With all of the current news programs and news articles loaded with the horrors of owning Real Estate it is time for REALTORS to take the lead and make their own news.  Real Estate is still the best investment in the United States....but a buyer has to use sound judgment and rely on competent professionals.  If a deal or a loan seems to good to be true than it usually is....it really is that simple.  A REALTOR should never recommend to a client that they buy a property using financing that is counting on future appreciation of the property or future earning potential of the client.  This simple rule would have avoided most of the housing crises we are in now....that and the fact that we as REALTORS should never allow our clients to sign away their rights to home inspections or appraisals. 

REALTORS also need to stop listing anything and everything that someone wants to sell.  If something is not priced right it will not sell, so why list it?  When we list properties over price we skew the statistics and flood the market.  Too many REALTORS are scared that if they tell the customer the truth the customer will become a client of another REALTOR who is willing to list an over priced property.....we as REAL ESTATE PROSESSIONALS need to do our jobs and portray an accurate picture of what a property is worth, if we do this we can begin to start to turn this market.

Damon Gettier, Broker/Owner RE/MAX 1st REALTY --ABR, ABRM, CDPE, ePRO, GRI, SRES, AHWD,  VA Licensed Real Estate Instructor

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1 Comments on A time for Professionals to Rise to the Top!

DEC
25
2008
557,403 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Hello Damon,

Welcome to Active Rain and congrats on your first post! The opportunities to learn and network are incredible here. Best of luck to you!

-Keith
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