I was reading this post by Barry Cunningham of Real Estate Radio USA this morning and it made me think…What is the point of a Part Time Realtor?
All too often I find myself involved in a transaction with a part time Realtor. Most are decent transactions, but many times I find I am unable to reach a Part Time Real Estate Agent due to the fact that they have a priority higher than the closing of your future home…their ‘day’ job.
Increasingly, especially since the ‘bottom fell out’ of the real estate market there are Real Estate Agents moving to a normal job. One with guaranteed pay, one with health benefits, one with security. Why is this? To be blunt, most of them can’t hack it. They can’t make the money the need to doing real estate full time.
Why is this you ask? They do not work! They do not try! They put your house on the MLS and run…or they email you several properties hoping you pick yours out over the computer.
I find that everyone that works at a Cell Phone Store, be it SunCom, Cingular, or Verizon has a real estate license. They call themselves “Real Estate Agents”, but what are they doing from 9-5? Working for someone else.
When one may come to a listing appointment they don’t say, “hello, I am “so and so”, and I sell real estate…on the side.” They present themselves as a Real Estate Agent primarily.
You may ask…so what is the big deal? The big deal is that they can’t have your best interests at heart! They do not live and die by your house closing, by getting you a buyer, by finding you the perfect house.
Unfortunately there is no legal rules that I can find on disclosure.
As Barry points out in his post, “It’s 10am, Do you know where your Realtor is?”
Today at 9am I was taking a lock box off of a Columbia SC Real Estate house I sold. At 10am, I was closing the house. At noon, I was picking up Loan Documents for a buyer of mine. At 3 pm (sorry, I have to eat lunch too), I found out my buyer won a bid, and by 4pm I was calling him, getting his loan done. All throughout the day I was speaking with many of you, answering emails on your properties, talking to the attorneys, mortgage brokers, insurance agents, and inspectors on houses you are buying. Making sure that your house closes smoothly is MY JOB. I don’t sell cell phones, pre-paid legal, computer software, or health insurance. I sell houses, I sell your houses, I work 7am-10pm each day making sure that I earn every dollar I make…
The Columbia SC Real Estate Market is great, the same goes for Irmo, Chapin, West Columbia, and Columbia NE. I help you reap the benefits and make sure that your house is sold as quick as I possibly can.
Next time you call an agent and it goes to voicemail without a call back until after 5…think twice.
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I love it. Hunter is hopping mad about this!