Buying or Selling a Home/real estate agents

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Expert: - 3/2/2005


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Hi. How many clients should a real estate agent, new or experienced, deal with at one time? How many deals do most real estate agents close in one year? I mean, what is considered successful?

Answer
Hi Danielle;
It all depends how many clients one can handle efficiently.  If you are experienced and can juggle 5 or 6 a week--terrific!  If not, reduce your load.  If you find that you are overwhelmed by your work load--you are handling too much and it is time to get an assistant.  As for how many deals one does...again, it depends on price point and amount of work required.  What is considered successful for one is not for another.  If an agent sets the goal of making $100,000 per year and achieves or even exceeds the goal, then this is success.  If the goal is higher--like $500,000 / year then this is obviously a high goal to achieve but would in most markets be considered highly successful.  How about logging on to a website after doing a search for Realtors and seeing some of the success stories.  Many advertise in Realtor Magazine.  (If you can believe what you read).

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.

Experience

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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