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Fourth in series about the hardest hit cities in CA. The high desert is the poster child for economic collapse in Ca. Sam leads us through whats happening now and the stories of people losing everything.

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Watch a Video Tour of this Yakima Real Estate Listing. Presented by Real Estate Agent Emily Coleman. Stay tuned for more Yakima Real Estate Area Listings. Take a Video Tour of several Yakima Homes.

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Steve Keefe, Broker Owner of Coldwell Banker Sky Ridge Realty located in Lake Arrowhead, California interviews one of his top agents Bob Bailey. Bob gives sellers excellent advice on how to position their property correctly in a challenging market.

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I owned apartments for many years and I always rented them myself. It is not that difficult, so unless you don’t want to be involved do it yourself.

If you are a renter just look in a local newspaper. There are usually plenty of apartments for rent so why do you need to involve some agent??

My natural eyelashes are curly, so it makes applying eyelashes kind of hard. And I was wondering, what kind of eyelashes to girls on reality tv use to make them look so pretty?

Like on RCoL?

The trick is to just cut a little of the ends of the fake eyelashes and put that tiny piece on the ends of your eyelashes. And by end I mean farthest away from your nose. Then apply mascara to the other lashes. That makes them look really nice.

Many of my realtor friends said about this issue. LIcensed brokers are so stingy on even showing their recruited realtors (new ones) what the step by step way to sell and buy the house. Even though for the fact that these newly recruited realtor have no idea what the first thing to do. They just show the bathroom, and where to get the coffee and that’s it – you’re on your own – even though they promise to train them – they will just bill the new realtor on something the poor realtors didn’t even understand what the heck they were billing for? Is this really legal in this business? Isn’t that if they train the realtor completely, they will tend to work hard and be loyal to the employing broker? The more the realtor work hard – the more commission split the broker will get – isn’t this the fact? Plus, if the realtor is happy with his/her broker, the broker will get a lot of referral from the realtor when the realtor decided it’s time to quit.

Ninja you seem to be FULL of questions today, so I started at the one from 1hr ago. Brokers training Realtors. First of all your friends didn’t select a good broker if they aren’t receiving training. Second, being a Realtor is a business, not a job. If you don’t know how to conduct a business, then you shouldn’t be a Realtor. Keep in mind the Broker only makes money, when the agent sells something and it closes. If the agent isn’t happy with the broker then go someplace else. I always suggest the newbie’s start with one of the national real estate companies like Coldwell Banker. They have excellent training and mentoring programs for new agents. If your friends are with CB, then they just didn’t take advantage of their programs, and that isn’t the broker’s fault when they fail. Third, this is a tough business right now. I’ve been in it for nearly 20 years and I’m starving! So no it is not an easy get rich quick business. It takes money to make money, you often spend more than your make. Its tough. They still say that 80% of new agents will be gone within one year. Leaving 20%, and of that 20% only 5% make any money.

I’m on to your next question…. see ya!

I am a buyer and I’ve noticed that my Realtor works with a different company than when I signed a contract with her.

If you look at your contract you will most likely see that the contract is between you and the real estate company..not the agent. I would suggest you question your agent on this. You may need to have the original contract terminated.

Then, decide whether you want to continue to work with this agent.

The realtor will be paid by the seller – 2.8%
But this fee is just an extra little success fee that goes to the realty firm. Is this normal? Is $50 high or low? I know it’s a small fee compared to the overall house and closing costs, but just wondering if it’s some BS fee or what.
This fee would be at the time of closing.
I did not agree to pay anything yet. This is listed on the realtor buyer’s agreement contract under "additional provisions"- which I haven’t signed yet.

It sounds like a BS charge to me. You have a buyer realtor who is charging a fee for finding you a property that they get a commission on? Give me a break!! Just strike off all those "additional provisions" and initial them.

3826 Brad King Camp Connell CA Larry Quadrato Realty World Muetterties and Associates

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