Realtor

Things Realtors Say

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 13, 2019 | Jim's Take on the Market, Realtor

Comedy by an actual Corcoran realtor but it's pretty real - real like the Padres! https://therealdeal.com/2019/04/12/watch-heres-the-shit-nyc-real-estate-agents-really-say/

Realtor Class-Action Lawsuit 2

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 12, 2019 | Auctions, Commission War, Ethics, Jim's Take on the Market, Listing Agent Practices, Realtor

A few readers have sent in articles regarding the class-action lawsuit filed about commissions - an excerpt: A class-action lawsuit is seeking to upend the way homes are listed for sale and the commissions paid to agents. The goal, say the plaintiffs, is to make home...

The Big Dumb-Down

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 10, 2019 | ibuyer, Jim's Take on the Market, Realtor, The Future, Zillow

While the old tradition of broker cooperation via the MLS is slowly eroding, there is an opening for others to intrude. Two quotes seen this week in different articles: Founder and CEO Rich Barton said in a radio interview on April 1st that he sees Zillow Offers as...

Private Listing Clubs – Facebook

by Jim the Realtor | Apr 9, 2019 | Jim's Take on the Market, Listing Agent Practices, Realtor, Why You Should Hire Jim as your Buyer's Agent, Why You Should List With Jim

To further examine the off-market phenomenon, here are the first few entries snipped today from Facebook realtor groups: I don't fault the listing agents - this is realtor marketing in 2019, and everyone is doing it so it must be ok. Agents who represent...

Lock Up

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 21, 2019 | Jim's Take on the Market, Open House, Realtor

Yesterday, I whipped into the City of Carlsbad maintenance yard where they have all the realtor open-house signs locked up. They have been diligent in their enforcement efforts! When the city first threatened to do something, we realtors didn't take it seriously and...

Price Reductions Already

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 15, 2019 | Jim's Take on the Market, Listing Agent Practices, Market Conditions, Realtor, Realtors Talking Shop, Thinking of Buying?, Thinking of Selling?

The percentages are quite a bit higher this year. The title of the graph could be 'Sellers Who Are Having No Showings' because most are (overly) optimistic this early in the selling season and hold tight on price until later. Something must be rattling them - like no...

Real Estate Class Action Lawsuit

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 13, 2019 | Compass, Jim's Take on the Market, Realtor, Scams, The Future

While we're on how NAR and others have failed us, let's mention the latest class-action lawsuit: [button...

Compass Search Portal

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 12, 2019 | Coming Soon, Compass, Jim's Take on the Market, Realtor, The Future

The real estate industry has never felt the need to create a powerful search portal in response to Zillow. There should have been an industry-wide effort to create a realtor-centric website to support our business, but NAR and others just shrugged it off. Traditional...

Coming Tomorrow

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 7, 2019 | Coming Soon, Jim's Take on the Market, Listing Agent Practices, Realtor, Why You Should List With Jim

One of the problems with Coming Soon is the vague timing. It's is more like Coming Soon/Some Day/Maybe/Who Knows. It's frustrating for buyers because they've been trained to want to see the hot new listings immediately before somebody else beats them to it....

Zillow Strategy

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 7, 2019 | Jim's Take on the Market, Realtor, The Future, Zillow

It's out in the open now - Zillow intends to change the game. An excerpt from an interview with Rich Barton where he admits Zillow used agents to get big, and is now deciding how to use that power: An excerpt from I-News: Barton also indicated there could be major...