Roberto Ribas's Discussions

Enter your reply: LIB: You are wrong. 50K cash back is a kickback,not a concession.If an older large home had say 30 year old flooring, broken ac and a leaky roof, 50K LEFT IN ESCROW to pay for these needed repairs is a concession. Escrow/title will cut the checks when you show receipts for the repairs, and many times the bank underwriter will accept this on a contract. On a large commercial deal, the bank will send inspectors or appraisors to verify, for example when you are updating a big building or apartment complex in this manner.There is no way in hell a bank underwriter will accept 50K cash disappearing out of the sale... You would have to leave that out of the sales contract you sent to the bank, and thus the entire transaction is fraudulent. Kickback = illegal ; concession = documented and legal.Is this clear yet???

hmmm, classes for real estate license=$500 exam = $200 license each 2 years $150 membership in local board $300/yr lockbox access $250 a year hanging your license at a 100% firm, maybe $300 a year...e/o $100 a year.all told, I would estimate here in AZ it takes about $1000 to get the license, and just over $1000 a year to keep it. A discount firm will take about $400 per transaction including e and o...there is lot more to actually handling a transaction and if a newbie agent asked my help, and wasn't too retarded, I would charge 1% to hold their hands through the first few deals their own or otherwise.So, its up to you!

The word "greed" has no business in these discussions. It implies a value or moral judgment where none has a right to exist. Alpine no more deserves what his house is "worth" then someone buying it for less is stealing it. All silly words, the market is what it is.

Because I say you shouldnt worry and whine about wheter realtors want to look at your house, or leave a card, I am badly representing my firm??oh contrare! your own agent should have a discussion with you about what sells homes!

I don't know what kind of home you have. Very often, in the multi-million dollar home range, the agent will tour the home, take many pictures and send these to a possibly out of state or out of country client...For a website, well whatever, The agent is probably wasting his/her and your time...

I am the kind of agent who gets the best deal for my clients. Now I hardly work residential, as I have a big enough business in other areas...Pinky your goal should be to get the best deal, not to find the agent who carefully avoids saying anything you don't want to hear. So far, I have suggested you not get upset if agents don't leave cards, and not worry if other agents want to look at your house. Based on that you attack me? Good grief!I don't need feedback to know if the carpet is old, or the house smells like the cat litterbox, I do an excellent job of prepping my listings beforehand; So what we have here is a seller who:1. doesnt want a full service agent2. doesn't want a lockbox3. is bothered by realtors asking questions or looking at the home.4. is upset if someone doesn't leave a card5. puts off needed environmental repairs to the last second of a contract, then complains about that money being lost, when its obviously a necessary repair.6. Gets mad at me when I suggest using her energy for something that might help the home sell, (see note 5) like how it looks, and its availablity...I would cancel this listing, if it were mine... life is too short and I dont need the business that badly

Their is nothing usefull in this post. Pinky and baby has multiple postings complaing about:1. realtors looking at her house2. realtors not leaving business cards3. having to fix some kind of oil heater thing, which she delayed till the last second of a contract that subsequently failed, and the money that cost her.I suggested she use her energy for things that help sell a home, such as how is it presented, is it available to be seen easily? and she starts this tread to attack me, cause that is being rude in her eyes!

Demand will pick up in the spring, in comparison to what will likely be a remarkably dead winter.... But pick up relative to 06, or 07??? I would not take that bet with foreclosures climbing so fast!

craigslist doesn not want cross postings! it is in their rules about using their system, so if unethical is the wrong word to use for abusing a free advertising system, what word should I use??Craigslist, terms of use Rule #7:It is against the rules to:w) post the same item or service in more than one classified category orforum, or in more than one metropolitan area;So if unethical was the wrong word to use, help me out here? what word should be used for breaking the rules on a free advertising system such as craigslist?And I agree, many of Robins postings are usefull and helpfull. However, advising people to deliberately break another sites rules hardly seems like A+ behaviour

I have suggested you use your energy to sell you home. such as examining how it shows, and its availability...rather than worrying if agents leave cards, or beign bothered by agents asking about listing your home...you have called me an "ass" said the "sh*t" word to me, and perhaps other profanities in other positng.... The maturity speaks for itself,