"I, for many reasons, am not a fan of the part-time REALTOR. I think of the time last year when I dealt with a full-time school teacher, part-time REALTOR.
Aside from the obvious problem of being unable to reach him until after 3:30 p.m. each day, his inexperience left him unable to deal with a situation that caused the deal to tank. After the deal fell through, he needed my assistance to fill out the "mutual release form" to deal with the earnest deposit.
I just wanted to tell him to stick to the day job.
Conversely, if somebody has become a part-time REALTOR after 20 years of being a full-time REALTOR, he probably has the requisite skills to succeed at what he is doing! No guarantees though, right?
-My 2 cents
07/15/2007 01:08 AM by Chris Freeman
http://activerain.com/blogsview/144756/Part-Times-Realtors-Who
The thread was Part-Times Realtors: Who Needs Them?
On this thread there have been over 30 comments. All the comments were started by a professional Realtor who wondered why so many Realtors posted "worthless" answers. The same Professional said that some responses were "completely creepy and seems desperate".
It only took me 3 minutes to find your own personal quote slamming a fellow agent for causing a deal to tank that you had to deal with. You wanted to tell him to "stick to his day job". So it caused you a few more hours of work and you may have lost out on a few thousand dollars. But it got you upset.
As a homebuyer and seller a mistake by you or one of your fellow Professionals can cause me to lose tens of thousands of dollars!!! If me saying we as buyers and sellers need someone who "tells it the way it is without a lot of smoke and hot air" makes you A LOT upset, stretch your mind a little and see if you can start to understand just how upset a buyer and seller can be with 10's of thousands of dollars on the line and seeing agents who are
1. "blowing a lot of hot air"
2. "full of smoke"
3. Not experienced but acting like it on this site
4. Looking out for their own interests 1st and then the buyer’s interests 2nd.
4. Not being professionals. (This applies to you Chris) Getting A LOT upset with ANY buyer is the mark of an armature not a professional. In baseball (your Detroit Tigers "professionals" will tell you getting upset by what the fans say is called having "rabbit ears". Nobody here is cussing you out.
Finally, by calling me out specifically when there are over 30 responses seems like you would rather fight the buyer/seller than with your fellow professionals. Your acerbic response was directed at my comments not at Pauls. As a true professional you would work to bring the buyer/seller together with the Realtors not alienate them. Take an example from Deborah and Sylvia. Their answers are almost always awesome!! They are very professional both with the facts they choose to share as well as their "tone".
Remember...before calling the kettle black be sure you’re not a pot. Just to remind you of how you personally feel about your fellow realtors here is what you said on another Realtor site (and no I am not stalking you...I simply googled you and it took less than 5 minutes to find a quote from you to use here.)
Here from the mouth of Chris Freeman..."I for many reasons am not a fan of the part time Realtor"...."his inexperience left him unable to deal with a situation that caused the deal to tank"...."if somebody has become a part-time REALTOR after 20 years of being a full-time REALTOR, he PROBABLY has the requisite skills to succeed at what he is doing! NO GUARANTEES though, right?"....
When I sell a house and when I buy a home I want an agent who is as close to a Guarantee as possible. Having a site like Trulia really helps the consumer in many, many ways. Not the least of those ways is being able to see clearly that not all Realtors are created equal. There is a huge gap between the Great and the average. I don't like to give $18k or more to an average Realtor. I want a great one. Either way, I came to this site to learn and there are many who have been very willing to share and if I can ever return the favor by giving their name out to anyone of my friends who may move to those areas I will. On the other hand...I fully stand by my statement to Paul
"“We need a "hero" on the "inside" who tells it the way it is without a lot of smoke and hot air.” if that makes you A LOT upset maybe you should find another profession.
By the way, you singled me out on another thread a few days ago too. If you were to focus on professionally representing your current clients instead of on me, you very well might sell your current 8 listings that total about $800k. This would make your clients much happier than spending anytime being an amateur agent by bickering with me. It would also put at least $12k in your pocket before taxes. That's a lot more money that I will ever be putting in your pocket.
- Sat Apr 19 2008, 14:28