My real estate website does not have the capability to track this level of detail, but it is interesting to see how people are coming to find my blog.
Browsing Category Thoughts, etc.
Barbershop blogging
It appears that “my guy” has departed to pursue other opportunities. Now I am going to have to test out new ones every 3 months to see who can best coif my 57 remaining hairs.
Showing property today
Blogging may be a bit thin today, as I will be showing most of the day. The weather is not as glorious as yesterday, but still quite nice. Wish only that I could have found...
Referral fees
Did you know that companies such as USAA, Century 21, basically all of the companies owned by Cendant charge referral fees when they refer a buyer or seller to me/my company? Now they are charging a 35% fee!Take, for example, a $200k listing and assume that the listing agent negotiated a 3% commission. The commission to the listing company therefore would be $6000 minus the referral fee of $2100, bringing the commission to the company to $3900…. So, the agent would get $1950, minus various corporate fees, marketing costs, fuel, etc. bringing the final cut to approximately $1200!
Link to Grow-a-Brain!
Noticed that I was linked on Grow-a-Brain's blog today in an article about Real Estate blogs. It is kind of comforting that I am not alone in blogging about real estate. I am certainly not...
Candor
Thought - if you were interviewing for a job, wouldn't you like to know upfront that you were in competition with other candidates? This says a lot about the interviewer.