The cult of professional specialists

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG,
Just so ya know. Russell is also a part time agent. Before he jumps in, I’ll point out that there are ways to be in the RE business on a peripheral basis that are much cheaper.[/quote]

sdr, I wasn’t attacking Russell here (or ANY Pigg for that matter). I seem to remember reading somewhere that he was licensed.

I forgot to add CAR membership fees to my list of expenses. At the time of last taking down my license about eight years ago, it was about $540 year IIRC. Don’t know what it is now.

Aside from the expensive high-speed scanner rental (which you can get Kinkos to do if you have the time to visit often), I really can’t see any way to run a RE sales business any cheaper. If you “run” all your own transactions, esp short sales (instead of “follow them”), as you pointed out, you could get very bogged down in paperwork until the wee hours (at the expense of pursuing more biz). That’s where a transaction coordinator or asst might come in handy. Finding a competent one though, might be challenging.

[drboom]

[quote=bearishgurl]If you follow your attorney you’re riding along with into court and watch him/her address the court and possibly argue, you might ask yourself if you can do that for yourself and also ask yourself what that atty had to do in order to prepare him/herself to address the court today.[/quote]

Whatever do you mean? Perry Mason just walked in an got the job done in an hour, and there was even time for commercials!

Seriously, who do you think you’re dealing with in this forum? Romper Room?

[drboom]

[quote=bearishgurl]If you follow your attorney you’re riding along with into court and watch him/her address the court and possibly argue, you might ask yourself if you can do that for yourself and also ask yourself what that atty had to do in order to prepare him/herself to address the court today.[/quote]

Whatever do you mean? Perry Mason just walked in an got the job done in an hour, and there was even time for commercials!

Seriously, who do you think you’re dealing with in this forum? Romper Room?

[drboom]

[quote=bearishgurl]If you follow your attorney you’re riding along with into court and watch him/her address the court and possibly argue, you might ask yourself if you can do that for yourself and also ask yourself what that atty had to do in order to prepare him/herself to address the court today.[/quote]

Whatever do you mean? Perry Mason just walked in an got the job done in an hour, and there was even time for commercials!

Seriously, who do you think you’re dealing with in this forum? Romper Room?

[drboom]

[quote=bearishgurl]If you follow your attorney you’re riding along with into court and watch him/her address the court and possibly argue, you might ask yourself if you can do that for yourself and also ask yourself what that atty had to do in order to prepare him/herself to address the court today.[/quote]

Whatever do you mean? Perry Mason just walked in an got the job done in an hour, and there was even time for commercials!

Seriously, who do you think you’re dealing with in this forum? Romper Room?

[drboom]

[quote=bearishgurl]If you follow your attorney you’re riding along with into court and watch him/her address the court and possibly argue, you might ask yourself if you can do that for yourself and also ask yourself what that atty had to do in order to prepare him/herself to address the court today.[/quote]

Whatever do you mean? Perry Mason just walked in an got the job done in an hour, and there was even time for commercials!

Seriously, who do you think you’re dealing with in this forum? Romper Room?

[drboom]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG,The model that we have is there because for better or worse it works. Without a system like we have the rich would slaughter the poor. The Irvine Companies of the world would continue the thuggery they employed to steal land from long time owners.[/quote]

False dichotomy.

There are many ways to run the system, not just two, and you avoid explaining why the system has to be a monopoly. Monopolies are baaad, mmm’kay?

The “end of the world” scenario is a nice flourish, but it weakens your position with thinking people if you have to employ scare tactics.

[drboom]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG,The model that we have is there because for better or worse it works. Without a system like we have the rich would slaughter the poor. The Irvine Companies of the world would continue the thuggery they employed to steal land from long time owners.[/quote]

False dichotomy.

There are many ways to run the system, not just two, and you avoid explaining why the system has to be a monopoly. Monopolies are baaad, mmm’kay?

The “end of the world” scenario is a nice flourish, but it weakens your position with thinking people if you have to employ scare tactics.

[drboom]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG,The model that we have is there because for better or worse it works. Without a system like we have the rich would slaughter the poor. The Irvine Companies of the world would continue the thuggery they employed to steal land from long time owners.[/quote]

False dichotomy.

There are many ways to run the system, not just two, and you avoid explaining why the system has to be a monopoly. Monopolies are baaad, mmm’kay?

The “end of the world” scenario is a nice flourish, but it weakens your position with thinking people if you have to employ scare tactics.

[drboom]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG,The model that we have is there because for better or worse it works. Without a system like we have the rich would slaughter the poor. The Irvine Companies of the world would continue the thuggery they employed to steal land from long time owners.[/quote]

False dichotomy.

There are many ways to run the system, not just two, and you avoid explaining why the system has to be a monopoly. Monopolies are baaad, mmm’kay?

The “end of the world” scenario is a nice flourish, but it weakens your position with thinking people if you have to employ scare tactics.

[drboom]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG,The model that we have is there because for better or worse it works. Without a system like we have the rich would slaughter the poor. The Irvine Companies of the world would continue the thuggery they employed to steal land from long time owners.[/quote]

False dichotomy.

There are many ways to run the system, not just two, and you avoid explaining why the system has to be a monopoly. Monopolies are baaad, mmm’kay?

The “end of the world” scenario is a nice flourish, but it weakens your position with thinking people if you have to employ scare tactics.

[njtosd]

[quote=sdrealtor] It wont work because most people dont actually buy from the agents they work with. They would spend alot of money for nothing.[/quote]

You make my point for me. An hourly arrangement would be more likely to eliminate economic waste. Ideally, we would prefer people to do most of their investigation on their own, and pay agents/attorneys only for the hours absolutely necessary. In the present system, there is a lot of “fat” in some transactions, which is not good for the economy as a whole.

For example, the buyer who we are under contract with has seen many many homes and has driven his agent crazy. If that same buyer could have been persuaded to have thought things out (or looked online, or whatever) ahead of time, their agent could have spent her time with someone else, potentially resulting in one or more additional sales.

[njtosd]

[quote=sdrealtor] It wont work because most people dont actually buy from the agents they work with. They would spend alot of money for nothing.[/quote]

You make my point for me. An hourly arrangement would be more likely to eliminate economic waste. Ideally, we would prefer people to do most of their investigation on their own, and pay agents/attorneys only for the hours absolutely necessary. In the present system, there is a lot of “fat” in some transactions, which is not good for the economy as a whole.

For example, the buyer who we are under contract with has seen many many homes and has driven his agent crazy. If that same buyer could have been persuaded to have thought things out (or looked online, or whatever) ahead of time, their agent could have spent her time with someone else, potentially resulting in one or more additional sales.

[njtosd]

[quote=sdrealtor] It wont work because most people dont actually buy from the agents they work with. They would spend alot of money for nothing.[/quote]

You make my point for me. An hourly arrangement would be more likely to eliminate economic waste. Ideally, we would prefer people to do most of their investigation on their own, and pay agents/attorneys only for the hours absolutely necessary. In the present system, there is a lot of “fat” in some transactions, which is not good for the economy as a whole.

For example, the buyer who we are under contract with has seen many many homes and has driven his agent crazy. If that same buyer could have been persuaded to have thought things out (or looked online, or whatever) ahead of time, their agent could have spent her time with someone else, potentially resulting in one or more additional sales.

[njtosd]

[quote=sdrealtor] It wont work because most people dont actually buy from the agents they work with. They would spend alot of money for nothing.[/quote]

You make my point for me. An hourly arrangement would be more likely to eliminate economic waste. Ideally, we would prefer people to do most of their investigation on their own, and pay agents/attorneys only for the hours absolutely necessary. In the present system, there is a lot of “fat” in some transactions, which is not good for the economy as a whole.

For example, the buyer who we are under contract with has seen many many homes and has driven his agent crazy. If that same buyer could have been persuaded to have thought things out (or looked online, or whatever) ahead of time, their agent could have spent her time with someone else, potentially resulting in one or more additional sales.

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