Comments on: Real Estate’s demons http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html Turn On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Marquetta Panias http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-39894 Marquetta Panias Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:23:49 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-39894 Do you have a problem with bots spamming your blog with comments? Click <a href="http://pendek.in/011p" rel="nofollow">http://is.gd/KYHHm7</a> for the solution. Do you have a problem with bots spamming your blog with comments? Click http://is.gd/KYHHm7 for the solution.

]]> By: Albert Clark http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-6782 Albert Clark Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:42:54 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-6782 <p>Hi Mark, love the coverage on agents getting a bad rating. There was a study released last week by the WAV Group (wavgroup.com)stating that almost 1/3 of agents polled in a survey found the agents responsiveness to be very unsatisfactory. Maybe you can add " Untrustworthy agents say they are responsive, Trusted agents jump on Requests for Info immediately"</p><br><p>Al With realPING</p> Hi Mark, love the coverage on agents getting a bad rating. There was a study released last week by the WAV Group (wavgroup.com)stating that almost 1/3 of agents polled in a survey found the agents responsiveness to be very unsatisfactory. Maybe you can add " Untrustworthy agents say they are responsive, Trusted agents jump on Requests for Info immediately"

Al With realPING

]]> By: Toronto real estate agent http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-2933 Toronto real estate agent Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:39:30 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-2933 <p>A place at the bottom of the "trust ladder" was accorded to realtors. Well..those are the (few) untrustworthy ones that blur our clear picture. The profession of a realtor is actually very important in order to bring a certain credibility to the field. However, the risk is out there. Don't be affraid to check on your possibilities of purchasing a real estate property, but please do pay attention while choosing a real estate agency.</p> A place at the bottom of the "trust ladder" was accorded to realtors. Well..those are the (few) untrustworthy ones that blur our clear picture. The profession of a realtor is actually very important in order to bring a certain credibility to the field. However, the risk is out there. Don't be affraid to check on your possibilities of purchasing a real estate property, but please do pay attention while choosing a real estate agency.

]]> By: Toronto real estate agent http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-2932 Toronto real estate agent Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:38:50 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-2932 <p>A place at the bottom of the "trust ladder" was accorded to realtors. Well..those are the (few) untrustworthy ones that blur our clear picture. The profession of a realtor is actually very important in order to bring a certain credibility to the field. However, the risk is out there. Don't be affraid to check on your possibilities of purchasing a real estate property, but please do pay attention while choosing a real estate agency.</p> A place at the bottom of the "trust ladder" was accorded to realtors. Well..those are the (few) untrustworthy ones that blur our clear picture. The profession of a realtor is actually very important in order to bring a certain credibility to the field. However, the risk is out there. Don't be affraid to check on your possibilities of purchasing a real estate property, but please do pay attention while choosing a real estate agency.

]]> By: property owl http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-2931 property owl Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:27:22 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-2931 <p>Great post. I believe that much of the mistrust arises from the actual process of house buying/selling. In the UK, house buying is not fun, it is very stressful! Similarly, when an individual visits a lawyer it is rarely for reasons that one would associate with the word fun. Add to the mix the fact of having to pay for the stress and the problem is compounded. I don't think agents and lawyers always fully understand what their customers are going through. It can be a hellish process and the agent who makes it tolerable will be respected and trusted. </p> Great post. I believe that much of the mistrust arises from the actual process of house buying/selling. In the UK, house buying is not fun, it is very stressful! Similarly, when an individual visits a lawyer it is rarely for reasons that one would associate with the word fun. Add to the mix the fact of having to pay for the stress and the problem is compounded. I don't think agents and lawyers always fully understand what their customers are going through. It can be a hellish process and the agent who makes it tolerable will be respected and trusted.

]]> By: Cocoa FL Real Estate http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-2930 Cocoa FL Real Estate Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:02:16 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-2930 <p>What a great post and gives a lot to think about and very thought provoking. </p> What a great post and gives a lot to think about and very thought provoking.

]]> By: Marc Davison http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-2929 Marc Davison Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:33:15 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-2929 <p>I think consumers have a hard time believing that anyone, even if they are hired and paid for, can selflessly represent their interest if they are being paid a commission. </p> <p>When I consider all the issues that lead to this "distrust" from low barrier to entry to the awful way agents go about presenting themselves publicly, it is the commissions that I feel are the greatest contributor.</p> <p>I remember reading a NY Times article a few years back that detailed one particular agent's real estate lotto weekend. He earned $90,000 on several deals involving one client. The article focused on the easy money made - a result of a hot market rather than the great skill-set of the agent. </p> <p>Bulls-eye. </p> <p>I'm not making a case for or against commissions. I'm just focusing on what the problem is in hopes that practitioners sensitive to these issues consider creative ways they can tackle and overcome them. </p> I think consumers have a hard time believing that anyone, even if they are hired and paid for, can selflessly represent their interest if they are being paid a commission.

When I consider all the issues that lead to this "distrust" from low barrier to entry to the awful way agents go about presenting themselves publicly, it is the commissions that I feel are the greatest contributor.

I remember reading a NY Times article a few years back that detailed one particular agent's real estate lotto weekend. He earned $90,000 on several deals involving one client. The article focused on the easy money made – a result of a hot market rather than the great skill-set of the agent.

Bulls-eye.

I'm not making a case for or against commissions. I'm just focusing on what the problem is in hopes that practitioners sensitive to these issues consider creative ways they can tackle and overcome them.

]]> By: Toronto realtor http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-2928 Toronto realtor Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:11:34 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-2928 <p>Real estate agents didn't come out of this Harris Interactive poll very well. They've been listed on the bottom of the poll, with insurance agents, lawyer and stockborkers. All of them are not trusted by public. However, they have one characteristic in common - people let them operate with their money, often an important sums. Unfortunately it happens they fail from time to time, and those failures may be very important. In addition, I think that public see all these professions as "milions making" (which isn't most of the time true) ,so it's envy, I'd say?</p> Real estate agents didn't come out of this Harris Interactive poll very well. They've been listed on the bottom of the poll, with insurance agents, lawyer and stockborkers. All of them are not trusted by public. However, they have one characteristic in common – people let them operate with their money, often an important sums. Unfortunately it happens they fail from time to time, and those failures may be very important. In addition, I think that public see all these professions as "milions making" (which isn't most of the time true) ,so it's envy, I'd say?

]]> By: CV http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-2927 CV Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:59:55 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-2927 <p>I'd say the large majority of real estate agents are honest and trustworthy. It's just the few dishonest ones that really stick out.</p> I'd say the large majority of real estate agents are honest and trustworthy. It's just the few dishonest ones that really stick out.

]]> By: Albert Clark http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/03/real-estate-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-2926 Albert Clark Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:25:51 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/03/real-estate-its.html#comment-2926 <p>Hi Mark, love the coverage on agents getting a bad rating. There was a study released last week by the WAV Group (wavgroup.com)stating that almost 1/3 of agents polled in a survey found the agents responsiveness to be very unsatisfactory. Maybe you can add " Untrustworthy agents say they are responsive, Trusted agents jump on Requests for Info immediately"</p> <p>Al With realPING</p> Hi Mark, love the coverage on agents getting a bad rating. There was a study released last week by the WAV Group (wavgroup.com)stating that almost 1/3 of agents polled in a survey found the agents responsiveness to be very unsatisfactory. Maybe you can add " Untrustworthy agents say they are responsive, Trusted agents jump on Requests for Info immediately"

Al With realPING

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