my electrician charges $160 for the first and $85 an hour after, the number don’t seem that outa whack…

Your agent is for sure an advocate for the client. The salesman model you are talking about is a cliche.

Save yourself the headache and buy Ira lunch. He is a truly nice guy. So is David Losh but I’m afraid you may get an earful as well.

The person driving may or may not make comments during the tour. Those comments or ommissions can end up in a transaction.

We may see independent consultants outside of Brokerages doing fee for service, but they will not be opening doors. The key box is tied to the Broker.

I would want an agent showing a listing of mine, for both the security of my seller and the the integrity of any transaction that may follow.

It would be worth exploring how every one can be served. Jim Stacey brought us the Buyer’s Agent business model, now there is a lot of money thrown at the web 2.0 idea.

When you are a seller how should you be served? When you are a buyer are you being served by having the internet determine your perception of a property? We have already seen sites like craigslist exploited by real estate agents.

What serves the consumer best? What should the business model look like? Attorneys have uses if you know what to ask for. There is a lot to know, but it’s very hard to know who to trust.

My dream business model is a team approach that pays a salary plus bonuses. There would be departments for research, home showings, legal counsel, transaction coordinators, staging, prepping properties, home maintaining, and other services related to real estate like property management. The shared income would be paid in salaries plus bonuses for customer satisfaction and growth of the business model.

BTW real estate agents and brokers are resistent to the idea, even though it would function very much like a traditional brokerage.

Ray. I came across your site in my wanderings and didn’t see that service listed, so thanks for mentioning it here. (It’s also possible, if you don’t mind the suggestion, that a less annoying website might attract more customers.)

You must be joking!

I agree completely; and many of them should be thrown in prison
Mortgage brokers, appraisers, and Real Estate Agents pushing homes are worse than cold-calling brokers in a Sweat Shop in New York

Digusting profession!

Just think, during the bubble years did they ever tell you they were pushing you to buy your non-dream home or your non-gem?

these people are simply biased salespersons. do not listen to them anymore than you would ask a stockbroker if you should buy stocks.

The best offer was a lease-purchase for 65% of the asking price, but hey, it looks like we’ve turned the corner!

Buy now, or be priced out forever! /sarc

http://www.komonews.com/news/consumer/39118737.html?video=YHI&t=a

I know I, know, off subject.

I had a 3 hour tour that was $200.

Money well spent.

Are you kidding? Especially in the city of Seattle, I think we would have lost about 2.3% of our residents to B.C. if McCain had won.

Maybe they *are* equipped to be the only newspaper in Seattle.

So far, in the Seattle area, I’ve found RT Brokerage, which asks $160/hour, and America-at-home, which asks $200 for the first hour and $50 for each additional hour.

What am I missing? Or is there a prior discussion on this site anyone can point me to?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvgkl-3ze4k

Yes, your website was definitely anomalous today, albeit, your not the only one, other webs are acting strange/slow today too….I hope it wasn’t that worm the ITs were talking about lately and our anti-virus couldn’t sift out.

I imagine a lot of the RE folks figure if Seattle has a strong global economy; it will eventually be the pink pony city of America, with its alleged economic reliance primarily on its ports. I saw on channel 13 yesterday a RE type exageration on Buy American provision in the stimulus bail out, the globalist bent news cameras showed the ports and that explains why Buy American is bad for the economy and RE….lol, why didn’t they show pictures of trains and trucks [they bring American made stuff from the midwest to Seattle] or more importantly, pictures of all of Seattle closed domestic factories.

But a lot of RE folks have lost their pragmatism and common sense reguarding the “globalist clown” caused depression and it isn’t change they want, no, not at all.

We need to keep them honest and educated Tim. Let’s hope President Obama keeps his campaign promises on Buy American too, our futures clearly depend on it.

*fingers crossed*