Comments on: Question from a reader regarding Zip Realty http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/10/09/question-from-a-reader-regarding-zip-realty/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Frank Borges LL0SA- Broker FranklyRealty.com http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/10/09/question-from-a-reader-regarding-zip-realty/#comment-9972 Frank Borges LL0SA- Broker FranklyRealty.com Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:38:40 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/10/09/question-from-a-reader-regarding-zip-realty/#comment-9972 Great post. And again, great catch on the bonus fine print. We also have a policy that we work for X and all other bribes go back to the client. Who do we work for anyhow, the buyer or the seller? I also like to say "I use to Rebate, but then I got good." Realtors as a whole, have done a poor job showing our value. Post like this (and your entire blog) help the world see that value. And as to the agent showing OTHER listings, this is very common. One of the reasons comes down to math. The chances that you will buy that house might be 1 in 10, so by showing you everything, they spread out their chances of you buying a place and them making a commission. Also some agents get paid LESS if they do both sides of the deal. So they would make 50% MORE if you bought another house and they sold their house to another client with a buyer's agent. Frank Borges LL0SA- Northern Va Broker blog.FranklyRealty.com Great post.
And again, great catch on the bonus fine print. We also have a policy that we work for X and all other bribes go back to the client. Who do we work for anyhow, the buyer or the seller?

I also like to say “I use to Rebate, but then I got good.” Realtors as a whole, have done a poor job showing our value. Post like this (and your entire blog) help the world see that value.

And as to the agent showing OTHER listings, this is very common. One of the reasons comes down to math. The chances that you will buy that house might be 1 in 10, so by showing you everything, they spread out their chances of you buying a place and them making a commission.

Also some agents get paid LESS if they do both sides of the deal. So they would make 50% MORE if you bought another house and they sold their house to another client with a buyer’s agent.

Frank Borges LL0SA- Northern Va Broker
blog.FranklyRealty.com

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/10/09/question-from-a-reader-regarding-zip-realty/#comment-9297 Jim Duncan Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:14:42 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/10/09/question-from-a-reader-regarding-zip-realty/#comment-9297 Craig - Huh? Are you spamming or talking to an issue at all? --Jim Craig -

Huh? Are you spamming or talking to an issue at all?

–Jim

]]> By: Craig Davidenko http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/10/09/question-from-a-reader-regarding-zip-realty/#comment-9296 Craig Davidenko Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:11:48 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/10/09/question-from-a-reader-regarding-zip-realty/#comment-9296 Ok lets all calm or should I say “com” down?! Denial, some people think that certain things last forever.however those people eventually learn the plain and simple truth.many many years ago the dinosaurs romed the earth alongside real estate brokers and agents who held the “holy grail”..”the mls book” but then came along came the world wide web.dinosaurs extinct and brokers and agents wondering when people would notice that they in fact did not hold the “mls” anymore. I am a real estate broker who lives in the year 2007. To be exact 10/07″A time that will be read about” I am starting a New Real Estate Marketing Company called FlatRateRealEstate.com-Interested brokers should call as I will begin with seeds throughout the country. If you live in Tampa Florida your domain would be tampa.flatraterealestate.com THE FUTURE OF REAL ESTATE IS HERE AND COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU! Craig Davidenko 912.398.7245 flatraterealestate.com Ok lets all calm or should I say “com” down?! Denial, some people think that certain things last forever.however those people eventually learn the plain and simple truth.many many years ago the dinosaurs romed the earth alongside real estate brokers and agents who held the “holy grail”..”the mls book” but then came along came the world wide web.dinosaurs extinct and brokers and agents wondering when people would notice that they in fact did not hold the “mls” anymore.
I am a real estate broker who lives in the year 2007. To be exact 10/07″A time that will be read about” I am starting a New Real Estate Marketing Company called FlatRateRealEstate.com-Interested brokers should call as I will begin with seeds throughout the country. If you live in Tampa Florida your domain would be tampa.flatraterealestate.com THE FUTURE OF REAL ESTATE IS HERE AND COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU!

Craig Davidenko
912.398.7245
flatraterealestate.com

]]> By: Michael http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/10/09/question-from-a-reader-regarding-zip-realty/#comment-9247 Michael Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:53:02 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/10/09/question-from-a-reader-regarding-zip-realty/#comment-9247 Jim, great post and excellent catch on the ziprealty fine print. I've asked a few realtors about negotiating a fee up front, most seem open to it, but they don't seem to 'always' do it. That makes me feel a little uncomfortable. It also leaves me at a disadvantage if they get another client that doesn't negotiate a fee up front. I'm starting to think that finding the right realtor is just as hard as finding the right house (maybe harder). Jim, great post and excellent catch on the ziprealty fine print.

I’ve asked a few realtors about negotiating a fee up front, most seem open to it, but they don’t seem to ‘always’ do it. That makes me feel
a little uncomfortable. It also leaves me at a disadvantage if they get another client that doesn’t negotiate a fee up front.

I’m starting to think that finding the right realtor is just as hard as finding the right house (maybe harder).

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