I have been toying with this idea for about 3 years now and have hired 2 people as a buyers agent during this
time period . It seems that either they feel I am to feed them leads and keep the busy or they just
want to do my paperwork and not produce. I am with Re/Max and we pay a monthly fee for having an assistant
or buyers agent. I am willing to pay the cost if they are going to be motivated and they are at first , all of a
sudden after a month or so they loose the urge to do anything. I offer a great pkg to them , a good split and I
pay the monthly expense. I need some suggestions as to fine tune my approach to keep a person who is able
and willing to get results,keep them motivated enough to hang in for awhile. The last person I did hire was a
agent that I work with about 5 years ago and she was so happy to be working with me , I went on vacation went
over all of my clients and explained to her that I was actively working with 5 buyers who were ready to purchase
and would be calling her for appointments to see homes. There were no problems ,questions and all was good
with the world. I go away and of course the issue rears it ugly head " she can't do it prior commitment " on four
of the 5 days I was away. Needless to say lost one client to another agent , they put an offer in on a home in
mid $300's and the other 4 are still with me and loyal. I let her go and now not really thinking that this is a good
idea. Please let me know what you have done or not done with hiring a buyers agent or assistant.
