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no and whats the relevance of this to the thread? how bout you email me a questionnaire...:rolleyes:

They will still tell you what just you want to hear. That's why salespeople ask so many questions. they are finding out what you want to hear. LOL

Oops...missed that one. I cant see the relevance to the thread but ok. I started out as a self employed sparkie and a van and built it into a substantial electrical/comms & data cabling/computer networking business, which i sold a few years ago with government and commercial contracts in place...

That doesnt help you much. They will just tell you what you want to hear. They are "sales people" remember.

I never bagged particular agents ever....please dont put words in my mouth.....my problem is how the RE industry operates. Agents are only conforming to how the industry operates when they enter it. Thats why just about all salespeople have the bxact same stock answers to questions, and why...

Thats true but it would also include the huge number of 'bought listings'.

I only have a chip on my shoulder when it comes to RE agents as i've been burnt too many times. And that's not including the times they've attempted and i've known what thetre up to. I'd say i'm a member of a vast majority on this one. Maybe thats why RE agents come at the bottom (or near...

I'd like to have a poll to see how many vendors have been told by the agent "we get a volume discount with our advertising, and we'll pass that discount on to you" Of course its not illegal, if its disclosed up front. (see above). And i thought agents were in the business of selling...

C'mon Wylie, that's like asking for facts that agents don't under quote, buy listings, condition vendors or engage in dummy bidding etc etc Advertising rebates are standard in the industry. It doesnt matter how the difference is made (rebates or volume discounts) its just a matter of woeds...

I'm not sure agents would pay the full cost of the huge glossy RE inserts in the papers. They would cost a bomb.

Yes i would agree with that for 2 reasons. One is as you are suggesting its much harder when there are not a lot of buyers around. Two is 99% of people don't know how to 'market' their home effectively regardless of the market. But, of course it would be much easier in a booming market where...

Hi Jo Ok, i should clarify. I have been self employed as a small business marketing consultant (specialise in service business) on and off for a few years (pretty much whenever i feel like doing it) Anyway, what an agent does is not really marketing, its advertising. Marketing is a huge area...

go on.................. The problem is most people dont know how to market a property. They just pretty much try to copy what agents do and they're pretty useless. They just copy what every other agent does and when that doesnt work, they get the vendor to drop what is mostly an inflated...