a question for sdrealtor and SD Realtor on “6726 Lonicera 92011”

[JustLurking]

[quote=sdrealtor]svelte
That home is less than a mile from the ocean. Wouldnt worry about hot afternoons too much on that one.[/quote]

I used to live on a bluff in Del Mar about 100 yards from the ocean with an entirely west facing yard, with plenty of windows to take advantage of the view. Trust me, it can get VERY hot in the afternoons – both inside and out.

And fwiw, I think your “friendly jabbering” kind of makes you look like a jerk.

[SD Realtor]

Just to clarify your statements sdr,

“He discounts his service with rebates everytime and thinks that adds value. I beleive that I bring tangible and intangible value that far outweighs the rebates he provides as do many other agents I know.”

Actually my rebates to buyers have nothing to do with my level of service. My rebates are 100% (let me repeat that 100%) based on the number of showings. They have nothing, not anything to do with my level of service. Rebates add NO VALUE. Just like you have an opinion that you bring tangible and intangible value to your clients, I have that same opinion about my level of service to my clients.

“In the end, I’m just giving him the business and its just friendly jabbering in my eyes.”

I understand that and that is okay. I just like to make sure that facts are presented whether it is simply jabbering or not.

[SD Realtor]

Just to clarify your statements sdr,

“He discounts his service with rebates everytime and thinks that adds value. I beleive that I bring tangible and intangible value that far outweighs the rebates he provides as do many other agents I know.”

Actually my rebates to buyers have nothing to do with my level of service. My rebates are 100% (let me repeat that 100%) based on the number of showings. They have nothing, not anything to do with my level of service. Rebates add NO VALUE. Just like you have an opinion that you bring tangible and intangible value to your clients, I have that same opinion about my level of service to my clients.

“In the end, I’m just giving him the business and its just friendly jabbering in my eyes.”

I understand that and that is okay. I just like to make sure that facts are presented whether it is simply jabbering or not.

[SD Realtor]

Just to clarify your statements sdr,

“He discounts his service with rebates everytime and thinks that adds value. I beleive that I bring tangible and intangible value that far outweighs the rebates he provides as do many other agents I know.”

Actually my rebates to buyers have nothing to do with my level of service. My rebates are 100% (let me repeat that 100%) based on the number of showings. They have nothing, not anything to do with my level of service. Rebates add NO VALUE. Just like you have an opinion that you bring tangible and intangible value to your clients, I have that same opinion about my level of service to my clients.

“In the end, I’m just giving him the business and its just friendly jabbering in my eyes.”

I understand that and that is okay. I just like to make sure that facts are presented whether it is simply jabbering or not.

[SD Realtor]

Just to clarify your statements sdr,

“He discounts his service with rebates everytime and thinks that adds value. I beleive that I bring tangible and intangible value that far outweighs the rebates he provides as do many other agents I know.”

Actually my rebates to buyers have nothing to do with my level of service. My rebates are 100% (let me repeat that 100%) based on the number of showings. They have nothing, not anything to do with my level of service. Rebates add NO VALUE. Just like you have an opinion that you bring tangible and intangible value to your clients, I have that same opinion about my level of service to my clients.

“In the end, I’m just giving him the business and its just friendly jabbering in my eyes.”

I understand that and that is okay. I just like to make sure that facts are presented whether it is simply jabbering or not.

[SD Realtor]

Just to clarify your statements sdr,

“He discounts his service with rebates everytime and thinks that adds value. I beleive that I bring tangible and intangible value that far outweighs the rebates he provides as do many other agents I know.”

Actually my rebates to buyers have nothing to do with my level of service. My rebates are 100% (let me repeat that 100%) based on the number of showings. They have nothing, not anything to do with my level of service. Rebates add NO VALUE. Just like you have an opinion that you bring tangible and intangible value to your clients, I have that same opinion about my level of service to my clients.

“In the end, I’m just giving him the business and its just friendly jabbering in my eyes.”

I understand that and that is okay. I just like to make sure that facts are presented whether it is simply jabbering or not.

[sdrealtor]

so be it…………..

[sdrealtor]

so be it…………..

[sdrealtor]

so be it…………..

[sdrealtor]

so be it…………..

[sdrealtor]

so be it…………..

[murf2222]

As a long-time lurker, seldom-time Poster I’d like to offer my 2 cents here……..

My parents are both realtors, and my dad has had his brokers license since 1979. Since I was raised in a realtors’ home I think I have a pretty damn good understanding of what that career is all about.

Adam (aka SD Realtor) offers discounts because he realizes that selling houses is not rocket science and a realtor should not become a 6% vested owner in a property just because they wrote up the sales contract.

You can talk til your blue in the face about all the wonderful tips you have for your clients, but if you think that you have earned your 30 GRAND commission, then you should come to work with the rest of us and see what it takes to make 30 large. (of course the 30 thousand commission is based on a house selling for 500K and the agent keeping both ends of the deal).

My dad would always try and defend their commissions by arguing that as a realtor/broker he is liable for all kinds things and can be sued at the drop of a hat….BS! That’s just a way for him to rationalize being overpaid. If it were true, then why did he pay so much money in E and O insurance?

Anyways, Adams pricing structure is brilliant as it compensates the realtor on a sliding scale based on how much work he has to put into the deal. WOW, getting paid based on how much work you do……..what a novel concept!

Most realtors got into this game because of the dollar signs in their eyes and the potential *home runs* they could hit. The bubble boom years bore that out as the number of real estate agents multiplied like locusts.

FULL DISCLOSURE…………

Adam is going to be the selling agent for my wife and I when we finally get a “yes” to one of the several offers we have in the pipeline.

Even though we stand to save a lot of money because of Adam’s discount scale, I have advised him that at this point I want to pay him his FULL commission. At this stage in our house hunting, he has ALREADY put in a lot of hours on several different houses.

I think that on MOST deals the realtor is overpaid, but I would be a hypocrite if I did not offer to fully compensate one if they have more man-hours invested than the norm……even if MY interpretation of the norm is on the low-side.

Murf2222

[murf2222]

As a long-time lurker, seldom-time Poster I’d like to offer my 2 cents here……..

My parents are both realtors, and my dad has had his brokers license since 1979. Since I was raised in a realtors’ home I think I have a pretty damn good understanding of what that career is all about.

Adam (aka SD Realtor) offers discounts because he realizes that selling houses is not rocket science and a realtor should not become a 6% vested owner in a property just because they wrote up the sales contract.

You can talk til your blue in the face about all the wonderful tips you have for your clients, but if you think that you have earned your 30 GRAND commission, then you should come to work with the rest of us and see what it takes to make 30 large. (of course the 30 thousand commission is based on a house selling for 500K and the agent keeping both ends of the deal).

My dad would always try and defend their commissions by arguing that as a realtor/broker he is liable for all kinds things and can be sued at the drop of a hat….BS! That’s just a way for him to rationalize being overpaid. If it were true, then why did he pay so much money in E and O insurance?

Anyways, Adams pricing structure is brilliant as it compensates the realtor on a sliding scale based on how much work he has to put into the deal. WOW, getting paid based on how much work you do……..what a novel concept!

Most realtors got into this game because of the dollar signs in their eyes and the potential *home runs* they could hit. The bubble boom years bore that out as the number of real estate agents multiplied like locusts.

FULL DISCLOSURE…………

Adam is going to be the selling agent for my wife and I when we finally get a “yes” to one of the several offers we have in the pipeline.

Even though we stand to save a lot of money because of Adam’s discount scale, I have advised him that at this point I want to pay him his FULL commission. At this stage in our house hunting, he has ALREADY put in a lot of hours on several different houses.

I think that on MOST deals the realtor is overpaid, but I would be a hypocrite if I did not offer to fully compensate one if they have more man-hours invested than the norm……even if MY interpretation of the norm is on the low-side.

Murf2222

[murf2222]

As a long-time lurker, seldom-time Poster I’d like to offer my 2 cents here……..

My parents are both realtors, and my dad has had his brokers license since 1979. Since I was raised in a realtors’ home I think I have a pretty damn good understanding of what that career is all about.

Adam (aka SD Realtor) offers discounts because he realizes that selling houses is not rocket science and a realtor should not become a 6% vested owner in a property just because they wrote up the sales contract.

You can talk til your blue in the face about all the wonderful tips you have for your clients, but if you think that you have earned your 30 GRAND commission, then you should come to work with the rest of us and see what it takes to make 30 large. (of course the 30 thousand commission is based on a house selling for 500K and the agent keeping both ends of the deal).

My dad would always try and defend their commissions by arguing that as a realtor/broker he is liable for all kinds things and can be sued at the drop of a hat….BS! That’s just a way for him to rationalize being overpaid. If it were true, then why did he pay so much money in E and O insurance?

Anyways, Adams pricing structure is brilliant as it compensates the realtor on a sliding scale based on how much work he has to put into the deal. WOW, getting paid based on how much work you do……..what a novel concept!

Most realtors got into this game because of the dollar signs in their eyes and the potential *home runs* they could hit. The bubble boom years bore that out as the number of real estate agents multiplied like locusts.

FULL DISCLOSURE…………

Adam is going to be the selling agent for my wife and I when we finally get a “yes” to one of the several offers we have in the pipeline.

Even though we stand to save a lot of money because of Adam’s discount scale, I have advised him that at this point I want to pay him his FULL commission. At this stage in our house hunting, he has ALREADY put in a lot of hours on several different houses.

I think that on MOST deals the realtor is overpaid, but I would be a hypocrite if I did not offer to fully compensate one if they have more man-hours invested than the norm……even if MY interpretation of the norm is on the low-side.

Murf2222

[murf2222]

As a long-time lurker, seldom-time Poster I’d like to offer my 2 cents here……..

My parents are both realtors, and my dad has had his brokers license since 1979. Since I was raised in a realtors’ home I think I have a pretty damn good understanding of what that career is all about.

Adam (aka SD Realtor) offers discounts because he realizes that selling houses is not rocket science and a realtor should not become a 6% vested owner in a property just because they wrote up the sales contract.

You can talk til your blue in the face about all the wonderful tips you have for your clients, but if you think that you have earned your 30 GRAND commission, then you should come to work with the rest of us and see what it takes to make 30 large. (of course the 30 thousand commission is based on a house selling for 500K and the agent keeping both ends of the deal).

My dad would always try and defend their commissions by arguing that as a realtor/broker he is liable for all kinds things and can be sued at the drop of a hat….BS! That’s just a way for him to rationalize being overpaid. If it were true, then why did he pay so much money in E and O insurance?

Anyways, Adams pricing structure is brilliant as it compensates the realtor on a sliding scale based on how much work he has to put into the deal. WOW, getting paid based on how much work you do……..what a novel concept!

Most realtors got into this game because of the dollar signs in their eyes and the potential *home runs* they could hit. The bubble boom years bore that out as the number of real estate agents multiplied like locusts.

FULL DISCLOSURE…………

Adam is going to be the selling agent for my wife and I when we finally get a “yes” to one of the several offers we have in the pipeline.

Even though we stand to save a lot of money because of Adam’s discount scale, I have advised him that at this point I want to pay him his FULL commission. At this stage in our house hunting, he has ALREADY put in a lot of hours on several different houses.

I think that on MOST deals the realtor is overpaid, but I would be a hypocrite if I did not offer to fully compensate one if they have more man-hours invested than the norm……even if MY interpretation of the norm is on the low-side.

Murf2222

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