How Realtors Can Benefit From Real Estate Rebate Agreements - 05/31/11 11:00 AM
How Realtors Can Benefit From Real Estate Rebate Agreements
by Glenn Freezman
As you may already be aware, a number of new 'rebate' models have crept into the real estate market during the past few years. Driven partly by a weak market, the vast majority of these programs are aimed at enticing buyers to work with brokerages by offering heavily discounted closing costs. In some ways the rebates are little more than marketing tools that are being used to bring in new business by floating out a strong unique selling proposition (USP) to help those brokerage stand out from the … (2 comments)

A New Client in Nassau County NY - 05/25/11 02:09 PM
At Nucazza, LLP, we are ecstatic to announce that we received our first client looking for an agent that understands the "Alternative Compensation" model outside our footprint in Nassua County NY.  The buyer is looking for immediate assistance using the consulting model that Nucazza is helping to innovate that was invented by Realtors.  The client has no contingencies, he is "ready to buy".  I am looking for an agent that will work with my client as your own, and simply report the outcome and ongoing to me.  This is a FREE referral, Nucazza would just like the "props".  If you are … (1 comments)

Looking In the Right Place for Home Buying Solutions - 05/25/11 12:19 PM
Looking In the Right Place for Home Buying Solutions
by Glenn Freezman
I was talking with Nucazza’s VP of Marketing other day and he reminded me of an old joke that makes a very important point about how illogical some of the important decisions we make really are. It goes something like this:
A man is out walking his dog one night when he sees another man standing under a streetlight peering down the ground.
"Did you lose something friend?" The dog walker calls over to the other man.
"Yes," man replies, "I dropped my gold watch."
So the dog walker … (0 comments)

It’s The Buyer’s Money! - 05/24/11 04:24 PM
It’s The Buyer’s Money!
By Glenn Freezman
As part of our rollout of Nucazza (http://www.nucazza.com), we’ve been speaking to a number of Realtors about alternative home buying agreements and how they can benefit both of them and home buyers. One of the comments we often hear when we describe how Home Buying Evolution (http://www.homebuyingevolution.com) affiliated Realtors can make money helping home buyers directly and can save homebuyers thousands of dollars in closing costs is "but it's not the buyer who pays for the closing costs-it's the seller’s agent!"
At first blush, this is correct. But the reality is that the money … (0 comments)

Let’s Make a Deal! - 05/24/11 12:59 PM
By Glenn Freezman, Nucazza, LLP
I was talking with a friend recently who told me that he’s one of those guys who needs ‘adult supervision’ when he buys a car because he has a history of reading the price tag posted on the vehicle and then writing a check for that amount to the dealership. He understands that the price is negotiable but he says that the challenge is that he doesn’t really know how to get started driving the price down even when it’s to his benefit.
I doubt he’s alone. Those of us who work in real estate not … (4 comments)

We live in a "boomerang" world. - 05/17/11 03:55 PM
As I was sitting outside this morning sipping my coffee and watching the sun climb over the horizon, I looked down and saw a curved stick on the ground that reminded me of a boomerang. Suddenly I was caught up in memories of me as a kid playing for hours on end in my grandfather's backyard with a small wooden boomerang he had given to me as a gift. Remember when you were a kid, how fascinated you were with boomerangs? At least I was. You take this flat, curved piece of wood and throw it and then watch in amazement … (1 comments)

Don't we all? - 05/13/11 02:40 PM
I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a bum.
From the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money. There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don't want to be bothered. This was one of those "I don't want to be bothered times."
"I hope he doesn't ask me for … (8 comments)

Why Alternative Compensation is a Great Benefit to Realtors - 05/13/11 11:15 AM
 
Why Alternative Compensation is a Great Benefit to Realtors
By Glenn Freezman
Yesterday I received an email from eBay which informed me (with a big, dramatic headline) that ‘The Collection Has Arrived!!’ I’ll admit it made me curious so I clicked on it. It turns out that the offer was for…wait for it…women’s dresses.
I’ll go out on a limb here and say that I’m not the dress wearing type (well, there was that Halloween many years ago but hopefully by now the negatives have all been burned), and somehow doubt that pretty, floral dresses are going to become part … (4 comments)

Nucazza webinar 5.12.11 Your Invited!! - 05/12/11 12:05 PM
Nucazza is having a Webinar this evening at 7 Pm Eastern time.  In the webinar we discuss the alternative compensation models that are available to home buyers of todays' real estate.  We are innovating the invention by Nationally recognized Real estate agents that are offering choice and transparency to the real estate marketplace.  Our webinars are informational only, we don't "sell" anything!  Our webinars are offered by Banks and Credit Unions to their customers as a way of enlightening their client base to the new and exciting advancements that are occurring in Real Estate.  As always any buyer that comes through … (0 comments)

If your house Can't be sold, I can't list it! - 05/11/11 03:05 PM
I was looking for a 55 inch flat screen TV.  I went to the Internet and began my search.  The TV's had all different amenities.  Some had split screen, some enhanced audio, the screens were made using LED technology, OLED Technology and TFT Technology.  They differed with the inputs and outputs, their ability to record, save, beam and deliver recorded video into other rooms in the house.  I spent 4 weeks going to stores like HHGregg, I went to the discounters like Walmart, even the high end boutique AV retailer that has to buzz me in before I can enter the … (4 comments)

Imagining Real Estate Without Realtors - 05/10/11 12:20 PM
Imagining Real Estate Without Realtors
About 20 years ago if I needed to travel on a business trip it was an easy task-I just called my travel agent told her what I needed and let her do all the heavy lifting. And why not? The job got done and it didn't cost me any extra (or so I thought at the time).
Today, getting on an airplane is largely a DIY process. The tools are intuitive, the rates are competitive (and I’m not paying that overhead that was traditionally used to pay the agents and at the end of the day … (4 comments)

Tax reporting for commission rebates - 05/09/11 01:08 PM
Tax reporting for commission rebates
Not by Glenn Freezman,
In today's difficult housing market it has become commonplace for brokers to offer buyers a cash rebate of a portion of their commission. A common question many brokers and buyers have is whether such rebates are taxable income that must be reported to the IRS on Form 1099-MISC. The answer is no.
The IRS says that a cash rebate paid to a buyer of property at or after closing is an adjustment in the price, and is therefore not taxable income to the buyer. Rather, the buyer should subtract the amount … (0 comments)

Should Realtors Be Paid for Their Time? - 05/09/11 08:07 AM
You know those TV shows that have the disclaimer at the front saying that the following may not be suitable for all audiences, etc.? Well perhaps today's blog posting should have such a disclaimer.
It's not because I plan to do anything offensive for highly controversial. Instead it has to do a little back of the envelope calculating the help assess your value as a Realtor – and that may put you in a bad mood.
According to periodic reports from the National Association of Realtors, the average Realtor in the United States makes just over $40,000 a year. Now granted, … (4 comments)

Realtors, imagine getting paid for all your work! - 05/04/11 10:58 AM
I was talking with Nucazza's VP of Marketing the other day about the perceived value that Realtors bring to home buyers and he brought the concept into focus by sharing a story with me.
He said “last winter, during one of those severe cold spells, part of my home's plumbing system froze right up. By the time you realize it it’s too late and the damage has been done. After working halfway through the night with hair dryers, space heaters and the occasional blowtorch, he was able to get the ice out of the pipes but it was too late, the … (88 comments)

"The More you Spend, the More I Make". And That Makes Sense HOW? - 05/02/11 04:48 PM
 
Being an industry alliance partner with Acre and Mollie Wasserman it amazes me that offering a choice to a home buyer or seller as to how they wish to spend their money could be such a hardship?  As the group "Kansas" sang in the 1980's, Nothing last forever buit the earth and sky.  If Real Estate was started today, what would it look like?  Would anyone write in the business plan that 1 million sales people would be needed for 4 million sales?  Would anyone write that they would work for free 6 out of 8 hours per day, 30 … (1 comments)

To America, 10 years later - 05/02/11 11:17 AM
" Ode to America after 9/11 "  Why are Americans so united? They don't resemble one another even if you paint them! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations. Some of them are nearly extinct, others are incompatible with one another, and in matters of religious beliefs, not even God can count how many they are.
 
Still, the American tragedy of 9/11 turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. … (0 comments)

 
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Fort Washington, PA

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Nucazza LLP & Home Buying Evolution, & Family Abstract, Inc

Address: 1424 Easton rd, Suite 100, Horsham, Pa, 19044

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Nucazza, aligns itself with banks and credit unions all over the country to bring the message of choice and transparency to the banks customers. Through Webinars, co-branding and a message of positive choice we can identify home buyers on behalf of the lending institution and give them all the tools to make an informed decision as to how they wish to buy a home and how they wish to pay for the services provided. Nucazza, LLP will pass all interested home buyers to our database of participating Realtors. We are a free service to the home buyers as well as all ACRE graduates. We are an ACRE industry partner in the education, effectuation and Rabble Rousing of the Alternatives to Commission. While in my 25th year as a multi-state title insurance agent I am fulfilling a promise I made to myself just 3 days into my new career. "This industry is broken, I need to part of the change" Over my tenure, the companies I have been involved with, Family Abstract, Inc. et al has been involved in over 100,000 real estate transactions. The number one question that continually rose was regarding the commissions being paid to the Realtors(r) at closing. The buyers insisted it was their money that paid for the commissions since it was added to the sales price, the sellers believed it was their money because it was paid as part of the sales price and the "Gentlemen of Real Estate that began it all were smart enough to put it in the Agreement of Sale to protect their own ASSets. Question 1A was, what does 6% commission have anything to do with the value my agent brought me? How does one equate to the other? Why am I handing money to everyone? :( Nucazza, LLP was created as a way of giving back for an incredibly rich life that I have gotten to enjoy thanks to the real estate industry. I see great changes coming in real estate all to the benefit of our children and our grandchildren. Both as buyers and sellers as well as for those that become a new "Evolutionary" Realtor all will enjoy the richness of life that will be associated with this profession.  My job is Chief Evangelist, You don't know me... But you will


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