All Forum Posts by: Matthew Michels

@Jeff Copeland

If the listing agent disclosed all information on the property when it was listed then there would be no need to contact listing agents. Also how is it unprofessional to call and ask a few simple questions that should be regularly available to the agent. 

You're saying that if I called a business and got to talk to the secretary, that it would be unprofessional for me to ask that secretary some questions, and that having a secretary tell me that I need to have my secretary call them to get information seems like a reasonable practice? 

Real Estate agents are not needed to buy and sell property, there is no laws requiring the use of an agent (To answer you example in italics, yes I would contact the defendants lawyer to get information if my lawyer wasn't doing their job also, also because of disclosure of information in a legal case I wouldn't need to contact the other lawyer.) 

Agents don't normally work with one person at a time so bugging an agent for every little property that is missing information seems like a huge waste of time. So there are multiple benefits to contacting the listing agent directly, 1 I don't flood my agent with petty questions, 2 It is much quicker to ask the questions that are missing from the listing. 3 I can tailor specific questions per property. 4 There is no back and forth which limits misunderstandings.

An ethics complaint about what? These are pretty simple questions about information that wasn't provided on the listing. How is there an ethical difference between me talking to a listing agent as a buyer with or without another agents help?

Why do real estate agents lose their mind when you disclose that you have an agent that helps you look at properties but that you as the buyer does most of the research. 

For example, I have MLS access from my realtor but I am not able to see an area of my state on this MLS so I use other means to look up properties. Instead of calling my agent to call about each property I call the listing agent directly to get some quick information.

I have recently encountered multiple agents that I speak to and when I disclose that I would like to view the property with my agent they immedetly stop responding to my txt/email and tell me to have my agent contact them! 

I am not sure why this is happening, does anyone have some insight? 

@Rachel H. I would love to know what your book is, I am constantly reading books and that maybe my problem. I have read about 16 now that are real estate investing books or business books that I may have started to over analyze what I am trying to do. I put my plan down on paper but when it comes to execute this plan I seem to hit mountain after mountain. Did you have similar problems starting out?

@Danny Nelson

I would like to connect new to the investment business and would like to work with a local. I just moved the PSL and dont know the area that great yet still settling in to the new house.

@Alpesh Parmar @Henri Meli @Shawn Ward

Whole sellers in my area are in short supply and the ones that say are local are selling properties on the other side of the state if not out of state. 

I stated in an earlier post that most if not all REI I have attended have been just a disguised sales pitch for some program. I do admit i have not gone to any around my new home but I went to 4 in Dade and Broward county that were a complete waste of time. I know that this is a long term game and not a get rich quick but a lot of people I have met so far are just selling, get rich quick and out.

@Caleb Heimsoth

Seems like every local meet up is just some stupid sales pitch and most if not all attendees are just blind cattle that pay money to every guru who promises them riches! This is south FL, and I feel like the general rule is that if someone isn't trying to scam you right now they will later (sad but true).  

@Derek Dombeck

I am a big guy and walking up to knock on peoples door might be a bit intimidating. How would that conversation go with a person that lets you into their house? Could you give me the info of your friend so that I could ask them about how the conversation goes?

@Allan Rosso I have read about people driving for dollars before but I feel like without the right resources you just end up going on a little tour of the area.

I am a new investor, well I want to be an investor and I would like to do fix and flips. I need help finding deals in the FL treasure coast area. I have funding that's not the problem I just cant seem to find anything in the area. I have MLS access and I look at REO's and auctions regularly but I have to admit i am stuck. I feel like I need a realtor in the area but can't seem to find one willing to work with me, I usually get the I can't to busy excuse. Are there any real estate investors in my area that would be willing to mentor me or help with my problem. I know its kind of vague but I feel completely stuck!

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