Comments on: A Realtor For Every Child http://blog.homethinking.com/2006/08/18/a-realtor-for-every-child/ News of Homethinking and What we are up to Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mott Marvin Kornicki http://blog.homethinking.com/2006/08/18/a-realtor-for-every-child/#comment-4770 Mott Marvin Kornicki Fri, 18 May 2007 02:37:48 +0000 http://blog.homethinking.com/?p=31#comment-4770 WaterwayRealty.com We do have a very high ratio of Real Estate Agents to Population. Good nes is that most are "just licensed" and not actually full time agents. Bad news, .. most people use a "family" member when transacting business. WaterwayRealty.com

We do have a very high ratio of Real Estate Agents to Population. Good nes is that most are “just licensed” and not actually full time agents. Bad news, .. most people use a “family” member when transacting business.

]]> By: Martin Anderson http://blog.homethinking.com/2006/08/18/a-realtor-for-every-child/#comment-408 Martin Anderson Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:14:15 +0000 http://blog.homethinking.com/?p=31#comment-408 I manage a real estate frim in Boulder, CO. Our median price is in the high $500s, and I beleive we have about 1200 realtors on the Boulder Board and a general population of about 100,000 (including 20k or so students at the Univeristy of Colorado). As a professional in the business it is disheartening to new comers and part timers. I am struck at the decision criteria that some buyers or sellers use to choose an agent for the single largest transaction most of them will ever be involved in.... Just because your friend's sister's brother-in-law got his real estate licence last month doesn't necessarily mean he's qualified to negotiate your deal and/or mercilessly protect your interests. Choose a professional with a good education - not real estate school or some hokey certification from the local board - but someone who knows how to negotiate and isn't afraid to go rough somebody up to save you or get you more money. I manage a real estate frim in Boulder, CO. Our median price is in the high $500s, and I beleive we have about 1200 realtors on the Boulder Board and a general population of about 100,000 (including 20k or so students at the Univeristy of Colorado). As a professional in the business it is disheartening to new comers and part timers. I am struck at the decision criteria that some buyers or sellers use to choose an agent for the single largest transaction most of them will ever be involved in….

Just because your friend’s sister’s brother-in-law got his real estate licence last month doesn’t necessarily mean he’s qualified to negotiate your deal and/or mercilessly protect your interests.

Choose a professional with a good education - not real estate school or some hokey certification from the local board - but someone who knows how to negotiate and isn’t afraid to go rough somebody up to save you or get you more money.

]]> By: mike simonsen http://blog.homethinking.com/2006/08/18/a-realtor-for-every-child/#comment-407 mike simonsen Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:12:54 +0000 http://blog.homethinking.com/?p=31#comment-407 Ha! Great post! Would love to correlate this down to the zip code level and then test to see the impact on inventory, list:sales price ratios, price appreciation, etc. Could be very telling stuff! Ha! Great post!

Would love to correlate this down to the zip code level and then test to see the impact on inventory, list:sales price ratios, price appreciation, etc.

Could be very telling stuff!

]]> By: Carnival of Real Estate Blogs » Pine Needle Lawn http://blog.homethinking.com/2006/08/18/a-realtor-for-every-child/#comment-406 Carnival of Real Estate Blogs » Pine Needle Lawn Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:33:56 +0000 http://blog.homethinking.com/?p=31#comment-406 [...] Niki Scevak at the Homethinking Blog posted some interesting data about the ratio of real estate agents per person in some pricey markets.  The post is titled: A Realtor For Every Child. [...] […] Niki Scevak at the Homethinking Blog posted some interesting data about the ratio of real estate agents per person in some pricey markets.  The post is titled: A Realtor For Every Child. […]

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