[quote=AN]sdr, how do you come up with $50/hr? Are you taking into account people who end up not buying w/ you and wasted your time? SD R and sdr, because of the lack of loyalty and the way this system is set up, I can totally see why you would want to get paid well on the deals that actually get through. You won’t get any argument about compensation, it’s the nature of the system. I guess it’s along the same line of uninsured people who are driving cost of healthcare. It would be very interesting to see how technology will change the way people buy and sell RE in 5-10 years.[/quote]

Nobody will deny that many realtors will put in hours for clients for which they will never be compensated. Still, I have a problem with the notion that the other clients should cover these costs.

The “menu pricing” option would actually benefit the realtors in this instance, because everyone would have to pay for the services they use. If you want a realtor to drive you around for days on end, showing you hundreds of houses, fine…but that will cost you $X/hour for the service.

There’s no reason why the good clients should have to pay for the looky-loos and flakes of the world, IMHO.