the $260/270's if there was a lack of interest? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:56 AM PST So Im a brand new licensee who's currently interviewing my local brokerages to see which is best for my career as a agent. I interviewed with some "widely known" firms and then a smaller one that was completely different. I'm still new but I can catch on quite easily and quickly. It was a lead buying firm. All the numbers I was shown and things I was told sounded absolutely great, everything I want but to a point where it may have been to good to be true. 50/50 split with a team, leads that go directly to your phone, manager told me about 200 current leads in their Pool at the moment. 15 current agents. I'm a money chasing type of guy but I'm familiar with so many experienced realtors or managers saying that you have to focus on customers and that the money comes along with getting that hard and caring work for your clients, so this came as a surprise. I know these brokers will say a lot to get you on the team so I'll always expect exaggeration but am I just not trusty, and this is a good opportunity? Or is this typical and doesn't work out 99% of the time? Edit: might I add, all of the realtors work from home right now and there are no monthly fees. The remote work could be a sign of some shady stuff going on or simply because of COVID [link] [comments] |
| The family real estate business Posted: 24 Jan 2021 05:22 AM PST Anyone else here come from a family of realtors, or grow up in the industry? How did it affect your perception of real estate growing up? Did it make you more or less inclined to get your license? Were you encouraged to get your own license ASAP, or to spend some time broadening your horizons? [link] [comments] |
| Find listing agent for a listing Posted: 24 Jan 2021 08:10 AM PST Hello, ignorant question: how can one find the list agent for a listing? I look at Zillow, for instance, and they present you with a contact form for a listing- but you can't really tell who listed the property. Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2021 07:06 PM PST I'm currently located in TN. My fiancée and I are studying to get our real estate license in hopes of working together on it part-time as a side income to our full-time jobs. She studied interior design and I studied graphic design and marketing in school and we thought this could be the perfect career to put some of that knowledge to use. She could use her knowledge of homes, code, and design trends to present to customers and I could do marketing and operations to find leads and help negotiate. The more I'm looking into what it means to be a realtor and procedures I'm wondering how do realtor couples work together? So I got a few questions on how that works.
I guess I got more questions than answers on what's on the other end of that exam partnership wise lol. I know nothing is ever smooth when you get into it but having some sort of idea helps me get an idea on how to prepare at least. Doing it together was the thing that got her on board to take the leap with me so I would hate to get really into it just so that won't be the case because of how the industry works. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2021 07:26 PM PST Just need insight on getting a real estate license in the future. I was a mortgage lender over 2 years ago so I have that background and know somewhat of the ins and outs of the process. Left the industry due to a better opportunity that came about for me. My questions are: How long did it take one to make a full time salary from the start of their real estate career? Do you think I would have a little more success faster because of my background on the lending side and kind of knowing how to approach the business (not saying I wouldn't have things to learn)? Any real insight in welcome! TIA!! [link] [comments] |
| Best way to find abandoned places in the US? Posted: 23 Jan 2021 12:27 PM PST I looked at the rules to post and I think it is allowed if I ask how I manage to find abandoned properties that owe a lot of back taxes, are foreclosed, I know realtors have special access to property listings regular people can't see. I wanted to know if there was an easy way to find them. [link] [comments] |
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