I will be the first one to say that the industry is a screwed up industry. I will also be the first one to say that I took the do it on my own path for many of the reasons you all all posting about. I spend ALOT of time doing this and at a cut rate commission I would not be able to support my family in the same manner as I do now. That IS the bottom line.
sdr and I don’t agree on much and that is reflected in many posts. However what he says is true. I know it first hand because if I did not have my engineering career I would be needing to do other things as real estate alone would not cut it.
What irks me is that there is alot of complaining and not much doing. I commend the people that have posted about how they did do it themselves, whether they sold on their own home, or used an attorney, or however they did it… I think that is great. However what I don’t like are speculative statements made by people who did not, like you only need to do this or do that….Well if you have done it, great but if you haven’t well… that doesn’t sit well with me.
Again, people have PLENTY of choices. It is so much easier to bitch and moan about it though. FSBO your home, hire a real estate attorney, go see Jeff Karchin. Use a low cost Realtor… Rustico is out there, guys like me are out there. What I really don’t understand is why the antagonism given the wide range of choices that are out there?
Everyone has a unique situation with different needs.
