This is a technique the realtors and seasoned investors use.

There is a guy here with a site - I think it is realtybaron, where you can negotiate commissions with realtors anonymously.

How can I get comps (CMA - comparative market analysis) on a property without a realtor?

The key is not the amount/percentage, it's the value you get for it, so the answer is 2% is too much (for some lazy REALTORS) and 6% is not enough (for the super hard working group that always sells listings higher and faster than the market).

Hello i'm brand new to the site....I'm a Realtor looking to start business relationships with Investors of all kinds....So contact me if you are interested...Thanks,

Hand out cards, hang fliers, drop by open houses, network with realtors, run a classified ad, create an internet presence or join your local chamber of commerce, offer something freeYou can also buy leads just to give yourself some practice.

And you will have to compete with him when it comes to sell your house.So I learned my lesson, cost me $20k and I think it was better that I learned that lesson early on.By the way I am now a realtor/investor in Aspen Colorado.

I might be wrong here (I'm also a Realtor so I get the exception already) but if you are actively involved in the management of your properties, defined by some level of effort maybe 500 hours a year, then you too are exempt from the passive losses limit--essentially because they are not passive, they are from something in which you are actively engaged.If you do your own property management, fix-it stuff, and finances, you are probably exempt from the $25,000 / yr limit.

I'm a mortgage loan officer in Youngstown, OH. I wish to network with Ohio realtors.

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Both my realtor and my mortgage broker knew the situation with my san diego house.Legally am I okay?