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Of course, there people who get banned every week for not abiding by the rules in regards to self-promotion and advertising. Once again, if you have specific concerns about posts being made on the forum which are inappropriate, please report them. We do not tolerate advertising on the forum (we...

Why? If you have a complaint about the mods - make it. I can't fix something I don't know about. If you have a complaint about me - make it to Ian. He rarely posts on the forum and has nothing to sell - there is no conflict there. Personally, I get a bit sick of people making noise about...

I keep explaining, but it seems you just don't get it. You expressed concern about a conflict of interest on the part of the moderators. Which moderator are you concerned about and what is their conflict of interest? What actions have they taken which cause you to believe there may be a...

As I've said, if you have evidence or concerns about wrong doing by anyone, then please let Ian or myself know. Otherwise, there is no conflict of interest - this is a discussion forum, not a financial institution.

Shop around - have a look at all the BA websites and see what they offer ... you should be able to find someone charging a lot less than $10K - especially if you aren't necessarily looking for a "full service" offering. You should know that "signing up for a free info session" is just a...

Interesting question - I don't know of any who work on an hourly rate, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. Working backwards, if a BA was charging $10,000 ... at an equivalent rate of, say, $200 per hour, you'd expect 50 hours of work from them (over 6 days of work, full time!). I'm...

Why do they have to be independent? The moderators volunteer their time to help build and maintain this community. Casting aspersions on them by questioning their integrity, even if only in general terms, is not something I will tolerate. The moderators were chosen for their...

Of all the moderators on this forum, the only one I believe who provides services to the property industry is Rolf Latham, mortgage broker. Do you know Rolf? Do you have any reason to believe he has a conflict of interest or has ever acted in anything other than an open and honest manner on...

I think there is a difference between discussing "things" (meaning ideas, concepts) openly and discussing the capabilities of individual service providers. If they choose to engage, that this their decision and a choice not to engage does not imply impropriety, incapability, or anything else...

No ... we are saying that a BA should not have to prove themselves in an open (and largely anonymous) discussion forum to people who have already made up their minds (in the negative) about the benefits of buyers agents. A BA should definitely have to justify their skills and their fees to...

I sell a service. I don't discuss my clients or the projects I work on with the general public. I don't feel the need to justify myself to anyone ... my clients are happy with the work I do and they refer me to other people. A buyers agent who doesn't do a good job won't last long - those who...

Just to further clarify my point ... you are more than welcome to (reasonably) challenge anything a buyers agent says on the forum ... you are NOT welcome to challenge them personally and effectively accuse almost an entire industry of being crooks, which is what you have done. I've used the...

This thread is starting to border on troll territory. As Bigtone said ... why would they bother engaging with people who have already made up their mind and insist on demanding "proof" and jumping to respond to your every demand. I personally know several buyers agents on this forum who have...

I think this is one of the key points ... not all Buyers Agents are as good as the others ... like any profession, you get good ones and bad ones. In Jacque's case, you don't tend to win multiple REINSW awards and get voted in as the national president of REBAA without doing something right...

The BAs I know all have at least one staff member (admin assistant), plus they spend most of their day out driving around, looking at property. That costs a lot. Then there are bookkeeping and accounting costs, website costs, computers, phones, license fees, etc etc. Then again, I only...

Because I deleted a problematic thread and replaced it with this one ... I'm just checking to make sure things are kept under control. ... oh, and I'm procrastinating dealing with the 100+ support requests waiting for me in my HelpDesk app :rolleyes:

I sit in front of a computer all day ... most of the BA's I know spend their days out looking at property for their clients. You might need to wait until after hours (or at least later in the day) for more response from the BA's.

How much of that $10K do you think is profit? Think about all of the admin overheads of running a business, plus the costs of actually doing the work. The amount pocketed by the buyers agent at the end of the day will be a LOT less than $10K. I think you're under the impression that a...

Okay, so you're happy with the numbers. What other due diligence would you do?

How much due diligence have you done on that group of units?