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Im buying a new home and I think my realtor is not doing a good job. What should a good realtor be willing and ready to do for a client?

Figure out what you want, and do the research

1. send you a daily list by email of properties that could be in the ball park of the properties you may like, then wait for your feedback.

a. location ok?
b. type of home ok?
c. prices in your range?
d. you need pre approved mortgage?
e. warn you of anything going on in the market
f. tell you of new developments

Local and State and Federal tax plus lawn care and maintanance must be taking its toll. The cold weather makes it harder to take care of abandon property in particular since the pipes can break if left unchecked.

They are sitting on them until the market really improve. See what happened to Silverado S&L back in the 1990’s. In the late 90’s, the assets were sold for a huge profit.

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So I can compare what it sold for previously and when, what they have updated and what they are asking for it now, so I know what to offer. Thanks

That is in the MLS, you agent can get it, it is not public.

If I am selling a house for $35,000 and the buyer is getting a loan for $10,000 more ($45,000), which number should the agent commission fee be based off of? the $35k or $50k?

It may sound silly, but what regulation would I find this information? When I go back to the agent, I will need to site a good source. Saying I got it off "yahoo answers" doesn’t sound that good.
The commission is 6%, I am asking what the 6 % is based off, it seems the sale price.

The real estate agent gets the commission off the price of the house, not the size of the loan. If the buyer had a substantial amount of cash on hand to use as a down payment and borrowed $10,000 less than the price of the house I assure you the real estate agent would ask for the commission on the price of the house not the size of the loan. They can’t have it both ways.

I am going to open a Real Estate Brokerage In the Kern River Valley Ca. It is a beautiful area with a lake, river, and surrounded by mountains and a diverse terrain. Everything from trees to desert, every name I come up with is already taken or not suitable.

How about : River & Valley Real Estate Brokerage
or Lake,River & Valley Real Estate Brokerage or Trees To Dessert Real Estate Real Estate Brokerage or just use : Your Name Real Estate Brokerage

Hope this helps.

Good Luck

As everyone knows that current world crisis have disturbed economical condition of every country. But now the recovery is being seen. now i wanna ask that have realestate market started to flourish espasially in UAE, US and other big realeste markets?

There is no unified world wide real estate market. When you buy a property it is worth what it is because of its location. The jobs in that area- the laws- the government incentives- and hundreds of other things.

Even within a small shopping center the value of one store front is much different form the value of the next because of a little better location.

All commissions are negoitable and some brokers may have a menu of services, that could include an hourly rate, this may also be true with a real estate attorney.

Remember what you are paying for is a level of service and in the end results.

I would personally interview multiple brokers and ask the tough questions,

1. How long have you been in business.
2. I would like to see a list of your personal solds in the past year? in my neighborhood?.
3. Can I see your website?
4. What professional designations to you hold?
5. Give me an multiple examples of your marketing such as realtor.com, local media,
6. Do you promote in an extended area and if you do, give me an example.
7. References from your last 6 Sold’s

What I suspect is the cheapest will be limited in the answers from the above.

Real Estate is much more than placing a sign in front.

i want to buy a house and i always here about people get a good deal cause they bought a forclosure house. how do i get that info.

Depends on where you are looking? If you want to stay in your local area the best place to go is the county clerks office or your county real estate office. There is where they will have all the public notices.
Feel free to contact me via the information below.
Jenold Freeman
C.E.O. Justgetaloan.net
jfreeman@bourdeaufinancial.com
866 530 7300
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I want to make sure someone is legit that will help me reduce the
loan on my home

Go to your state’s website and find the professional license area. Search real estate salesperson licenses. You should be able to look up the license and they will provide you status including when it will expire and what Broker holds the license.

I’m planning on moving to San Anotnio to renevate and sell houses and keep some of them for rentals. Does anyone have some info that leed me in the right direction? Also How is it living in SAn Antonio?

Hi Jessica, I live in San Antonio and the real estate is cooling off but not experiencing the drop in real estate market like in Dallas and other cities. People will say "NORTHSIDE! NORTHSIDE! NORTHSIDE!" but I think it’s a overbuilt market that is very susceptible to the overall national downturn in real estate. There are actually some great fixer uppers in the Southeast side. Any neighborhood along I37 south of Southcross out towards Military Drive. Good deals to be made down there. I also suggest checking out neighborhoods in the NOrth Central area. That would be north of downtown, East of I-10 but West of Hwy 281 and no farther North than about Basse Rd.

Also check out www.sareia.com

It’s the website for San Antonio Real Estate Investor Association. It’s basically a business association catered to people like you (and hopefully me one day).

Good luck. I love living in SA. I’ve lived in other towns but San Antonio is my home.