How Do Justify Your High Commission?

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST

Hi folks. In this day and age of easy access to information, what do you do that justifies your high commission?Why would…

Hi folks. Today I want to talk a little bit about keeping the listing. Lack of good communication skills and/or systems is the number 1 reason why Sellers complain about their agents. In fact, just about every time I go meet with a Seller who has just had their listing expire "lack of communication" is what they complain about.

• "They listed my property and I never heard from them…

How do you react when a Seller or Buyer asks you to give them a portion of your commission? Do you immediately get defensive? Do you start explaining how your commission is split and how many expenses you have as a licensed Real Estate agent?…

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Hi folks.…

The co-broke is an offer of compensation. It should be used to SUPPLEMENT the arrangement you should have already made with your buyer. Your fee, compensation, commission is your responsibility....NOT the listing agents.,

If agents choose to work for the co-broke only then they will always be at the mercy of the Listing Broker.…

Hi folks. I bet you've asked this question before. "Why is the Seller ignoring my Buyer's offer?" You just spent a week showing properties to your Buyer. You wrote what you thought was a good offer, submitted it and then........nothing!

So you do what any good agent would do.....you run to Active Rain and write a rant about the SOB Listing agent!…

It's my opinion that over the next few years there is going to be a huge increase in lawsuits against agents and brokers. Mostly related to Short Sales. That Seller you helped is going to be real pissed off, 5 years from now, when he is slapped with a deficiency judgment…

Recently I was having trouble with FireFox being slooooooooooooooooooooow. While romping around in space, looking for a solution, I ran across the neatest little trick that speeds up FireFox. In spite of the fact that my FireFox is an over weight bloated browser, the trick I'm going to show you worked, even on mine :)



Now you probably know that by default FireFox, and Chrome, load all their data from your hard drive. That default status can be…

With the rapid growth of transparency on Face-Book, as well as the privacy issues, we must deal with what to do about those photos we've been tagged in. You know the kind. Aunt Bertha puts up a batch of photos, in the middle of the night, and tags you. They get posted to your wall and you think you're going to die from embarrassment. In some of the photos you're chewing, have a dumb look on your face, there's lipstick on your teeth, or worse, food stuck to them. As you look…

Is Your Presentation Keeping You From Being A Champion..

Presentation is so…