Archive for October, 2009

how can you buy realestate by only paying the back taxes?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

There was a late night info-mercial abut it on the 5th of aug. around 1or 1:30am

Be wary of the advertising for getting rich quick. All of it is bogus. With that out of the way, almost every jurisdiction in the country will allow sale of land, property that is tax delinquent. Usually this is on a specific day at the steps of the courthouse. It is advertised and ordinarily done like an auction. The county is interested in getting the back taxes paid, period.

what should I expect from my realestate agent?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

we but an offer on a house sat morning. it is now sunday when should I hear back from our agent. I feel as though she has too much going on in her personal life to get the job done. we have sold our home so now time is limited in finding a new home. Am I expecting too much from her if I need her to work nights and weekends for us???

Give it more time, lots of time if it is not being sold by a private party. I hope she told you not to bother with short sales if time is an issue for you.

Yes, it is reasonable to expect her to work 9-5 with the banks, inspectors, title companies, etc, and nights and weekends with you and other buyers. Those are the hours of the profession she signed up for.

Can anyone tell me how much money you get for being a law judge a lawyer a realestate agent or being a doctor?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

I want to know before i choose a university
and i was wondering if you can be a judge and a lawyer at the same time
I want to know
i am very good at all of them but i am planning on a big big big company with the money i make

I won’t get into the being happy is more important debate i will tell you where to obtain info:
Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2008-09 Edition

For hundreds of different types of jobs—such as teacher, lawyer, doctor, engineer, chef, mechanic and nurse the handbook tells you:

the training and education needed
average earnings
expected job prospects
what workers do on the job
working conditions
related fields
sources of additional information
just click and read
http://www.bls.gov/oco/

for earnings specifics listed for each career by city and state
just select the city or state you want to know about and the job. you will find actual reported earnings from the location you select for the job you select broken into 5 categories
top 10%, top 25%, median, bottom 25% and bottom 10%.
http://data.bls.gov/oes/search.jsp?data_tool=OES

How do you sell realestate on contract without a realtor?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

I have a buyer for a piece of property. I don’t have a contract written up yet with a lawyer. What should I have buyer sign and should I get a small down payment until papers a re ready? How would I write this receipt up?

it is called earnest money. i would go to legalzoom.com and look for a land contract. it is the document you are looking for and they are cheaper on that site than going through a lawyer.

your borrower, if they are getting a loan, will be helped by the loan officer as well. title company will still be involved to protect you both.

good luck

is there free information about no money down realestate investment?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

I want free information about realestate investment that doesnt require a fee and doesnt want me to purchase any iformation regarding this informstion.

No Money Down usually doesn’t mean there is no downpayment. It just means the money down it isn’t your money. Which if it isn’t your money, it’s usually money you are borrowing, or money coming from a partner who wants a share of the ownership in some way, or a share in the future profits.

The idea of paying money you don’t have for real estate courses, is the fundamental premise to No Money Down investing in real estate. If you can find money you don’t have to pay for the courses, maybe you can find the money you don’t have to pay for the real estate you want to buy.

Yes, after finishing the courses you can call yourself a real estate investor, but you will find you are just one of many who call themselves that term. There is risk involved in any real estate investment. Buying the piece of real estate is just one of the steps to making money. You can be an investor who loses money as easily as you can be an investor who makes money.

Many of the No Money Down courses you see on late night TV want you to find a property and real estate deal that fits the guidelines the course sets out. When you find such a property, you call someone else to help you with the next steps and the future profits are split (usually quite unequally) among all the parties involved.

"No Money Down" is not a myth. It is a concept used by developers, and real estate purchasers of every size, from very small scale investors, to mega-million dollar and billion dollar investors. It is a premise used in commercial real estate all the time. The deal is structured in such a way as to make a profit for the purchaser. Any money used as a downpayment is returned with interest, making the deal essentially, a No Money Down one.

Best place to obtain study materials for Realestate license???

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

are their free resources for Kansas Pre Exam?
Any way to insure my passing the Kansas state exam?
Should i get a broker license instead if i plan to open my own company?
What expenses shall i expect to opena RealEstate business?

Help

Victor

In most states, you can not get a Broker’s license, unless you had your Real Estate license for two years.

YES FOR ONLY $1,500.00 YOU TOO CAN SELL REAL ESTATE! This is the great lie all realtors are told! Yes, for $1,500.00 you can take classes (at least that’s the cost in Birmingham, Alabama) to learn everything you need to get your license, but not much on what it really takes to sell homes.

Most experienced agent do not want to bother with newer agents. When I first started, over a year ago, I was with a different company (Birmingham’s largest real estate company at the time) and I remember asking some of the older agents for help. While a few would help, for the most part, I was told, you just got your license, you should know what you’re doing. Now I’m with Keller Williams Realty, North America’s fastest growing realty company, and since it is the only realty company with profit sharing, every agent in the office has a financial gain in how well that office does, so everyone is more then willing to help out, but more on Keller Williams later.

First we will talk about what it takes to be a realtor, then we will talk cost – for if you do not have what it takes, you will be throwing money away, no matter what the cost is. If you have what it takes, it is well worth the cost!!!

You should be out-going, not afraid to talk with strangers you meet in the mall, stores, etc. You can’t get all bummed out with rejections, trust me, you will get allot of rejections in this line of business. You also need to be a good teacher as well as a good listener. And most of all, if you can remain calm when the world around you is going to pieces, you will make a good realtor.

If you read some of the questions and answers from Yahoo, you will see EVERYTHING is the realtor’s fault, and allot of times, this is true, not because realtors are bad people or trying to pull something (although some do). It is because the realtor did not take the time to explain to the Buyer/Seller how it all works, then if something goes wrong the client has no clue and feel they have been cheated.

Also, before I forget, EVERY realtor, works for a Broker, that is just how it works, but you will learn that in realty school. In Alabama you can not be a Broker until you been an agent for at least two years

COST

My first year I invested a total of $5,000.00 (Spread out over the year) over and above the cost of my classes and I only pulled in $3,000.00. For a total net income of minus $2,000.00 plus or minus a few hundred. This year, so far, I spent $2000.00 and made, to date $30,000.00. Next year I plan on doing even better!

As you can see, it cost money, but the rewards, well, they speak for them self!

Most real estate companies have what is called OT time (Opportunity Time). The way this works is, you are the agent of the day. You sit in the office and answer the phone. You mostly end up setting up showings for other agents listings, but if a call comes in with someone looking to sell or buy a home, you get that lead, remember, it is only a lead, it is up to you to turn in into a sale or listing. This is only an OK way to get clients. The BEST way is through marketing yourself. That is mainly where the bulk of my budget goes, to marketing myself.

If you remember earlier, I said each Keller Williams agent has a stake in how well the office does, I think, most Keller Williams agents are helping other people not just because of the profit sharing, but because this is just the type of people Keller Williams attracts! Keller Williams culture and belief is

WI4C2TS
W – Win-Win – or no deal ( make it a winning deal for everyone)
I – Integrity – Do the right thing
C – Commitment – In all things
C – Communication – Seek first to understand
C – Creativity – Ideas before results
C – Customers – Always come first (This one I truly believe in)
T – Team Work – Together Everyone Achieves More (another one I truly believe in)
T – Trust Starts with Honesty
S – Success – Results through people

Keller Williams has some GREAT in house training on how to get listings and market yourself, just to name two of its many classes. Best of all, if offers passive income through profit sharing!

Real estate is not for everyone, but it is a good business to be in, and yes, it is not a job, nor truly a career, it is a business you need to work and grow. True, you work for a broker, but you work as an independent. Most Brokers could care less if your selling or not, you pay a fee just to be in the office on top of your commission splits, so the brokers are not loosing any money on you. The most common split is 60/40 – you keep 60 and the broker gets 40. Some companies will let you keep 95 to 100%, but the monthly fee is like $1000.00. Each office is different. Keller Williams offers 70/30 splits for new agents, (Monthly fee, called a desk fee is $30.00- once again each office is different) then after you paid a set dollar amount for the year ($19,500.00 for my office) then you get to keep 100% for the rest of your anniversary year. You can, however start off at a 90/10 split, BUT then you must guarantee to pay that set amount. So for me, If I took the 90/10 split and only earned enough to have paid $17,500.00 in commissions to my office, at the end of my anniversary year, I would have to write a check to Keller Williams for $2,000.00. It is for this reason a 90/10 split is not recommended for newer agents, in fact, some Keller Williams brokers will not let new agents get the 90/10 split for that very reason.

Interview with Keller Williams Realty
The only real estate company that offers profit sharing
GREAT company to work for, GREAT training on how to market yourself, in any market.

If you would like more info on a career with Keller Williams Realty, go to my web page http://www.pauld-kw.com and on the top you will see "Sell a Property" Click on that, then click on "A career with Keller Williams" I think you will be very impressed. You can also e-mail or call me and I will be more then happy to talk to you about Keller Williams or send you some more information. pauld-kw@hotmail.com

BEST of luck with your new career!

Best place to obtain study materials for Realestate license???

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

are their free resources for Kansas Pre Exam?
Any way to insure my passing the Kansas state exam?
Should i get a broker license instead if i plan to open my own company?
What expenses shall i expect to opena RealEstate business?

Help

Victor

In most states, you can not get a Broker’s license, unless you had your Real Estate license for two years.

YES FOR ONLY $1,500.00 YOU TOO CAN SELL REAL ESTATE! This is the great lie all realtors are told! Yes, for $1,500.00 you can take classes (at least that’s the cost in Birmingham, Alabama) to learn everything you need to get your license, but not much on what it really takes to sell homes.

Most experienced agent do not want to bother with newer agents. When I first started, over a year ago, I was with a different company (Birmingham’s largest real estate company at the time) and I remember asking some of the older agents for help. While a few would help, for the most part, I was told, you just got your license, you should know what you’re doing. Now I’m with Keller Williams Realty, North America’s fastest growing realty company, and since it is the only realty company with profit sharing, every agent in the office has a financial gain in how well that office does, so everyone is more then willing to help out, but more on Keller Williams later.

First we will talk about what it takes to be a realtor, then we will talk cost – for if you do not have what it takes, you will be throwing money away, no matter what the cost is. If you have what it takes, it is well worth the cost!!!

You should be out-going, not afraid to talk with strangers you meet in the mall, stores, etc. You can’t get all bummed out with rejections, trust me, you will get allot of rejections in this line of business. You also need to be a good teacher as well as a good listener. And most of all, if you can remain calm when the world around you is going to pieces, you will make a good realtor.

If you read some of the questions and answers from Yahoo, you will see EVERYTHING is the realtor’s fault, and allot of times, this is true, not because realtors are bad people or trying to pull something (although some do). It is because the realtor did not take the time to explain to the Buyer/Seller how it all works, then if something goes wrong the client has no clue and feel they have been cheated.

Also, before I forget, EVERY realtor, works for a Broker, that is just how it works, but you will learn that in realty school. In Alabama you can not be a Broker until you been an agent for at least two years

COST

My first year I invested a total of $5,000.00 (Spread out over the year) over and above the cost of my classes and I only pulled in $3,000.00. For a total net income of minus $2,000.00 plus or minus a few hundred. This year, so far, I spent $2000.00 and made, to date $30,000.00. Next year I plan on doing even better!

As you can see, it cost money, but the rewards, well, they speak for them self!

Most real estate companies have what is called OT time (Opportunity Time). The way this works is, you are the agent of the day. You sit in the office and answer the phone. You mostly end up setting up showings for other agents listings, but if a call comes in with someone looking to sell or buy a home, you get that lead, remember, it is only a lead, it is up to you to turn in into a sale or listing. This is only an OK way to get clients. The BEST way is through marketing yourself. That is mainly where the bulk of my budget goes, to marketing myself.

If you remember earlier, I said each Keller Williams agent has a stake in how well the office does, I think, most Keller Williams agents are helping other people not just because of the profit sharing, but because this is just the type of people Keller Williams attracts! Keller Williams culture and belief is

WI4C2TS
W – Win-Win – or no deal ( make it a winning deal for everyone)
I – Integrity – Do the right thing
C – Commitment – In all things
C – Communication – Seek first to understand
C – Creativity – Ideas before results
C – Customers – Always come first (This one I truly believe in)
T – Team Work – Together Everyone Achieves More (another one I truly believe in)
T – Trust Starts with Honesty
S – Success – Results through people

Keller Williams has some GREAT in house training on how to get listings and market yourself, just to name two of its many classes. Best of all, if offers passive income through profit sharing!

Real estate is not for everyone, but it is a good business to be in, and yes, it is not a job, nor truly a career, it is a business you need to work and grow. True, you work for a broker, but you work as an independent. Most Brokers could care less if your selling or not, you pay a fee just to be in the office on top of your commission splits, so the brokers are not loosing any money on you. The most common split is 60/40 – you keep 60 and the broker gets 40. Some companies will let you keep 95 to 100%, but the monthly fee is like $1000.00. Each office is different. Keller Williams offers 70/30 splits for new agents, (Monthly fee, called a desk fee is $30.00- once again each office is different) then after you paid a set dollar amount for the year ($19,500.00 for my office) then you get to keep 100% for the rest of your anniversary year. You can, however start off at a 90/10 split, BUT then you must guarantee to pay that set amount. So for me, If I took the 90/10 split and only earned enough to have paid $17,500.00 in commissions to my office, at the end of my anniversary year, I would have to write a check to Keller Williams for $2,000.00. It is for this reason a 90/10 split is not recommended for newer agents, in fact, some Keller Williams brokers will not let new agents get the 90/10 split for that very reason.

Interview with Keller Williams Realty
The only real estate company that offers profit sharing
GREAT company to work for, GREAT training on how to market yourself, in any market.

If you would like more info on a career with Keller Williams Realty, go to my web page http://www.pauld-kw.com and on the top you will see "Sell a Property" Click on that, then click on "A career with Keller Williams" I think you will be very impressed. You can also e-mail or call me and I will be more then happy to talk to you about Keller Williams or send you some more information. pauld-kw@hotmail.com

BEST of luck with your new career!

how to find colwellbanker or caldwell banker.com realestate properties in Prinville, Oregon?

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Prineville, Oregon realestate

Really easy. Go to ColdwellBanker.com and enter Prineville Oregon in the search engine. It will list all the properties they have in Prineville.

To expand the search, enter Bend, Oregon and surrounding areas.

how to find colwellbanker or caldwell banker.com realestate properties in Prinville, Oregon?

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Prineville, Oregon realestate

Really easy. Go to ColdwellBanker.com and enter Prineville Oregon in the search engine. It will list all the properties they have in Prineville.

To expand the search, enter Bend, Oregon and surrounding areas.

Home for sale in Mandarin area almost 5 mths, no offers. Info on best Realestate Agency in Jacksonville FL?

Friday, October 23rd, 2009


Anything will sell if the price is right. Unfortunately in today’s market you may be expecting a lot more than people are willing to pay. For example, if you listed your house for $100, someone would buy it today. Somewhere between where you are currently listing and $100 is the right price for today’s buying market. The trick is finding the right price.