From: "Jeff Strickland" 
Newsgroups: misc.invest.real-estate alt.invest.real-estate.methods alt.org.natl-assn-mortgage-brokers
Subject: Re: Your team
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:18:20 -0700


"Steve"  wrote in message
news:1120058753.932585.72800@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Of course it is. The NAR is very protective and is the only thing
> keeping realtors from being totally useless. Its like a big union using
> its clout to keep useless workers on the payroll. What would a RE
> broker be without the MLS? Just an uneducated old lady with a nice car
> (covers head).
>
> The public thinks of RE agents the way they think of Credit Card
> companies. A friend of mine tried to start an FSBO-type biz before
> there was such a thing, and even though he was offering free listings
> until he got started, people just hung up on him when he called. People
> are so paranoid of scams and rip-offs that they'd rather pay the Re-max
> guys because at least they know they're legit. They have worldwide
> stupidity going for them.
>

Most people use RE agents because this is what it takes to sell a house.
Most FSBOs become listings after 60 or 90 days, then they sell on an average
of 35 days after that. This means that if the house had been listed in the
first place, the seller would have sold before the FSBO contract ran out. Of
course, he wouldn't have a FSBO contract if he had listed in the first
place, but I think you get the point. My limited experience in this field is
that For Sale By Owner and Help-U-Sell are functional equivelents, but the
Help-U-Sell has a contract. I am not sure what the contract will get you,
maybe a picture in the newspaper.

People hang up on telephone solicitors because they are not interested in
selling their house.