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Sellers and sometime buyers ask can you reduce your commission so we can do a deal to sell the property and my response is always the same. You work all week for your pay check how would you feel if at the end of the week I asked you although you done a great job please let me take 20% of your pay check back as things aren't going so well how would you respond?

The fact is a real estate commission isn't all profit IF ONLY. I have to advertise the house, I have to maintain a website, I have to buy signs,I spend alot more on motor expenses than the average driver and I have to split my commission with my broker as they have to run an office. So please think before you ask the commission isn't pure profit.

I have noticed over the last few months an increasing number of realtors that list REO/FORECLOSURES short changing their clients with the quality of the listing they present on the MLS and other such sites.Just because it's a short sale or a foreclosure doesn't mean you have to try any less with the listing. I think because these realtors think they are "in" with a bank or a client thats the job done nothing could be further from the true they deserve exactly the same level of commitment from their realtor as an undistressed sale.They are also lazy about questions from a buyers agent for example in the listing it might say don't ring me email me and I will answer when I can. This drives buyers agents away again bad service to the bank or seller.

In this market every realtor should be prepared to go the extra mile whether it's a short sale, foreclosure or a normal sale.

WOW WHAT A YEAR IN REAL ESTATE. THE TAX CREDIT HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS AND HAS FINALLY BEEN EXTENDED.THIS HAS CREATED QUITE A BUZZ IN THE MARKET WHICH IN TURN HAS SHOWN A BIG INCREASE IN ACTIVITY. THE FIRST TIME BUYERS ARE REALLY STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND WITH THE BARGAINS THAT ARE AROUND AT THE MOMENT THEY ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SECURE THEIR FINANCIAL FUTURE.

PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THAT FIRST STEP ON THE PROPERTY LADDER AS WE HAVE ALREADY HELPED MANY FIRST TIME BUYERS AND ARE AWARE OF WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR IN ORDER TO HELP THEM MAKE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PURCHASE.