Right now in the real estate market for agents, there's about 2-3 times more agents than there needs to be. 80-90% of agents are failures in the business, so you need to plan on being in the 10% of agents that DO MAKE IT.

Hi Kevin,When I'm appraising I won't make an adjustment for 'age'.

It's pretty common for agents to have listings expire at the end of the year.

Hi all,

I started completing course requirements for the CA RE broker's license a few years ago. Now, I'm in the process of picking it up again and actually completing it. However, I was just told that the re...

Find those folks.Also look for agents that bill themselves as short-sale specialists.

Okay, I'll be hypocritical and include myself, but I don't have any intention of teaching, at least not in this arena as a paid instructor.Consider what state real estate commissions may require for agent's education, usually a master's degree and so many years as a broker, and then it may still be on a probationary basis, reviewed, examined as well as structured as to content.

I think the financial incentive is too great for agents to always do right by the seller.

I had originally wanted to flip houses, but it seems like it would be hard to find enough deals to keep me busy.If anyone in Denver has recommendations for agents or contractors, I'd love to hear them!

The house was in a profitable neighbor and was in the family for ages but was vacant and needed some updating to state the least.When the homeowner asked what was his offer over the phone; knowing the area comps and guestimating on the rehab(because he hadn't inspected the property at all) he stated 'somewhere between $65K and $85K'.

Here is an example: I once had my apartment for sale for $1.6M offering a 3% coop amount for agents that bring a buyer to a closing.