My fiancee and I have been long distance for the last few years, but we're finally making the plans for her to move to California in August. The major issue we're facing is that we don't know what she will do for work...
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Hi all! I’m looking for some insight from home buyers and real estate agents on a problem space I’m exploring related to the real estate buying process.
CONTEXT -- It’s predicated on the following hypotheses:
#1: Re...
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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...
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Hello everyone,
I am currently considering changing my careers and would like some insight on being/becoming an agent. I have a few questions and would appreciate any feedback.
1. Is it possible to be a part time a...
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We're working on setting up our LLC and need an address and agent for service of process.
Our CPA suggested we looked into virtual offices. We did and they are about $80-100 a month. That seems like a lot just to p...
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Investment Info:
Office Space commercial investment investment.
Purchase price: $105,000
Cash invested: $18,000
Bought an Office/Warehouse for my business (Bayside Pool Company); I use the warehouse ...
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HelloI'm a new agent that has been having trouble getting his business started. Now part of that is due to me prospecting incorrectly and waiting for business to come to me. Another part is that I'm a part time agent ...
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I always see posts and hear people talk about how most agents fail in their first year but rarely explain why. Other than being under capitalized, why do 87% of new real estate agents fail?
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I’m trying to decide if I wanna switch over to being a loan officer as being an agent has some limitations with my investing business. Is it harder to be a real estate agent and investor OR a loan officer and investor...
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I am a licensed RE Agent + Investor with few rental properties. I set up S corp for my RE Agent practice and therefore when I rent my own property, I write a commission check to my brokerage firm and he writes a check...