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Sat, Dec 23rd, 2006 - 8:49 pm

Settlement Room Pricing

By: Darin "Sid" Cameron, CRS

Was talking to an agent about Settlement Room and they asked me how it compares in pricing to other solutions, so I just dug out my notes from when I purchased it. (Click for More)

Thu, Dec 21st, 2006 - 6:01 pm

Settlement Room Questions and Training Manual

By: Darin "Sid" Cameron, CRS

Had an agent ask me about Settlement Room after I blogged about it a few months ago. Namely, they wanted to know how hard it was to use. Answer, it's not hard at all. (Click for More)

Sun, Dec 10th, 2006 - 11:08 pm

Distractions (in a real estate office)

By: Kimberly Cameron, CRS

As I'm busy working on other tasks right now (and with the holidays right around the corner) I don't have as much time to blog. So I thought instead I'd repost excerpt from an article Kimberly wrote a while back that applies to the theme of the Agent's Only Blog. (Click for More)

Sat, Dec 2nd, 2006 - 10:05 pm

Alternative to Top Producer

By: Darin "Sid" Cameron, CRS

Got an email from an agent about my Transaction Management posting a couple of months ago. The discussion quickly turned to the topic of Contact Management software. We both are unhappy Top Producer users. (Click for More)

Tue, Nov 14th, 2006 - 2:51 pm

More Statistics about Being an Agent (Part 3)

By: Darin "Sid" Cameron, CRS

Over the past two days I've looked at statistics that show how many hours the typical agent works as well as income and other employment facts. Here's more. (Click for More)

Mon, Nov 13th, 2006 - 2:32 pm

More Statistics about Being an Agent (Part 2)

By: Darin "Sid" Cameron, CRS

Yesterday I started looking at some of the statistics I found while researching last month's blogs on how commissions are paid. The first statistic showed agents worked an average of 46 hours a week, and 20% work 60 or more. Here are a few more stats to know. (Click for More)

Sun, Nov 12th, 2006 - 2:20 pm

Interesting Real Estate Statistics... Hours an Agent Works

By: Darin "Sid" Cameron, CRS

Last month I explained how the industry works, how agents are employed, and how commissions are paid out. In researching for that article I found some very interesting real estate industry statistics... (Click for More)

Tue, Oct 24th, 2006 - 2:11 pm

How Agents Get Paid: The Summary

By: Darin "Sid" Cameron, CRS

The most important thing to realize in understanding real estate compensation is to understand that you truly are working for the client (buyer or seller) and not the broker or brokerage. (Click for More)

Mon, Oct 23rd, 2006 - 1:32 pm

How Agents Get Paid: Breaking Down Commissions (Part 4)

By: Darin "Sid" Cameron, CRS

Yesterday we showed how on a $200,000 home sale with 6% commission being paid by the seller, a fairly good experienced agent could expect to get paid just under $2,000 in commission after broker/franchise splits, reoccurring marketing expenses and taxes. But that's not all you need to know. (Click for More)

Sun, Oct 22nd, 2006 - 11:33 am

How Agents Get Paid: Breaking Down Commissions (Part 3)

By: Darin "Sid" Cameron, CRS

Over the past week we've been discussing how commissions in real estate get broken down. It's easy to believe agents "get rich" selling real estate- on even the smallest of properties- if you look at the whole commission and assume it's going to one person, which is seldom the case. (Click for More)

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