Buying or Selling a Home/agents' schedules

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Expert: - 5/9/2005


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Hi. I was wondering how do agents usually work out their schedules? I mean, don't they have to sort of be "on call" in case someone wants to go look at a property right away? Also, how does vacation time work?

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Hello Danielle;
Agents do what they want to do. There are some larger companies that may require agents to take floor time, but other than that you are on your own.  If you take a vacation you arrange for someone to cover for you while you are away.  I have found that with cell phones, we often don't need to have too much help but in the event someone does want to see a home, just arrange for someone to be on call in your absence.  Then you can do the same for them when they want to take some time off.  Often we work out paying a small referral fee or a set fee to the assisting agent if this happens.  Vacation time is up to you.  You can take as many weeks as you want but if you are gone too long you will not be very successful as an agent.  One finds that the time spent on the job will reap the highest rewards.

Jessica Bryan
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buying and selling process such as:
General questions from first time buyers
How to market a home
Why choose a REALTOR
How do I find a REALTOR
Should I consider buying or selling without a REALTOR--how much can I save
Should I remodel or move
How much can I expect to gain by fixing up my home before selling
Helpful tips when selling
Helpful tips when buying
finding a good mortgage loan
what is the difference between banks, mortgage bankers, and mortgage brokers
Questions from the general public, people thinking about getting their real estate license, newly licensed.
Fellow professionals who have interests in networking and how to get started
What is a market evaluation and how does it differ from an appraisal what are the different loan programs
services a REALTOR can perform
when to use a lawyer
when to use escrow
what are the regional differences in the buying and selling process
what is the MLS and how does it work
how can the layman access information on the web--listings and other information
These are just a few of the questions. I can suggest that if I am unable to answer a question I will refer the inquiry to a source that can.

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Anyone who is in this business and who dedicates oneself to professionalism has continued to take classes and along with it,additional credentials, awards and honors. I can list a host of them, but my greatest accomplishments happen to be those of getting first time buyers (who didn't think they could afford to buy a home)into a home of their dreams. The look on their faces when I hand over the keys is worth all of the hard work.

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