All Forum Posts by: Tanja Davidson

when I took my RE license training, it was explained that it was against the commissions rules for me to refuse to present ALL offers and in the order I received them.  I'm not to think of the commission when doing my duties.  I'd report him to the RE Commission if you're unhappy with him.  Looks like you already closed a deal but still... that guy signed a legal, binding contract (buyers agent) with you that obligated him to follow your instructions.

Congrats!  Sounds exciting to have finished a 1st project and for it to have been a success.

I'd buy some of the foreclosures at our coast and REI in vacation rentals and live in one of them and be an realtor down there too for one of the big names. Would be a wonderful life! Could go fishing on the pier at lunch.

I'm excited to see you became a realtor and have done so well too with both REI and realtor work. I've been planning to do the same and got my license last sept but haven't had the time due to day job to 'be an agent'. Planning to retire within next 6 months and begin doing REI and realtor work and was worried about it because I've heard that it can take up to three years for most people's work to pick up to where they can live off their agent's earnings. I live in an area (Raleigh/Durham) where the buyers are chasing down sellers to get houses so it should be a good transition.

Thanks for the post and I'm very happy for you!

You can become a realtor while working full-time, at least in the central part of NC anyway.  I did it last year by taking the classes on the weekends.  Sat/Sun from 9 to 5 for five weekends.  Once you pass the class, you apply to take the State/national exam and you can do that on a weekend too.  So basically invest two months of weekends and you're done!

Now I'm not working as an agent yet because I'm still working full time and can't take the time off needed to do the broker/agency related training which is offered only during the week days.  Ugh!

I'll be working as an agent once I retire in order to come up with the money to finance my REI deals.

Thanks for sharing!  Still waiting to do my first flip and enjoy reading about others and seeing what was done and for how much.  Also love hearing what went wrong and how it was handled.  Really glad to hear you got it from Auction.com with no issues.  I've been watching quite a few houses on there and have been nervous.  Congrats on your profit!

 that link is to your local desktop.  Would love to see the video.

me too

I'm going to try to attend also but usually don't get off work until 6:30pm.  How long will it run?

Thanks for setting this up!

 You never said if you were buying or selling?  If you were buying and never signed an agreement with your agent then you're pretty much a 'customer' not a 'client' and he was actually working for the seller.  It's laid out in the rules that agents must represent a 'client' in a transaction so if it's NOT you it's going to be the seller.  Maybe that's why you think they were working against you.  AND they owe it to the seller to tell them anything that will help their situation.

Just saying.... I never knew this myself until I took pre-license and was shocked to find out that this is most likely the reason my agent suggested to me when I bought my house that the price being asked was 'pretty fair' and he didn't think they would come down.  I overpaid by about 15k.  But everything else was done in a most respectful and excellent way.  The whole process went so smoothly.  I still have a fondness for my agent.