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hello from louisville,ky
hi everyone, I am an active realtor in louisville,ky, love selling real estate. I have been a realtor for 17 years and this has been the most challenging year I have ever had! I am trying to hang in there, trying to get my listings sold. I welcome any advice and the opportunity to network with fellow realtors.
newcomer
Hi co-realtors after 50 group. I am glad to know that there are people like me trying to stay busy with a second career with an exciting but challenging time in real estate. I was a nurse for many years but decided to retire from that after many long evenings with management obligations to what I thought would be a relaxing calm second career. However I have found out that in these last few years the challenges are somewhat the same trying to navigate potential clients thru the many trials and trivilations of the current market. Would love to hear from others as to what are your thoughts. Thanks.
ggchica
ggchica
Louisiana
Well, looks like land in Louisiana may get cheap quick. No, not really. I am in North Louisiana but they are suggesting we don't travel the next two days. We have alot of South Louisiana people in our parish right now. They are alway fun. Keep us in your prayers.
Hi from Louisiana
Hi from Union Parish Louisiana,
No we aren't dead just working. Its summertime here and it is hot. And the market is jumping. The parish was recently declared a retirement community so that has helped. But mostly it is lake season that's what we call from April to October here. People are fishing and playing on Lake D'Arbonne and want to move here. So the season begins.
I spent all day yesterday getting a beautiful 2 story show ready. ( Man lives there) Hope to move it before seasons over. With the banks changing rules financing has become interesting to say the least.
I work for a company that we are all over 50. We are all brokers. We have some new young competition that has been getting some of our listings. But most of those are coming back due to not being able to contact the realtor 24/7. Most of you know real estate is not a career but a life style.
Anybody want to talk just email me.
No we aren't dead just working. Its summertime here and it is hot. And the market is jumping. The parish was recently declared a retirement community so that has helped. But mostly it is lake season that's what we call from April to October here. People are fishing and playing on Lake D'Arbonne and want to move here. So the season begins.
I spent all day yesterday getting a beautiful 2 story show ready. ( Man lives there) Hope to move it before seasons over. With the banks changing rules financing has become interesting to say the least.
I work for a company that we are all over 50. We are all brokers. We have some new young competition that has been getting some of our listings. But most of those are coming back due to not being able to contact the realtor 24/7. Most of you know real estate is not a career but a life style.
Anybody want to talk just email me.
Is Anyone Still Left in the Business?
The last posting in this group appears to be almost two months ago.
Has everyone 1)retired?, 2)taken gas?, or 3) jumped out a 20-story window?
Surely there must be some stories to share about this market. Tips, perhaps? Industry info on what's going on in your locale?
Innovative ways to move property? Arrange financing in this tight market?
What's going on in your town? Where are the buyers? What are they buying? How are you finding money or writing deals around the suddenly stingy lenders?
Amy creative ideas for cutting expenses, too, you would like to share?
Has everyone 1)retired?, 2)taken gas?, or 3) jumped out a 20-story window?
Surely there must be some stories to share about this market. Tips, perhaps? Industry info on what's going on in your locale?
Innovative ways to move property? Arrange financing in this tight market?
What's going on in your town? Where are the buyers? What are they buying? How are you finding money or writing deals around the suddenly stingy lenders?
Amy creative ideas for cutting expenses, too, you would like to share?
Taking a Huge leap of Faith
Wow,
no one has posted. Maybe the older realtors are trying harded. Some of us don't like change. I got back in the business after a 25 year exodus. I first started in 1980 back in Rockford, Il. I knew nothing and our traing was here is a phone book start making calls. Hell no. I don't do cold calling and I don't go to someones house. Why would I go to my "Farm" no one is at home, they are all working in order to pay the mortgage. I had to get out of the business to raise my last two children on my own. I had so many jobs, but never lost my love for real estate. Did keep my fingers in it a little bit, kept up on what was going on. I knew creative finance, because that is how we sold houses in the 80"s. I finally got a chance to come out to california, that i had fell in love with when I was in my early teens, that goodness for the beach movies. I worked for the last 7 years for a huge cell phone company, but was so burned out, I can't even explain, so I took my piddly little 401k good for 6 months and talked to my "Father" and my angels and I kept getting signs, so here I am.. Come on back y'all. I am a lot like Paula Deen if anyone knows who that is, so come on and chat with me, I know I am going to need your support.
LInda
no one has posted. Maybe the older realtors are trying harded. Some of us don't like change. I got back in the business after a 25 year exodus. I first started in 1980 back in Rockford, Il. I knew nothing and our traing was here is a phone book start making calls. Hell no. I don't do cold calling and I don't go to someones house. Why would I go to my "Farm" no one is at home, they are all working in order to pay the mortgage. I had to get out of the business to raise my last two children on my own. I had so many jobs, but never lost my love for real estate. Did keep my fingers in it a little bit, kept up on what was going on. I knew creative finance, because that is how we sold houses in the 80"s. I finally got a chance to come out to california, that i had fell in love with when I was in my early teens, that goodness for the beach movies. I worked for the last 7 years for a huge cell phone company, but was so burned out, I can't even explain, so I took my piddly little 401k good for 6 months and talked to my "Father" and my angels and I kept getting signs, so here I am.. Come on back y'all. I am a lot like Paula Deen if anyone knows who that is, so come on and chat with me, I know I am going to need your support.
LInda
Happy yet Scary Story about being a Realtor
I got an email this morning from a very
happy camper down the road in Jacksonville, Florida
to be exact. She purchased some self defense items in January
of this year, and last week it paid huge
dividends. Susan is a real estate salesperson,
and does pretty well for herself. She's not yet
forty, but she started her real estate career
just out of high school, and is a grizzled veteran
of twelve years.
Susan’s work has paid for some pretty nice
things for herself, and she has no debts. One of
those nice things is a top of the line Mercedes.
It is the two seat sport model, and it runs in the
six figures. She paid cash for it last year, and
it screams success.
Last week Susan came out of a top Jacksonville
restaurant, and walked to her car, about a
block away. Just as she was getting in, a
mugger grabbed the door, and ordered her out of
the car. She got out of the car, and the mugger
jumped into the seat.
What happened next was bad news for the mugger.
Susan took her Hot Shot Stun Gun and gently
applied it to the mugger neck. His head hit the
roof of the car, and he started shaking. Susan
grabbed hold of his hair and yanked him out of
her car.
The mugger grabbed her coming out of the car.
Susan calmly massaged his nether region with a
little more voltage, sending him on to the ground.
He landed face down on the street, and started
moaning. She called 911, and police arrived quickly.
The mugger told the first officer on the scene to
get him away from that "crazy bitch!"
Three cops congratulated Susan for her work,
and they even compared stun guns. The model the
police were carrying was almost exactly the same
as our Stun Master 775. Both of these tools are
fully capable of giving a mugger "lift off."
Susan also purchased the new Mace Pepper Gun
a couple of weeks ago, and figured out a very
unique way of carrying it undetected.
Don't mess with a Florida girl, you just might
get a whole lot more than you bargained for.
Stay aware, alert, and have a plan.
Be prepared like Susan. Don't be a victim.
Check out: view link
happy camper down the road in Jacksonville, Florida
to be exact. She purchased some self defense items in January
of this year, and last week it paid huge
dividends. Susan is a real estate salesperson,
and does pretty well for herself. She's not yet
forty, but she started her real estate career
just out of high school, and is a grizzled veteran
of twelve years.
Susan’s work has paid for some pretty nice
things for herself, and she has no debts. One of
those nice things is a top of the line Mercedes.
It is the two seat sport model, and it runs in the
six figures. She paid cash for it last year, and
it screams success.
Last week Susan came out of a top Jacksonville
restaurant, and walked to her car, about a
block away. Just as she was getting in, a
mugger grabbed the door, and ordered her out of
the car. She got out of the car, and the mugger
jumped into the seat.
What happened next was bad news for the mugger.
Susan took her Hot Shot Stun Gun and gently
applied it to the mugger neck. His head hit the
roof of the car, and he started shaking. Susan
grabbed hold of his hair and yanked him out of
her car.
The mugger grabbed her coming out of the car.
Susan calmly massaged his nether region with a
little more voltage, sending him on to the ground.
He landed face down on the street, and started
moaning. She called 911, and police arrived quickly.
The mugger told the first officer on the scene to
get him away from that "crazy bitch!"
Three cops congratulated Susan for her work,
and they even compared stun guns. The model the
police were carrying was almost exactly the same
as our Stun Master 775. Both of these tools are
fully capable of giving a mugger "lift off."
Susan also purchased the new Mace Pepper Gun
a couple of weeks ago, and figured out a very
unique way of carrying it undetected.
Don't mess with a Florida girl, you just might
get a whole lot more than you bargained for.
Stay aware, alert, and have a plan.
Be prepared like Susan. Don't be a victim.
Check out: view link
rehab loans
Any advice for a young couple that wants to buy a home that needs 35 - 50K in repairs. They would like to make an offer that would afford them funds back (or escrowed) to make the necessary repairs. My gut tells me there must be a way but haven't been able to figure it out....
NEED TO SELL? WHAT TO DO
NEED TO SELL? WHAT TO DO - Advice from Dallas Broker Bill Cherry
If this pause in an aggressive real estate market is anything like those I have experienced in my long career, more and more sellers will try to go it alone. Go it without the assistance of knowledgeable, seasoned real estate professionals, that is.
And many of those who do consider using a real estate company as their representative will want them to cut their normal commission schedule for them. Do it cheaper.
The rational in both instances, of course, is the fear that the house will not bring the price that the owner is confident it would have brought in the recent past. So, they want to recover some of that perceived net loss through commission savings.
On the other side, with business falling off, many real estate companies and sales people find it hard to continue to fund their marketing and advertising budgets, so they cut back.
They must especially cut back their marketing if they have agreed to work for less commission bucks.
On top of this, many brokers, rather than recognize the inevitable, will keep unseasoned, untrained agents in the stables, and watch them blow one potential listing and sale after another, further deteriorating their agency's bottom line, but more importantly, not providing clients with their best.
Those youngsters could sell and close when all they were responsible for was taking orders, but often they are totally unprepared to succeed in this environment that's new to them.
Every one of these scenarios, individually or working in concert with one or two of the others, dramatically injures sales opportunities. I find it interesting that many sellers and many brokers voluntarily put themselves in these traps.
Those who plan to sell their own homes as well as agents who are listing homes must be totally committed to asking and looking for the answer to this question everyday: "What must I do today to come closer to finding a buyer for this property?" And then they have to be willing to do it.
At Bill Cherry, Realtors, we continue to remain focused, and we pull out all stops when it comes to listing, finding buyers, and getting sales closed. It's times like these, after all, when all of us are put to the test. We'll pass it as we have every other time during our 43 years representing Texas.
GOD Blesses!
Bill
view link
If this pause in an aggressive real estate market is anything like those I have experienced in my long career, more and more sellers will try to go it alone. Go it without the assistance of knowledgeable, seasoned real estate professionals, that is.
And many of those who do consider using a real estate company as their representative will want them to cut their normal commission schedule for them. Do it cheaper.
The rational in both instances, of course, is the fear that the house will not bring the price that the owner is confident it would have brought in the recent past. So, they want to recover some of that perceived net loss through commission savings.
On the other side, with business falling off, many real estate companies and sales people find it hard to continue to fund their marketing and advertising budgets, so they cut back.
They must especially cut back their marketing if they have agreed to work for less commission bucks.
On top of this, many brokers, rather than recognize the inevitable, will keep unseasoned, untrained agents in the stables, and watch them blow one potential listing and sale after another, further deteriorating their agency's bottom line, but more importantly, not providing clients with their best.
Those youngsters could sell and close when all they were responsible for was taking orders, but often they are totally unprepared to succeed in this environment that's new to them.
Every one of these scenarios, individually or working in concert with one or two of the others, dramatically injures sales opportunities. I find it interesting that many sellers and many brokers voluntarily put themselves in these traps.
Those who plan to sell their own homes as well as agents who are listing homes must be totally committed to asking and looking for the answer to this question everyday: "What must I do today to come closer to finding a buyer for this property?" And then they have to be willing to do it.
At Bill Cherry, Realtors, we continue to remain focused, and we pull out all stops when it comes to listing, finding buyers, and getting sales closed. It's times like these, after all, when all of us are put to the test. We'll pass it as we have every other time during our 43 years representing Texas.
GOD Blesses!
Bill
view link
Volunteer at your Public Broadcasting Station
Fellow Realtors!
Wanted to share with you what our office is doing December 4th. We are getting 24 agents from our RE/MAX Communities office to work the phone bank for Georgia Public Broadcasting pledge night, 7-11 PM. What a great way to help the community AND have lots of fun! Why not get your office involved? They provide dinner, free parking and training. And, great free advertising, we could all use some of that! Georgia Realtors.....be sure to watch & pledge Dec 4th. And if I answer your phone call, be sure to let me know you are also an eons member.
Mary Ann Griffin.com
RE/MAX Communities
Wanted to share with you what our office is doing December 4th. We are getting 24 agents from our RE/MAX Communities office to work the phone bank for Georgia Public Broadcasting pledge night, 7-11 PM. What a great way to help the community AND have lots of fun! Why not get your office involved? They provide dinner, free parking and training. And, great free advertising, we could all use some of that! Georgia Realtors.....be sure to watch & pledge Dec 4th. And if I answer your phone call, be sure to let me know you are also an eons member.
Mary Ann Griffin.com
RE/MAX Communities
