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re: Thoughts on real estate as a profession
Posted on 3/3/15 at 6:55 am to carhartt
Posted on 3/3/15 at 6:55 am to carhartt
You need to have a couple of years of living expenses. A couple of the top residential agents in New Orleans literally made $0 their first year.
Also, as someone already noted, commercial real estate and residential real estate are two different animals. The former is dominated by men, the latter by women. An attractive female agent will get much higher offers from a house from a male buyer and slightly higher offers from a female buyer. A male agent can look like Brad Pitt and it has no effect on the offers. (There have actually been studies showing this.)
Also, as someone already noted, commercial real estate and residential real estate are two different animals. The former is dominated by men, the latter by women. An attractive female agent will get much higher offers from a house from a male buyer and slightly higher offers from a female buyer. A male agent can look like Brad Pitt and it has no effect on the offers. (There have actually been studies showing this.)
Posted on 3/3/15 at 7:01 am to islandtiger
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You might want to consider becoming an appraiser. The demand for their services is great and they make good money. I deal in rural real estate and sometimes wonder if I should have followed a different career path when I see what appraisers are paid.
Appraisers and surveyors are both in high demand.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 7:01 am to Biggereztiger
Yes. Buy as much real estate as posible using OPM. Commercial is what I like. Tax deduct as a real estate professional. Profit.
Do your homework.
Do your homework.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 7:04 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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all I see is them driving up the market price 30%
I'd rather you knock 20% off the price of the house and cut them out. I pay 20% less, you make 10% more. It's perfect.
What agents are making 30% and 20% on houses? I need to move there.
Standard is 6% but that has really dropped to about 5% over the years.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 7:05 am to Biggereztiger
Only the top 1% make money.
Source: Wife was a Realtor.
Source: Wife was a Realtor.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 7:13 am to shutterspeed
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Only the top 1% make money.
You mean make serious money. If you're in a big enough office, you can make money just taking phone duty.
I sold for 4 years and made $80K my first year when I was 22. I eventually started buying and building and let my license go because I was busy investing instead of selling. When doing that carrying a Realtor license doubles your liability if someone sues you.
If I had stayed with it, I see no reason I wouldn't be on the $150-$200K+ yearly income doing it. It just takes really busting your arse your first few years and working a lot. After that you can start working off of referrals and do pretty decent not working nearly as hard. By my 3rd year I was spending half my week on the golf course and still doing well. Of course, getting a lot of listings is where it's at vs driving all over showing houses constantly.
I also was lucky and got into right before the subprime bubble really took off. Made it a lot easier starting out. I left before the pop but a lot of people I knew that got in during all of that left not long after it went South because they were no longer making any money. They're the ones that didn't properly farm referrals and never established a consistent client base. They would sell someone a house and never speak to them again.
This post was edited on 3/3/15 at 7:16 am
Posted on 3/3/15 at 7:42 am to stout
I was told 30% of market price is driven by realtor fees/commission.
I don't care enough to check that.
I don't care enough to check that.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:24 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I was told 30% of market price is driven by realtor fees/commission.
I don't care enough to check that.
That's stupid. There are studies that show houses sold by a Realtor vs FSBO actually sell for a higher price so if anything Realtors actually pay for themselves.
ETA: It's also stupid considering Realtors only charge 6%. Where is the other 24% coming from?
This post was edited on 3/3/15 at 8:27 am
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:28 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I was told 30% of market price is driven by realtor fees/commission. I don't care enough to check that.
Not even close to being true...
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:30 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Realtors are idiots. My last house sold for $40k more than what she told me to list it for. I knew what my house was worth. She thought she knew.
On the other hand, the house I bought was through the same realtor and I bought it for $30k less than what she "advised" me to offer.
I told her to just push the paperwork and schedule the closing. That's all they are good for. I ended up only paying her 2% on each house.
On the other hand, the house I bought was through the same realtor and I bought it for $30k less than what she "advised" me to offer.
I told her to just push the paperwork and schedule the closing. That's all they are good for. I ended up only paying her 2% on each house.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:37 am to Biggereztiger
As far as selling it, flipping it or renting it?
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:43 am to stout
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t's also stupid considering Realtors only charge 6%
6%? The houses must be 150k or under
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:44 am to tgrbaitn08
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Realtors are idiots. My last house sold for $40k more than what she told me to list it for. I knew what my house was worth. She thought she knew.
On the other hand, the house I bought was through the same realtor and I bought it for $30k less than what she "advised" me to offer.
I told her to just push the paperwork and schedule the closing. That's all they are good for. I ended up only paying her 2% on each house.
Sounds like you had a moron. I would have fired her and hired someone more competent.
ETA: Sounds like BS too because why were you paying her commission as a buyer?
This post was edited on 3/3/15 at 8:45 am
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:49 am to tgrbaitn08
I had terrible dealings with realtors.
Greediest bunch of people I've ever met in my life.
Greediest bunch of people I've ever met in my life.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:50 am to stout
Because the house was in foreclosure
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:53 am to tgrbaitn08
That shouldn't matter. The bank pays the commission in that case. If you did a short sale the owners could still pay the commission if the bank approved everything.
No one highers a buyers agents unless you are dealing with very high-end houses or commercial real estate.
Also, if she did so bad selling your house, why did you use her again?
No one highers a buyers agents unless you are dealing with very high-end houses or commercial real estate.
Also, if she did so bad selling your house, why did you use her again?
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:53 am to Biggereztiger
I know some very successful real estate guys, but simply selling real estate isn't their only job...they sell a lot of land their family has owned, have a lot of rentals, develop houses that they sell, etc.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:58 am to stout
I don't know what to tell you. I paid 2%, not sure what the bank paid her. It was part of the negotiation.
I had to use her because she had the house that I wanted to buy listed.
I've also bought some of my rentals through her as well, I use her because I can control her commission.
I had to use her because she had the house that I wanted to buy listed.
I've also bought some of my rentals through her as well, I use her because I can control her commission.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 8:58 am to stout
The crazy thing is, I have talked with, and tried to work with several realtors who know zip about their own markets and its trends....But they can still make pretty good money hustling their asses off, many times missing out on family time because evenings and weekends are the prime times to be showing houses.
The biggest advantage that realtors have is access to post your house on the MLS. That way, everybody looking for a house sees it. That advantage is dwindling away as a lot of absentee brokers will allow posting under their credentials with a flat fee.
The biggest advantage that realtors have is access to post your house on the MLS. That way, everybody looking for a house sees it. That advantage is dwindling away as a lot of absentee brokers will allow posting under their credentials with a flat fee.
Posted on 3/3/15 at 9:01 am to tgrbaitn08
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I don't know what to tell you. I paid 2%, not sure what the bank paid her. It was part of the negotiation.
Sounds like she may have gotten one over on you. Banks pay the commission on REO properties like 99.9% of the time.
You may have just given her extra compensation.
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