This is a terrible time in the market to go after the appreciation model - as no one knows when that will ever come back.

Houses are much more difficult and "one size or model" doesn't fit all.

My business model has been to work off of volume instead of trying to make it all on one house.

You just really have to look at your business model and decide how you want to utilize your website.

How to know the fair pricing models for their market.

I have created a Discounted Cash Flow model on excel that utilizes sensitivity analysis, NPV, Profitability Index and other performance ratios so that you can analyze 15 different types of property or property under 15 different economic scenarios.

Personally, their Zillowestimates are so bad that they have gotten some very negative press, which I suspect has had an effect on their business model and success or lack of it.

This thread speaks volumes of what is wrong and right with the 6% model of real estate sales.Comparing to commission only life insurance and mortgage brokering, there is a conflict of interest.If you only make money with CASH SALE, as an agent in Real Estate sales, and few are getting financed traditionally, then seller financing (sub2, land contracts, seller carrybacks and wraps-AITDs, selling beneficial interests in land trusts, etc.), all these tools that creative financing offers to fix Sellers' problems, well these tools do not help agents TODAY, may be later, but not now.If your model included hourly income rates to fix the problem of this troubled depreciating Buyers' Market, AND you had the skills of creative financing, well, maybe you could create solutions for buyers.An analogy:A whole life insur salesman make 75% comm on one policy (annual premium, with charge backs if the monthly payment is interrupted) OR second carrier offering 45% annual premium comm.If you had to feed your family, which would you sell?

Something to be skeptical of and suspicious and one that may cause me to adjust my business model many times.But, as for strong feelings sorry, not gonna happen.

So I decided to put them all together to create my business model.