As you already know, I do not feel that the amount of money that goes towards real estate is justified at all. Real estate professionals, brokerages, and the industry in general have enjoyed the appreciation of housing and reaped tremendous benefits without really innovating the industry. I am not saying you do not work hard, I am just saying that if you sold 10 homes in 1998 and then sold those same 10 homes in 2004, I don’t think the amount of work you did was any different yet your increase in salary was quite substantial.
Has your full service improved as much as your net income has grown due to housing apprecitation?
I also believe that the entire real estate machine from NAR on down pretty much reeks. We are salesman sdrealtor, not much more or less then that. I am sure you are top notch and have done a valuable service to all of your clients and I am not disparaging you personally at all, NOR HAVE I EVER DONE SO. I am very happy to say we have different opinions on how much compensation we “deserve” for our jobs and have been quite content to leave it at that but you obviously are not and continue to go out of your way to prove any alternative other then your “full service” approach will fail including FSBO.
Your animosity towards me has been present since day 1 and I do not sweat it at all. More then once you have brought up my own house that was on the market, accused me of shilling, and here you are posting your perfect record and asking me about my stats. I am sure after I post them you will accuse me of shilling or you will say why would anyone list with me. If I don’t list them you will accuse me of hiding from your questioning.
In addition to real estate I direct a staff of electrical engineers for custom ASIC architecture for network and communications designs. My life is not greatly affected regardless of how my brokerage does. I offer people alternatives and commission rebates. My clients all think very highly of me and that is what is important to me. I think it is actually somewhat curious that an electrical engineer can come in, do this part time and be as successful as I have been.
I give people my opinion as to what they should sell thier homes for but if they want to price thier home different, that is fine with me, I take the listing and tell them quite honestly what I think of thier pricing and what affect it will have on traffic they will see or not see. If the home is not priced right the home does not sell and the listing will expire and/or cancel. Since you seem to have a great interest in what I do you can look the homes that have expired or cancelled and see what they repriced with when they worked with another agent. In EVERY case they repriced less. My own sister in law works for the same organization you do, and I have referred clients to her with no problem.
I have nothing to hide sdr however will not put the addresses of my listings as you would most likely accuse me of not following the code of the Realtors. My stats this year are as follows:
2006 Closings – 17
2006 Expireds – 20
I did not include multiple expirations on the same property in that list.
Out of those expireds, 4 of them relisted with me and sold. 1 of those expireds relisted with me and is pending. 1 of them relisted with me and is still active. 10 did not relist with anyone. 4 of them relisted with another brokerage, 3 are active and 1 is pending.
