Contractor or Real estate agent or both?

[Shmiyer Jayfen volquez]

What are your views on being both a contractor and a real estate agent?

[Michael Mannino II]

Hey Shmiyer! I think being either of those things are a huge advantage when it comes to knowledge, when I started my flip business I was my own agent. Now that we have systems and processes in place that allowed me to scale, I hired an office manager who was licensed and she lists all of our houses for us now. I also found that when the buyers can see that the agent owns the house - they seem to try to negotiate harder, where when it's my office manager as the agent, it's more of a regular deal if that makes sense. Plus, being my own agent was adding another full time job to the list for myself to do, which for long term and growth of the business that wasn't realistic to maintain. I'd love to chat more about how we set up our business if you'd like to chat!