Today I submitted a verbal offer on a purchase for land in Hawaii. I contacted the listing agent directly and told him we're not currently working with an agent. I offered that the agent could either represent us as a...

I need your help for me to understand my first "offer and agent agreement".The background: I am the buyer, and this agreement is between my real estate agent and me (client).  I am buying a house from a seller with th...

Rarely do I feel the need to comment on the state of my industry. I have been a licensed Real Estate Salesperson, Agent, or Broker since 2015. In the 9 years I’ve spent licensed in this industry I have never been impr...

Redfin gives a portion of their commission back to their customers (Buyers). Could a regular referral agent do the same? Or would I have to be a brokerage?

Graduating college this year and have multiple offers for employment once I am finished this spring. Taking a tune from @Scott Trench's book Set For Life, I have been very interested in an engineering sales position t...

Hi Everyone,I am trying to understand how the property gain taxes work in Maryland. I know I can use a 1031 to work around the taxes for a little bit but I will using a private lender so I don't believe that will be a...

I'm an investor who also has my real estate license. My primary focus has been on rentals. Now I'm switching gears and focusing on flips.How have other agents, who do their own flips, agreed on a commission with anoth...

I purchased the investment property in May and was told that I have to wait 6 payments before I can refinance. Why do I have to wait if I am only doing a rate and term refinancing.

Hey everyone, I'm looking to get pre-approved right now. I was going to go the route of calling up a bunch of potential banks and seeing what I could get. But I had a family member give me a referral to a loan broker ...

In a competitive market, you would expect real estate commissions to get competed down between brokers.   For reasons I don't understand, commissions stay high across all brokers at around 5% to 6% per deal.   Can som...