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re: Being a real estate agent.......
Posted on 12/27/15 at 4:49 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 12/27/15 at 4:49 pm to SlowFlowPro
My dad is a commercial appraiser in Baton Rouge... Funny to have this thread turn that direction as I sit next to him 
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Posted on 12/27/15 at 5:03 pm to lynxcat
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Funny to have this thread turn that direction as I sit next to him
Posted on 12/27/15 at 6:50 pm to Paul Allen
A stock broker and a financial advisor are not one in the same. A broker sells products, financial advisors make a financial plan, which most people can't do or don't care to do for themselves
This post was edited on 12/28/15 at 7:30 am
Posted on 12/27/15 at 7:05 pm to TJG210
I say they should allow individuals to access to the MLS for a fee of x dollars per month. If a realtor's marketing, understanding of contracts, ability to negotiate a higher price, etc are worth the 6% the market will continue to use their service. Make all the information accessible to the masses and earn your commision by providing a service. I'm of the opinion that a realtor's services are necessitated due to their control of the MLS and client steering
Eta: I'm talking for your average residential house
Eta: I'm talking for your average residential house
This post was edited on 12/27/15 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 12/27/15 at 7:33 pm to Dennis ODell
In all honesty, there's generally not much more information on the private side of the MLS than it is on sites that have the MLS data feed. Just sold information and private seller data. The ability to run generated reports....but nothing your average homeowner couldn't do.
Now, from a realtor standpoint, you have a proprietary method that no one has been able to replicate to date.....and is the main reason you have an industry in the day of the Internet. Why in gods name would you give it up?
Now, from a realtor standpoint, you have a proprietary method that no one has been able to replicate to date.....and is the main reason you have an industry in the day of the Internet. Why in gods name would you give it up?
Posted on 12/27/15 at 7:40 pm to Gr8t8s
Yes that proprietary method and the possibility of client steering are the two driving factors for why you hire an agent to sell your house.
Posted on 12/27/15 at 7:46 pm to Gr8t8s
So much confusion in this thread. I have sold more Residential RE in Louisiana over the last 25 Years than all but 3 other people alive. 98% of Realtors don't do anything more than put a sign up/ put it in the MLS and wait for the phone to ring. It's pathetic.
Posted on 12/27/15 at 7:49 pm to Walkontiger
Which is why the industry has a bad name. If everyone worked like the good ones, it would have a completely different perception.
Posted on 12/27/15 at 7:53 pm to Gr8t8s
Redfin is in New Orleans and is some sort of discount RE system.
Posted on 12/27/15 at 8:54 pm to Walkontiger
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98% of Realtors don't do anything more than put a sign up/ put it in the MLS and wait for the phone to ring.
Can they still get a market rate price doing this?
Posted on 12/27/15 at 10:56 pm to stout
There are 40 and 50 year mortgages??
Posted on 12/28/15 at 8:54 am to Gr8t8s
well the one thing I will say to that....is that what you described is a MAJOR anti-trust violation
so there's that
so there's that
Posted on 12/28/15 at 3:19 pm to stout
How easy is it to get on with a brokerage if you want to do it part time?
Posted on 12/28/15 at 7:05 pm to TJG210
Bump for the night crew
Posted on 12/28/15 at 7:07 pm to Paul Allen
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Seems like a dog eat dog
This is life.
Posted on 12/28/15 at 7:11 pm to DonChowder
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you have to take some cheesy head shots and post them on the interwebs.
You mean like this?
Posted on 12/28/15 at 7:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
Honestly for people with lower end bachelor degrees with little skills and no experience -- becoming an appraiser should be an attractive option
You have to be a little patient out of the gate, but once certified you are bound to benefit as the appraiser pool shrinks over time
You have to be a little patient out of the gate, but once certified you are bound to benefit as the appraiser pool shrinks over time
Posted on 12/28/15 at 10:49 pm to Paul Allen
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There are 40 and 50 year mortgages
I've never heard of this
Posted on 12/28/15 at 11:10 pm to TJG210
Posted on 12/28/15 at 11:25 pm to stout
Stout, anything on the question I had above about being a part timer? How hard is it for someone in my situation to get a broker to sponsor me?
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