Hi everyone, I've renewed my license a few years ago and I've jumped back into the Real Estate world. I did join a smaller independent brokerage that doesn't have much training but they offer 100% of my commissions while they get $500/transaction and extra if I use their escrow and title. They don't have any real training. Most of their agents are all seasoned and know the drills. My request is for suggestions to links and sites that may help me catch up would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. submitted by /u/sidesaladdressing [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1v2oici/renewed_california_re_license_requesting/

question in title. House is on a hill. front of house faces east. Back faces west. huge wall of windows facing nature from 2nd story, get a stunning scenic view of sunlight through trees spilling into 2 story great room. Circles of light dance everywhere due to pinhole effect of sun through thousands of fluttering leaves. Absolutely magical. she seemed hesitant and said people don’t come to afternoon open houses. But imo, seeing that would be one of the biggest selling points of the house. WWYD ? submitted by /u/SitaBird [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1v2amuk/listing_agent_wants_only_morningearly_afternoon/

My husband and I signed a buyers agreement with a family friend (she provided professional childcare to my sister’s kids). We figured the buying side is pretty straight forward. Since signing with her, she has cancelled 1 showing 3 hours before we were scheduled. She has called me by my sisters first name once or twice in person. She has texted me multiple times by my sisters name. And this morning she actually texted my sister a response we received from a listing agent about a house we are interested in. She’s local to the area but I mentioned a specific house and she responded with an entirely wrong town name. As well as not looking up a house location we are interested in and said it would have a city inspection (when it doesn’t in this particular city). Do we shrug it off and hope her brokerage/team can handle the important paper work part? Or do we escalate and ask for a different agent? submitted by /u/GlitterBombBomb [link] [comments] source https://w...

Dream home is available- location and neighborhood, pool, layout. Everything we want. It was custom built in 2005. It’s a VERY specific taste. European inspired. Sitting on the market for over 3 months now. No offers. Listed at $910k, seems fair with comps. Reduced $70k one month ago. We just did a walk through and found an area of mold in the basement. It was left from the original owners so who knows how much damage it has done, potentially 6-21 years untreated. What would an offer be that would potentially include mold remediation? Or would you just walk away? submitted by /u/GlitterBombBomb [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1v1rmum/starting_reasonable_offer_to_not_offend_seller_or/

I've been doing a ton of research on homes in the greater Boston area, and have come to understand that appraisers mostly base pricing on comps (i.e. sq footage, bedrooms, bathroom count) and not on build quality. It's no secret that the vast majority of new construction homes these days are built by speculative flippers or large tract builders like D.R. Horton. What I don't understand is how a high quality, 1930s colonial built by experienced craftsmen and can objectively last for 200-300 years, is priced the exact same as a millennial gray, OSB-sheathed, quartz counter-topped new construction of the same square footage that has an expiration date of ~50 years. I've been looking at some new constructions and flips in my area, and I've noticed many of these getting relatively few views and sitting on the market. Whereas 1900s colonials with tons of character but priced roughly the same are getting 150+ saves on zillow. Is it possible that there's a shift occurr...

Okay I’m going to try and make this as short and simple as possible. I need advice really bad. I’ve been looking for a home for ~ 6 months now. It has to be VERY specific because I have 2 businesses I run from home (one dealing with horses and one dealing with dogs). So it’s been hard to find something comfortably in my budget, and also laid out right without needing a TON of adjustments to make it work. Found said house a week ago. Toured it twice. It’s been on the market 37 days, has 79 saves on Zillow. Starting price was VRM $275,000 - $295,000. They dropped the price to $265,000 on July 1st. They have had one couple that toured it twice, but never made an offer. My realtor thinks that’s it. Here are my issues. The layout is almost perfect. It’s on 6.5 acres of ~mostly cleared land. Already all fenced in. I wouldn’t have to do hardly anything to make it workable for my businesses. Some quick notes about the house and at the end I’ll give my hold up. - Built in 1962. Purchased by ...

Hi all, My (28) gf (26) and I are getting engaged very shortly and will be looking for a home. We would like to buy a home that can last us 20 years or so, if possible. We currently have a combine salary of 160,000-170,000 USD. I also have around 100,000 in savings set aside for a house and kids and my gf received a trust via family will of around 500,000 USD. Considering all of this, I want to believe we can put down enough to get a house that will last us a while, but I have not done tons of research quite yet if I’m being honest. I wanted to see what people’s thoughts were for an appropriate price range. We live in a relatively expensive US city, as well. submitted by /u/greenj57 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1v0rdgb/please_help_me_assess_what_price_range_we_should/

A bunch of folks build cabins on a lake (I presume with permission), and a new owner can just kick them out. https://www.texasmonthly.com/culture/cast-out-of-eden-lake-diversion/ Do folks think that they can just put cabins on land that they don't own, and not worry about the owner changing the policy? submitted by /u/swampwiz [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1v0jall/how_does_something_like_this_happen/

So my husband and I are selling our home through a brokerage because we did not get great equity on the house. My brokerage posted all pictures on MLS and I did edit some of the pictures that were professionally taken because we changed the wall color and lights to be more appealing. Every other detail in the photo is the same. It does make a big difference. The issue is, on Zillow only, when you click on the pictures individually, it reverts back to unedited version. My broker who loaded them on MLS does not seem to know what to do so in my research, it said to scrub the metadata which I bought a subscription to a website that does it and did this. She uploaded and it's still doing this. Does anyone have experience in what is happening here and is this something my brokerage should know/be solving? Considering dropping and paying the money for a real estate agent but unsure if they would know either. Would appreciate any help very much. submitted by /u/Denial_Ente...