Sometimes I Dream
Sometimes I dream of offering ala carte fees for each service I provide.
And, when I dream, I wonder what it would be like to get paid for:
- Each home I show to a buyer (with fond memories of the buyer I showed 200 homes ).
- Each listing proposal I present to a seller who thinks I’m “negative”.
- Each home I preview for a buyer.
- Each home inspection I arrange and attend.
- Each negotiation over price, terms, closing date, possession, personal property included/excluded, and home inspection repairs that I successfully conclude.
- Each document I prepare.
- Each document I review.
- Each question I answer.
- Each phone call I return.
- Each e-mail I reply to (with fond memories of the buyer who exchanged 565 e-mails with me, then bought one of the homes I recommended from another agent).
- Each home I photograph.
- Each virtual tour I prepare.
- Each flyer I prepare/print.
- Each closing I attend.
- Each time I tell the truth, even it’s to my detriment.
Most of all, I dream of getting paid for my services when I provide them instead of only getting paid if and when a transaction closes.
If I could get paid for each service I provide, when I provide it, I wouldn’t have to charge a percentage-based commission and listen to people complain about my fee.
But, for now, I must stick with the existing system, regardless of how flawed it may be.
I must settle for getting paid only for results.
Which is, perhaps, as it should be.
November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Inside Real Estate
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One Response to “Sometimes I Dream”
By Mississauga Real Estate on Dec 2, 2009
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