When considering a real estate professional and/or a brokerage, please be sure to consider all of the services offered before making a decision solely based on price/commission.

The tremendous overhead to maintain these monster offices may be the number one factor why most agents still insist on the 6% listing. The problem is most people don’t care about the agents overhead, they just want to sell their property and get the most money as possible. Does having more agents with plush offices accomplish this for the seller? NO!

When considering an agent to list you property, please make sure they have a successful track record regardless of agency affiliation. If they say NO to anything, make sure they are providing a tremendous amount of value over the agent that may be more inclined to take less in commissions. In fact, you may want to interview several agents with numerous agencies so that you can get a good sampling of what is out there before making your final selection.

Does full service mean full commission?
What is a limited service listing?
Do all real estate agents bundle their services?

With the available information, it seems to me that the MLS still provides value but is no longer a commodity like it was when I was a kid. The consumer is now able to do their own research online, look for property, public records and so on. Knowing that almost 90% of all property searches start on the internet can make the agents job a lot easier. That being said, why do so many agents still expect to earn 3% on the buyer side when they may not have found the property that the buyer ends up purchasing? Beats me!

In our world, it only makes sense to rebate a buyer who may have done a tremendous amount of work researching properties that meet their criteria. After all, buyers usually know what they want and with the power of the internet, they may save the agent a ton of time and effort. Should the agent be compensated for your efforts or should you? We agree! See our buyer rebate program here.

When considering a real estate professional and/or a brokerage, please be sure to consider all of the services offered before making a decision solely based on price.

On the buyer side, a 3% commission (or higher) shall be required

Compare me to all the others in my price range and you’ll find that I am a pretty good deal. I mean, how many of those other houses can talk about how great they are for the money? I am gifted! Every now and again, I hear the Realtor dude talking about other houses and how much of a deal I am. I can’t believe these silly humans actually are trying to sell me after all I have done for them. Then I hear the price they are willing to sell me for! I am not a happy camper house!

Did I mention that I am built green for increased energy efficiency? I hold the cool air in during the summer and warm air in during the winter. Why should you care? I will save you some serious bucks when those other energy sucking homes can care less about their silly little humans. Buy me and I’ll save you a few bucks to go out and ………….

No seriously! I’m a house. I know it is very uncommon for houses to talk but I do. When you look as good as me, it’s difficult to keep quite. When the silly little humans bought me in 2003, I was brand new, built green and ready to be taken care of. The silly little humans added some color to my walls, nice window coverings and many other things that made me look like I was ready for some beautiful homes magazine. If you are looking for a fantastic house that backs to open space in a great neighborhood, you should check me out. It seems the silly little humans that currently own me need to move. I am not very demanding (as houses go), I just need a little love, an occasional cleaning and to know that you enjoy living within my belly. Oh, and please do not slam any doors, it sometimes wakes me up from my catnaps.

To see more of me, please go to the Realtor dudes website or you can see what I am all about here.