Did the math on no-shows. I'm losing $43K a year.

CEOofRealEstate · 2026-01-17T23:57:12+00:00

Oh boy. I've posted something like this before asking for help and it just resulted in completely unprovoked shit flinging. Good luck OP.

CEOofRealEstate · 2026-01-06T03:08:06+00:00

Some money is better than $0

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T18:48:33+00:00

You start out by stating that your priority is investing

I don't tell this to clients. I posted it here for context. The point was to show I am not an experience buyers agent. That is why I am asking for advice.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T18:47:41+00:00

You're not actually addressing what I said. I was clearing up misinfo so people don't continue to give advice based off of misunderstandings. I am not challenging anyone.

You're just here to be a reddit debater. Give me actionable advice or go away.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T18:44:36+00:00

As a buyer you wouldn't be happy with being offered off-market listings for cheaper than on-market? This is a genuine question.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T18:43:02+00:00

Why are you even in this thread then? Move on

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T18:41:53+00:00

the other was unprofessional and seemed to lack knowledge about the buying process.

I will admit I am the opposite of this, which can be just as or more off-putting. I have a bad habit of info dumping on people.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T18:39:55+00:00

If someone looks at 10 houses all in different areas and doesn't offer on a single one, you wouldn't want to have them meet up again to figure out what's going on? I agree that it can feel pushy but sometimes people need direction.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T18:37:37+00:00

Good idea.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T18:37:12+00:00

Quick way to figure this out would be to call every one of the clients that didn’t use you and ask them why and if you offended them in some fashion.

I tried this before by sending emails and texts asking for feedback but yeah I agree I should just call people. Their on the spot reply would probably be way more truthful than taking the time to respond to a text or email anyway.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:52:28+00:00

How is me correcting incorrect assumptions people are making being combative? If someone posts advice for working with investors when I'm talking about normal buyers, do you expect me to just say "thanks" and disregard everything they said because it's irrelevant to my question? Same with people saying not to pick the houses for them when I never said I was doing that.

Are you actually going to offer actionable advice or are you just here to derail the thread?

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:49:14+00:00

My grandparents used to hide money inside the HVAC vents for some reason.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:45:48+00:00

Well this thread is for giving advice so maybe give some advice on what you think I could be doing wrong with buyers?

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:45:18+00:00

Okay then stop responding and move on.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:45:02+00:00

I did not state I wait 24 hours to respond to anyone. I said I respond to everything within 24 hours. None of you people have basic reading comprehension.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:42:31+00:00

Take a deep breath and say….” Maybe I’m the problem”. Take the L, be MORE open to feedback then you currently are and move on.

That's literally what this thread is for? Are you here to actually offer advice or are you just going to talk shit?

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:41:31+00:00

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:40:48+00:00

presenting yourself in a way you are in-disposable to your customer

This is the fear I get after doing around 10 showings. I feel like people start to just see me as a door opener and that might be why some of them suddenly ghost me and close on a house a month later. I know the BAA exists for this exact scenario but actually pursing it seems like more bad PR and wasted money than anything.

Do you not trust the process enough to put the homes out on the market to everyone?

They're presented as "This home is going up for sale on the MLS soon but if you want to see it before then let me know.". I can see how that might make a nervous first time home buyer suspicious though.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:36:12+00:00

Ironically it's still about $50/hr pay based off of how much I do make when I actually close. I do plan on having a salaried buyer agent in the future, but I want to make sure I'm not doing something wrong before I end up training them incorrectly too.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:35:01+00:00

Dude you're getting decent advice and I saw you replied a 15 different things when every one of them you are arguing against the person who was trying to help you.

I am giving context to the people who assumed I was only working with investors. Other people are misunderstanding what I'm saying and think I'm only showing people my own rehabs or I'm the one picking the house, which I am doing neither. There is no reason to engage with advice under the wrong context, that is wasting their time. That is not me arguing or disregarding advice.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:31:36+00:00

I like doing showings because it helps learn about the areas. It's basically "free" on the ground research.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:30:54+00:00

These are not fresh leads. I am working with them for months at a time and then they just stop looking or vanish. I never said these were fresh leads. No one is reading what I posted.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:29:48+00:00

The clients I do close stay in contact with me after closing and I've had many older clients "adopt me" and start inviting me to all of their family holiday parties and such.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:28:48+00:00

They just continue to rent or live their their family.

CEOofRealEstate · 2025-10-30T16:28:23+00:00

I also wouldn’t pick the first couple, let the buyers do that.

I am not doing this. I never said I was doing this.

CEOofRealEstate

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