Questions for RE Investors and Agents

[Gary Neely]

Hello BP community.  This is my first forum post so please bear with me.  I am a realtor in the Cleveland area.  I mostly focus on the West and South sides of Cleveland but I've done deals in other areas. I have become a member of BP because I would like to focus on becoming a better agent for my investor clients and maybe become an investor myself.  I have become a habitual learner as I listen to BP podcasts regularly and have learned more since becoming a member then I had learned in RE classes. My questions pertain to what expectations you have for an agent.  I have had investors expect me to just send them properties and then narrow it down and run the numbers themselves and I have had investor clients expect me to run the numbers on each listing I send them.  The problem is, some of those investors don't have a specific area, type of property, etc. so it becomes extremely time consuming to do that.  So I'm looking to the BP community to help me with what makes, in your opinion, a good real estate agent and what your expectations of an agent are?  Thank you for your time.

[James Wise]

Quote from @Gary Neely:

Hello BP community.  This is my first forum post so please bear with me.  I am a realtor in the Cleveland area.  I mostly focus on the West and South sides of Cleveland but I've done deals in other areas. I have become a member of BP because I would like to focus on becoming a better agent for my investor clients and maybe become an investor myself.  I have become a habitual learner as I listen to BP podcasts regularly and have learned more since becoming a member then I had learned in RE classes. My questions pertain to what expectations you have for an agent.  I have had investors expect me to just send them properties and then narrow it down and run the numbers themselves and I have had investor clients expect me to run the numbers on each listing I send them.  The problem is, some of those investors don't have a specific area, type of property, etc. so it becomes extremely time consuming to do that.  So I'm looking to the BP community to help me with what makes, in your opinion, a good real estate agent and what your expectations of an agent are?  Thank you for your time.

 Welcome aboard Gary.