An Open Letter to Any Real Estate Agent That Wants to Increase Their Income, Despite Today’s Tough Real Estate Market.  

If You Want To Discover How to Make $100,000, $200,000, or Maybe Even $500,000 Plus a Year In The Real Estate Business, While Working 40-50 Hours a Week, and No Weekends, Then Read Below. But, Only If You Are Open Minded and Willing to Work. If You Only Work 10 Hours a Week, or Are Looking For Another “Magic Bullet” That Will Make You a Lot Of Money With Supposedly Little Effort, Then Go Somewhere Else.    

by: Ben Curry 

Dear Frustrated Realtor,        

      In this letter I am going to show how any real estate agent can make $100,000 to $500,000 annual income working 40-50 hours a week as a normal Real Estate Agent. If that is what you are looking for, and you want to learn how to “work smart”, and make the most money for the time you put in daily, then I’ve got what you are looking for.    

      For me, the slowing real estate market was the best thing that ever happened.  I honestly feel that there is much more opportunity for a real estate agent to grow their business in a slow market rather than a booming one. Sound hard to believe? After you read this letter, you will see why.  No, I don’t sell bank owned homes or foreclosure properties.  I’m a regular residential Real Estate Agent just like you.  And just like you, I was frustrated with the real estate market when it started to decline.   

Real estate was an exciting business during the boom.   

      Listings sold right away and buyers would buy their first time out to look at homes.  Everyone was talking about how their home had increased in value and they were suddenly $100,000 and $200,000 richer. 

      I sold a lot of homes during the boom.  But, in the summer of 2006, everything started slowing down.  In my market, we now have over a year’s supply of homes on the market, and that inventory growing every month.   

Today Real Estate is a Tough Business. 

      Agents that jumped in when the market was hot are dropping out in droves.  This is unfortunate, but it when the business tightens up, that’s what happens. The media is being negative on the market, and that is scaring buyers. The remaining agents are fighting over the scraps just trying to survive. Agents that were formerly on top of their game are barely selling anything.  

Here are the Top Five Obstacles That Make it Much, Much Tougher to Earn a Good Income In Real Estate Today. If you don’t tackle these, your real estate career and earning ability will be handicapped.  

1. The media and press are beating up the buyers. This is hurting the market. Without a buyer you can’t sell a house, right? Buyers aren’t stupid. They talk to their friends and read the news. They see the negative headlines the media puts out. This affects their desire to buy a home, and unfortunately takes a lot of buyers out of the market that would otherwise buy. Have you worked with a buyer recently and heard this? “We decided to rent another year so we could wait for prices to come down, and then we’ll buy.” That is very frustrating. You put in lots of time helping a buyer, and then it is all in vain.  
   
2. There is a huge amount of inventory on the market. This makes it tough to sell a listing. Buyers are looking at 50 to 100 homes before buying. When they know that many homes are for sale, they are emboldened to make lowball offers. That makes is tough to sell them a home, and to sell your listing.  
   
3. The Foreclosure Rate has gone thru the roof making it tougher than ever for a regular seller to sell their home. How can a normal seller compete with a foreclosure that has a 10 to 50% discount on the price? And when buyers think they can buy a foreclosure for a huge discount they won’t look at other houses. Your job as an agent turns into finding that “needle in a haystack” foreclosure that is for sale at a huge discount. And yes, it happens to be a house that meets their needs and they actually like.  

4. Fewer home sellers have equity, which makes them tougher to sell.

5. Sellers are unrealistic about what their house is worth. Whenever something goes wrong people want to blame someone else. So when a seller’s home doesn’t sell, who do they blame? The agent, who else? This is very frustrating, especially when you’ve worked hard to help them sell the home. This problem can be overcome, but only if you know what to do.  
   

   These problems are real, and are what we are facing every single day. So, if an agent has all these obstacles in the way, how are they supposed to make any money in today’s market? Let me show you.    

But, despite all the obstacles we face, homes are still selling.  

   If you go into your MLS, there are still enough homes selling to make you and a lot of other agents a very good living while working normal hours. So the whole talk about “no homes are selling” is just an excuse for not going out and finding business. Homes are selling, and those sellers and buyers should be working with you and me, right? Out of those homes selling, where are the sellers and buyers coming from, and how can we get that business for ourselves?

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