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What is the real estate broker commission percentage in Colorado?

Sam B asked: What are the “standard” real estate broker fee percentages in Colorado for vacant land or existing homes? Are these set by law, or can they vary from realtor to realtor?Angela

Posted July 15th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 2 Comments »

Is there a difference between a real estate broker and a real estate agent? And if so whats the difference?

legend4real asked: I would like to get in to real estate investing and I would like to know the difference to see if one would be better to work with that the other. Thanks.Neil

Posted July 10th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 3 Comments »

What is the difference between a real-estate appraisal on your home’s value and the tax appraisal value?

EM asked: Currently, I only know the tax appraisal 109K, from the home I am planning to buy.
(Home built in 2006, around 1500 sq)
How much of a difference can I expect from the real estate appraisal? Lower or Higher?
Are homes usually valued around the same as the tax appraisal?
What kind of problems [...]

Posted July 7th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 5 Comments »

How can I purchase list of real estate examinees or list of new licensees in California Bayarea?

babycookie asked: The Real Estate Office I am working for is now looking for to hire more new agents, where can I get the list of new real estate licensee or examinees?Carlos

Posted June 10th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 1 Comment »

Do you have to have a real estate license in order to have a property management company?

sassy30 asked: My husband and I want to get into property management. I’ve studied real estate in the past and was curious to know if you have to have a real estate license in order to be a property manager?Norman

Posted June 8th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 3 Comments »

Real Estate realtors? how are you making money now that the home business is depressed?

smacatxfl asked: Just curious how real estate people are making ends meet. The “easy” money of listing and selling and taking people
’s equity has put a temporary freeze on your earnings. Just was curious as to what other means you all have at this time?Dan

Posted May 30th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 4 Comments »

What are some of the biggest real estate companies in Australia or UK?

kiiroi_monkii asked: I just need names of some of the biggest real estate companies in either Australia or the UK. I want one that is big enough to have its financial statements online. Please help!Dale

Posted May 29th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 2 Comments »

Why would a real estate agent not want to do business with a second party investor?

wisc777 asked: I was told that if had a few preforclosure properties that i’am trying to sell,that a real estate agent would’nt want to try and bring people to my properties… On average there would be at least 20 to 30 thousand in equity on each property… I was told that the agent would get [...]

Posted May 18th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 2 Comments »

What would be the steps for me to become a real estate agent?

CraZeD asked: I am interested in real estate, either corporate or residential. I just finished my BA degree in Economics and I think I want to try my hand at real estate. What would be the steps I need to do from here? How and where would I get my license? Any information would be [...]

Posted May 18th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 2 Comments »

How do the real estate pros buy 10-20 properties a month and were do they find them ?

chilask asked: I intend to run my own real estate investment company and would like the following questions answered. My understanding is that the pros use hard money to fund their deals and if they dont sell the rent the property. After some analysis i realized that after rehabing the property and you decide to [...]

Posted May 8th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 5 Comments »