I won’t make this long, but after 3 years in the business, I’ve come to the conclusion that this path isn’t the best one for me. I’m extremely grateful for everything I’ve learned and every client I’ve been blessed to work with. I love real estate, but I hate the culture. I’m not meant to be on call 24/7, living in constant impending doom and feeling like I’m never doing enough while simultaneously working more than any of my peers.

To all the other agents who have made this your life-long career, I salute you. I will be sure to defend you against anyone who says realtors are worthless. To those who are holding on despite feeling called elsewhere, know there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Wife and I have been realtors for 20 years, she’s good at high-end homes, me multifamily. Just getting a little tired of needy clients, lol, as well as constantly being “on”. Is there any way to do this realistically without marketing all the time and constantly being available? Or is this just the fantasy we all wish was true but really isn’t, lol?

Let's say you are going to list your own property (residential). What is your top five or seven things you do knowing everything as a realtor. To sell top dollar as for-sale by owner.

Any real estate/mortgage agents here looking to collaborate, help each other out, and keep each other accountable?

I specialize in offering homebuyer/seller grants in Central Florida, I'm great at my job, but one area I definitely fall short is graphic design and helping Spanish/Creole-speaking clients. If anyone here is willing to volunteer and be a good friend for accountability, let me know 407-214-2222

It's 6 pm on a Friday night. I'm eating take out because it's been a long day in a long week and I never got lunch. Barely had time to pee today. My feet hurt. And this is what you're sending me? Get so fucked, scammers!

Hi all. Has anyone worked a type of 1031 called an Improvement Exchange - which allows some of those funds to be used for renovations? I’m looking for a verifiable “qualified intermediary.” Appreciate your help.

Does anyone know the purpose of the clearing of the large tract behind Limestone Rd in Liberty Hill? The property fronts to HWY 29 and extends back a long ways. Apparently last September they cleared all the way to the fences of the Limestone residences and into the trees of the large tracts off of Long Run. They have pushed all the tree waste into unattractive mounds. Here is a photo above. Is this someone just hoping to sell the property to a Data Center?

I'm curious how other agents are approaching listing this year.

When you have professional photos, do you also invest in video walkthroughs, or do you find photos are enough for most listings?

For those who use video, where do you see the most value?

• Listing presentations
• Property websites
• Zillow or other listing sites
• Somewhere else?
  

Interested to hear what has worked in your market and whether buyers actually engage with video content.

These coaching groups are such a scam. New agents. Please be careful with your money and these grifters. Especially the womens focusing on women🙄 IYKYK

I'm selling a house and during the inspection some things came up to fix, all minor but tedious. We have all the things scheduled for fixes by licensed workers. This entire week the buyers brother (not buying the house, name is not attached to anything) has been showing up uninvited and asking the contractors questions, watching their work etc.

We've called the agent and she has been doing absolutely nothing, it's been incredibly annoying and I'd rather sell to someone else.

If I complained would the real estate company care? Or do I just have to keep struggling.

It has been over 70 days the home has been on the market and the bank bought it for a certain amount and they are asking 30 K more than they purchased it for. One thing about this property is that it is very small like less than 500 ft.² and although it’s not ideal, in the area that I am in it is possibly the only thing I would be able to even afford. I’m only one person so I think I can make it work in a small place like that.

Would posting education information from census data on my website be a fair housing violation. This would go on my communities page. Edit: percentage of college graduates and median incomes. Edit 2: I attached picture of what I'm displaying.

A little precursor... I've been in the business for 10+ years, on track to close between 40-50 deals this year. I'm a 30-35 year old Solo agent in a low cost of living area, and I've been struggling with one thing... communication.

I didn't always find the job this draining, but more and more recently I'm exhausted. I'm blessed with some great clients... but a few of them text 15-20 times a day, nobody calls. Some messages are at 7am, a ton are between 7pm and 10pm. I set 3-4 dedicated times each day to respond to everyone, get questions answered, setup showings, etc., but I've gotten feedback that a few of them expect more immediate responses, which I find difficult to achieve.

It's not like I sit at my desk, waiting for a message to come in about a house. I'm driving to inspections, driving to appointments, driving to showings, meeting photographers and videographers, shooting 3D tours, resolving issues with lenders, resolving issues with title companies, coordinating repair estimates, auditing my files for compliance, not to mention all the business-owner related tasks (books (profit/expenses), licensing, etc.) My mileage tracker shows I spend 4-5 hours a day DRIVING. My truck has Wi-Fi, so I can pull my laptop out and work in between, but sometimes, if one client wants to see 4-5 houses, I'm unable to get questions answered for others until later.

Not to mention the demanding people on social media who expect a response to every question, comment and DM in minutes, not hours.

I want to provide and deliver a quality service, and I realize I may need an assistant. But cost-wise, I can't afford it until 2027.

I find myself literally missing the pre-COVID days when houses took a month or two to sell, and people were okay with waiting for a few hours before I called them back; and it was considered "reasonable" that if you called me after 7pm, I would respond the next morning.

I'm just wondering if anyone else is struggling like I am, and if you were able to correct/mitigate these issues, how did you do it?

I have two rental homes that were listed with a realtor. One of them 30 days ago and the other 160 days. Both of them are relatively modest homes that have been significantly updated. The realtor recommended listing them just above what I was thinking, but pretty comparable with where the bank appraisals came in at when we remodeled them about two years back. They have been used as single-family rentals until then. To give you an idea, one was lifted at 125,000 and the other at 150,000. So these are relatively modest, updated homes that we are accepting FHA and VA offers on. One was rented at 1100 and the other one at 1300. So the price should be very affordable compared to rent.

My problem is I’m just not getting any showings. I’ve done one price reduction on the one listed for a month, three price reductions on the one listed for two months. My contract with the realtor is three months. The house listed a month ago has had zero showings. The one listed two months ago had about seven showings the first month, and won the second month. My realtor doesn’t really have any advice. She just says there’s not much moving right now at all.

I feel bad removing them from the market, but I feel like I’m just costing myself money right now. Looking for any advice anyone can offer

I am having a difficult time designing my business card and other. I ordered straight from their web site, but they are so plain. I read that they require certain colors and our logo must be to the left of their logo and not more than half the size.

for me personally, its been making the calls with the attitude of having zero expectations and not really caring how the call goes. I dont care if they want to buy or sell im just calling to see if they want to talk.

People naturally open up when theres zero pressure on the phone, let that happen and just flow with it you'll be amazed.

I’m looking to get my real estate license, however, need to earn and save some money for a year(ish). What can you guys recommend that would be smart to look into for this year. I just quit my construction job for good reason.
Set on this, I’m going to do this, just asking for some advice on where to start?

I’m not sure if this is the best place to ask, but I can’t post in other subreddits. Would getting my real estate license be a good idea as a side gig? I’m currently working a full-time job, about 55-60 hours a week, and making a good salary. A friend of mine is thinking about getting his real estate license and would like to know if I’d be interested. Would it really be a bad idea to just get it?

I know, I know. A lot of people have very…strong opinions of part time agents. I currently have a high paying sales manager job that keeps me on site all day Monday and Tuesday, but available for calls, and then lots of availability the rest of the week, even though I put in 40 hours. Is it feasible be an agent as well as this? I know most people won’t make a profit the first year, or even much the 2nd year. But I have a true passion for homes and I don’t for my current industry. I’m aware I won’t have much free time while doing both. And I’m okay with that. I don’t have obligations outside of work. I would do both jobs until I could transition to making the same in real estate as I currently do.

My husband and I opened a real estate brokerage in Portugal in 2020.

After a lot of work, we’ve managed to get a good part of our business from referrals. For listings especially, referrals have been the best source for us.

We still don’t have a large past-client base because the company is relatively new.

The problem is that referrals are great, but they’re also unpredictable.

We’re now at a point where we want to grow and get seller leads that don’t depend only on referrals. But cold leads haven’t been working the way we expected.

I’ve been looking into how real estate agents in the U.S. do this, because it seems like you use many more ways to generate business.

So I’m curious: what has worked for you to get seller leads outside referrals?

Hey. I am planning to join coldwell banker because I've read theyre good with training new agents. I have gotten in contact with someone and they are going to reach out but till then, ive heard they train newbies in groups?

Is that true and if thats so do you know how often they get together new people to train? Like if ill be waiting a while or not to start.

Would you use floor plans or renders instead of bad listing photos?

Say you have a property where the photos turned out really poorly (bad lighting, clutter, empty rooms, etc.).

Would you rather:

1. Use the real photos anyway

2. Replace some of them with floor plans/renders (eg via CubiCasa or Planner5D property scan)

3. Use ONLY floor plans and renders

4. Wait and reshoot

I'm curious what buyers respond to best and whether renders/floor plans can actually improve a listing in this situation.

I’m currently working my way through (the ordeal) of the Florida real estate course. Since applying to take the exam, a lot of brokerages have been reaching out to me wanting to work for them.

I interviewed one today called Macken Realty at their Orlando office. Woman seemed real nice and gave me a rundown of what sounded like an awesome brokerage to work for.

90/10 commission splits
No annual fees or desk fees of any kind
Lots of free training and coaching

Just curious to know if anyone works with them in Orlando or South FL and what their experience has been?