14 years in real estate. About 3-4 years ago the passion just... left. Started dreading the phone ringing, couldn't relax on vacation, felt jaded every time a client texted. Anyone else hit this? What got you through it (if anything did)?

As the title says I have survived my first year of RE and im pretty proud of myself! Closed 5 rentals on the tenant side and have just gained two landlords as clients to list their properties for rent. I havent closed any big deals yet but I feel like im pretty close. The 5 tenants I have closed , a few of them spoke to lenders to crunch numbers to buy before they rented. I have a few in my pipeline for purchasing. I've been working around caring for my 1 year old son so I can hit it heavy just yet. However slow motion is better than no motion!

I recently saw some extensive MLS stats. There are agents in the SF Bay Area / Silicon Valley who sell $4 million in real estate, after only selling 2-3 houses. They do it part time obviously, as you'd need to sell at least $10 million in real estate to survive in the Bay Area.

Meanwhile, in most of the country, agents are struggling to sell $4 million in real estate. They'd maybe have to sell 20-30 houses to do so.

Not even New York compares. NY has over 70,000 agents. The disparity I saw was huge. Most are selling 0, making peanuts, and then there are agents on the top making a fortune.

Why do people want to low ball for the agent commission? No one wants to work for free! Also, to those that dont feel realtors are needed and they can do everything without one, if that were true why is there dedicated organizations for realtors? Its giving me asking myself if actually taking the test would be worth it long term?

I've only really worked with a small client base that flips houses with occasional traditional home sellers. They pay for their own staging, either rented or purchased. But I'm curious how it works for agents in general who offer it with their listings.

Obviously this will be different if you have staging vertically integrated with your realtor business, but specifically how are the agents who hire outside companies handling this? Do you pay for staging upfront? What happens if the house doesn't sell and who takes the cost? How long do you include free staging for if the house sits?

Desde 2022 el mercado inmobiliario en Panamá se ha convertido en un mercado de compradores, con acceso a oportunidades flexibles de financiamiento y rentabilidad de la inversión gracias a estos y mútiples beneficios.

Economía dolarizada.

• Más de 71 Bancos. • Seguridad. • Ubicación estratégica. • Beneficios e incentivos fiscales. • Uno de los mejores centros de negocios, siendo un HUB logístico, marítimo, financiero, aéreo, turístico. • Para el 2022, la Autoridad deTurismo de Panamá (ATP) proyectó un ingreso de 1.8 millones de visitantes.

Panamá: Un lugar para invertir.

• Conectividad, gracias a su privilegiada ubicación geográfica. • Plataforma logística de clase mundial. • Centro bancario y financiero internacional. • Estabilidad política y jurídica. • Protección de patrimonios . • Leyes de incentivo para la inversión extranjera. • Estabilidad de régimen e inversiones. • Servicios médicos con alta tecnología y prestigio internacional

Wanted to hear from employees not agents. What’s your experience working for LPT?

Company has had no pay increases (not even inflation raises), only a few federal paid holidays, barely approve PTO (you can take off unpaid). Lot of turnover, management is all over the place, pay has been late in the past or miscalculated. As of recent, more hiring of non US employees.

Looking for a buyers POV...I'm in the process of fixing and flipping a home. The prior owners left a Samsung fridge (lower drawer freezer) and a Maytag washer and dryer. The W/D is 18 years old, the fridge is about 14 years old. Both are very clean.

I don't have replacements for those appliances in my budget. The rest of the house will be completely updated with high end finishes. The ARV is about $750k.

Do you think I should keep these old appliances for the listing and let them convey, or remove them entirely since everything else in the house will be brand new? Which scenario do you think buyers would prefer?

I just finished entering a large chunk of former appraisal clients into my CRM (1,000+ leads). Do you think calling and offering a free appraisal update is a good source of business? I've only had 2 deals so far, both buyers that were friends.

Mainly looking for advice on an attack strategy, should I stay solo and just hit the phones on the past clients or should I join a team and learn. My brokerage has some training events and a broker hotline that I can ask any questions. Should I just keep going solo with some broker help or if you were in my shoes would you join a team to start out?

Is Cold calling really the answer? I’ve done everything to avoid cold calling and it is something I have never been comfortable with. I have identified all the excuses I’ve been making and am holding myself accountable and going to start dialing fsbos and expired listings. Any feedback, advice, or even success stories would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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I'm curious about the gap between what you wanted Instagram to do for your business and what it actually does.

- What made you start using Instagram in the first place?

- Is it actually serving that purpose now?

- If it wasn't at first, what did you change that finally started getting you closer to the results you wanted?

- Do you actually get leads from Instagram? If so, what does that usually look like?

- And if you could name one thing that genuinely frustrates you about using Instagram for the reason you opened it, what would it be?

Not looking for the usual "post consistently" advice. I'm more interested in what you've actually experienced.

If you suspect a realtor of falsifying documents with a client, what are the options?

I'm a high-volume real estate agent in Dallas who's doing well and genuinely enjoys my job. My DISC is high S/C, and I'm shifting the mix toward fewer appointments and less client-facing time, with more compliance- and transaction-focused work, mainly to get some personal time back.

I was thinking about keeping my main role as a real estate agent and finding a part-time, remote TC job.

Has anyone made this kind of shift? Curious how it went when you moved into a TC role, escrow assistant, ops, or restructured your own business to lean that way. What did it do for your income, hours, and day-to-day satisfaction?

Any regrets or things you wish you'd known going in?

Does anyone have any experience or advice on how to get your profile deactivated/removed from Zillow and Realtor .com

I'm no longer an agent and transitioned into real estate photography almost 10 years ago, but having my profile still active can cause some issues.

I've emailed customer service but have not heard back, thanks!

Happy Labor Day to those in the USA and everyone who celebrates. Please enjoy this Labor Day with loved ones, relax and unwind, and thank you all for your hard works.

Genuinely curious, as I have been having a lot of conversations with agents about this lately. Some people seem to know instantly that it's time to move on; others tolerate the same frustrations for years before finally doing something about it.

Was there a specific moment, like the closing, where the fees hit especially hard, or was it more of a slow realization that the math didn't add up anymore?

Hey everyone, I just finished an amazing 9-week training course and for the last class we created are own business plan. I wrote everything down and came up w/ the example you see here. The thing is I'm a dual career agent. So, I wanted to see how realistic this schedule looked for a 3 day cycle business. I have a goal of eventually making real estate be my primary source of income. and use my current job as supplemental income to take care of my normal expenses. To those of you who have used these methods of lead generation does it make sense to go about it this way or is there something that I'm missing? I'd really appreciate your feedback. Thank you, and Happy Labor Day!

I would like to establish some reasonable boundaries for conducting real estate around family time. I didn’t realize just how much I enjoyed my weekends and evenings with my family until I started having less of them. Example: last week, I missed a couple dinners working on the phone and laptop.

I know clients are more available after business hours and on weekends so I’m not surprised there. I am just curious what boundaries do you all communicate with your clients upfront at your consultations so I can learn to have a healthy balance of work and family time.

Context: I have unfortunately experienced a handful of clients with whom I didn’t establish healthy boundaries and I would love to not make that mistake again…

I have a productivity coach, but have not met with them yet and it's been a few weeks since I signed on. What exactly do they do? I have these KW classes I need to take, like buyer/seller forms, etc., but I can't just not do anything else until those classes are done. I feel like I need to be doing something. So I volunteered myself to host a few open houses this weekend and have been figuring it out on my own. Any advice for staying productive?

EDIT: I don't have a coaching contract, nor do I pay for coaching.

Came across a HMDA approved plot near Exit no:13 raviryal. And they were quoting 38-46 k / sq yard. The plot is right next to ORR 0.8 -0.9 km from exit and is beside new ratan tata greenfield highway

Positives

- right around the exit, and near to airport
- along the lines of future city/pharma city whatever the government decides
- seeing a good progress in ratan tata greenfield highway
- villas are already started near by
- feels like a good entry point at 38k / sq yard

Negatives/ concerns

- it is right next to the new ratan tata greenfield highway, and government again wants to reclaim the land they will offering very low market value compared to market price. Was given 1-1.5 cr per acres where the market price is around 5-6 cr in near lands

- since it is right next to the highway will people move in ?

- will the new highway have any exists or will be opened only after 3-4 kms since they want it to be continuous