http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com Client-Oriented Real Estate (CORE) Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2011/06/12/why-most-real-estate-agents-fail/#comment-59 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:30:09 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=174#comment-59 Joe – thanks for your reply. Just curious – what in your opinion do you think it would take for realtors to start charging fees in this neck of the woods. I have heard some charge fees in other states.

]]> http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2011/06/12/why-most-real-estate-agents-fail/#comment-58 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:42:00 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=174#comment-58 Hi Ellie, thanks for posting. I agree that education is the key, without question. As you indicate, and as I point out in the blog, the key is WHAT type of education. As for setting fees, I would love to see something like that, but I don’t know that we can transform the industry THAT much. And it’s not as if other professionals don’t charge a “commission-style” fee — attorneys on contingency, for example. To me, the industry will change when the agents get the resources they need to be better at their jobs.

]]> http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2011/06/12/why-most-real-estate-agents-fail/#comment-57 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:00:58 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=174#comment-57 In my opinion, most realtors don’t make much money because we baically work for free.
We are the only “professionals” who don’t charge a fee – either hourly or a set fee.
Why?? Realtors don’t fail. I think everyone who goes into the business goes into it because they are enthusiastic, love real estate, love helping people find their homes or sell their homes. Realtors get ‘burnt out’, they don’t fail. They can spend hours and hours working with clients and in the end get no results. Perhaps some did not get all the training they should get. When I went to classes to become a realtor – I think there were about 5 or 6 classes we had to go to before we took the exam. Once we passed, we are now “professionals”. I really believe better education and charging fees to clients is the key to successful realtors.

]]> http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2011/06/12/why-most-real-estate-agents-fail/#comment-56 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:11:00 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=174#comment-56 Exactly! That’s why you guys are so good at your jobs. You can’t give bad service and hope to get referrals and repeat business, which is why most successful real estate agents happen to be very good practitioners.

]]> http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2011/06/12/why-most-real-estate-agents-fail/#comment-55 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:28:10 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=174#comment-55 My partner and I get our “lead generation” from past clients. We don’t look for new we take the best care of the clients we are working with and from them we get our next lead generation. The clients are our focus, and we know they are pleased and satisifed with our service.

]]> http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2011/05/23/reviewing-the-ipad-apps-from-realtor-com-trulia-and-zillow-the-new-home-search-paradigm/#comment-54 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:05:58 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=170#comment-54 Thanks for the post. I love the drawing feature on the Realtor.com app too. This feature also lets you draw down just one street, so you can get a really hyper-local search.

]]> http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2011/04/21/this-is-the-job-seven-things-that-real-estate-agents-and-brokers-do-that-are-not-good-enough/#comment-42 Mon, 09 May 2011 18:04:42 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=166#comment-42 [...] In a post last week, I argued that the enemy of the good is not the great, but the crappy. That is, the classic cliche that the "enemy of the good is the great" has some truth for perfectionist types that have difficulty finishing projects because they're never quite "good enough," but the bigger problems in the real estate industry are actually caused by agents and brokers who  do crappy work instead of good work. The enemy of the good, I argued … Read More [...]

]]> http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2011/04/06/the-enemy-of-the-good-is-the-great-but-that-doesnt-mean-that-the-friend-of-the-good-is-the-crappy/#comment-41 Wed, 04 May 2011 18:31:07 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=151#comment-41 [...] we get paid for any of that?  No.  Did it take a lot of time. Oh yes, indeedy it did. But was it worth it? Well, even though we didn’t make much direct revenue from income on the [...]

]]> http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2010/01/19/client-oriented-real-estate-in-action-homebuyertaxcredit-com/#comment-40 Wed, 04 May 2011 18:30:58 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=125#comment-40 [...] best example of CORE in action is our Home Buyer Tax Credit information site that we created last year, which ended up providing [...]

]]> http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/2011/04/21/this-is-the-job-seven-things-that-real-estate-agents-and-brokers-do-that-are-not-good-enough/#comment-39 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:46:46 +0000 http://theworldsbestrealestateagent.com/?p=166#comment-39 Bottom line, the real estate industry is filled with licensed individuals who do not take their jobs seriously or even consider their job as a true profession. It’s unfortunate for those of us who do take the JOB seriously will be judged based on a rotten apple within the barrel. Love the term, crapulence!

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