Oh Gloria, You will be amazed how some agents treat their listings. I really don't get it either- they are doing alot of disservice to thier seller. If you have that many listings why not use showing serivce for th showing appointments... GO figure

Gloria, what they tell the property owner is: "Mr/Mrs. Homeowner, I'm glad you told me you were going to interview Gloria. Let's put up her stats on the MLS and compare the data between her production (sales) to date against my production (sales) during the same time frame. I'm sure she is a very nice person, but who do you want as your agent? A nice person with three sales all year or me with 14 sales? I'm not nice, but I'll get your house SOLD. Isn't that what you really want?" They use their laptop, Supra key, electronic tape measure, and digital camera as props to get the listing. Not to do the job that you think they are being interviewed to do. They take the listing high and work the seller down to the real market value. They have the listing all filled out prior to their arrival and they pull it out for signature while they open the data base in the outlook or top producer software and show the number of clients they have looking for a home in that price range. They say, "Mr/Mrs. Homeowner, I have Gloria's cell phone number let me call her and tell her about this new listing." It is all about NUMBERS. Customer service has nothing to do with real estate today. I know they do it this way, because that's how the top producers in my area have done it to me. God Bless America.

Gloria, if your looking for a home in Fl you can't be looking to hard, I hear there are tons for sale down there.

They might even give you one when you fill up at a gas station. :-)

That's a first for me, I've never heard of anyone completely forgetting about a listing they have. Just out of curiosity - without an assistant, how many listings should one person have before they can no longer effectively service their clients?

60 listings is a lot more than a normal human being can handle. At least IMO. I used to do couple FSBO listings (with a smaller scope of services offer) alongside with my  regular listings and I did have one rule ... The minute I couldn't right away connect the correct seller's name with correct property, I wouldn't take any more listings. I always wanted to make sure that if a client calls me, I know right away who I'm talking to and what we're talking about. At that point it kept me around 20 - 25 listings maximum. But I truly don't understand why would any seller want to list a home with someone who has THAT MANY listings on his/her own. How can the agent serve the clients' best interests trying to sell so many homes at the same time (if they are even trying?).

Times are a changing!

Limited Service listings in Florida! are very popular, The no Brainer Listing.

I would love to have 60 of them x $299 plus a charge to fill out the contract etc could add up to a nice piece of change for the  agent and a big savings for the homeowner.

No wonder why the agent mention above can not remember if he/she has that listing, unless the home owner calls the agent, after all the agents phone number is not on the sign, and they would never know and most likely forgot about it until the owner call.

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/florida-best-limited-service-mls-by-prestigious-homes-realty/2004951193

Its all about competition.

You can choose between Regular, Plus or High Test.

Vance:)

Hello Gloria

I see you are still looking for a home ,check out my inlaws home in Orlando..its a real beauty and now vacant do to relocation.

If you like what you see just call me I will give the complete info.

It has a die for kitchen,plus.

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Yes ha ha This is my limited do hicky ha ha

It is now $349,000 Gloria it was $420K plus at one time! not to long ago!

One of the problems is that the same builder in the next phaze has standing inventory and has enormous deep discounts on new homes.

I believe once the new inventory starts to decline then the resales should start moving again and in certain markets around the country that has already started to happen, but FL has a ways to go.

I have 3 builders that just raised there homes 10K higher now that's in metro Atlanta..we are getting halfbacks moving in..  for those who may not know what a Halfback is, it is a northerner snowbird who is moving halfway back, out of Florida, but not all the way back home up north were they are original hail from..Hey I don't make this stuff up ha ha

Florida's market is still flatter then a pancake.. many High rise projects are in foreclosure now, and with planned large projects  now on hold because of the funding has been pulled, I  had two of them.. and with Hurricane Season just a little more then 2 months away will not help either, just one more thing to look forward to......

One other thing is the Investor market is rolling right along gobbling up whatever they can.

Hi again Gloria

I found a perfect lake home for you!

it will remind you of those other homes you had visit with the squirrels, raccoons, snakes, bats, elephants ha ha etc   drum roll here it is,

You won't have to worry about your "suitcases" it is ringing your door bell ha ha ha

Lake home benefits.

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Yes, Gloria. It is sad about those that list and do nothing more. Vance hit on it. There are agencies out there that will do a flat fee to put a sign, lockbox and list on MLS. That is all you get, all you pay for. They advertise on the FSBO web sites. I am not sure if this occured in all markets last year, but in Texas they had to pass a rule that you could no longer list in MLS and then have the buyers agent go straight to the seller with the contract because of this type of marketing. Now, if you list it on MLS, you have to take the contract and present it to the seller. They changed the wording so that if you are representing a seller, there were obligations you must fulfill. It did help. I dont see as many in our area as I once did.