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Cut from the same cloth? You mean as human beings who are trying to provide for themselves and their families?
Let's just say there are honest human beings and dishonest human beings who are trying to provide for themselves and their families.
My problem is that a real-estate agent takes a month long course to get in the game, but are handling the largest financial transaction in a person or a family's life. It just boggles the mind...
Let's just say there are honest human beings and dishonest human beings who are trying to provide for themselves and their families.
My problem is that a real-estate agent takes a month long course to get in the game, but are handling the largest financial transaction in a person or a family's life. It just boggles the mind...
Well I understand what you don’t in this situation. Colorado where I am licensed, is 168 hours of prelicense school, pass the school test, pass the state and national test, have your fingerprints checked by CBI and FBI and agree to be highly supervised by the employing broker.
If there is a complaint the real estate commission investigates. You may have the complaint dismissed, you could get education, a public censure, a license downgrade or suspension.
Some states have attorneys involved writing contracts.
What do you do? Are there bad actors in your chosen profession?
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My problem is that a real-estate agent takes a month long course to get in the game, but are handling the largest financial transaction in a person or a family's life. It just boggles the mind...
Don't forget that realtors are under extreme scrutiny by their brokers and local MLS. Must attend xx hours/month for new education. Make $0 if a sale doesn't close, no matter how many hours they spend with a client. The overwhelming majority rarely make it a long-term career for whatever reason. Don't assume that all realtors live in million-dollar homes and drive cars valued at $50K and above.
Let's just say there are honest human beings and dishonest human beings who are trying to provide for themselves and their families.
My problem is that a real-estate agent takes a month long course to get in the game, but are handling the largest financial transaction in a person or a family's life. It just boggles the mind...
Sorry YOU are suffering from Boggled Mind. Are you certain you didn't catch it somewhere else?
Have you sought help for the condition?
It is easy to find agents with business, finance, or accounting degrees. MBAs even. I know agents, former lawyers, who moved from legal careers to brokerage.
You get what you settle for.
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Let's just say there are honest human beings and dishonest human beings who are trying to provide for themselves and their families.
My problem is that a real-estate agent takes a month long course to get in the game, but are handling the largest financial transaction in a person or a family's life. It just boggles the mind...
The qualifications vary based on state. Some states are insanely lax and others are more stringent. I would like to see a real estate class more like a paralegal one, but I don't see that happening.
Texas, Colorado, and Oregon have some of the most stringent requirements to become a real estate agent. While we have some real estate drama here, some of the crazy things I hear about in other states don't seem to happen here as only about half of people pass the real estate class and exam so we tend to weed out most of the really bad people.
Most agents can do the job adequately. Excellent agents are still a small group of people, but they can at least get the paperwork and process completed.
Let's just say there are honest human beings and dishonest human beings who are trying to provide for themselves and their families.
My problem is that a real-estate agent takes a month long course to get in the game, but are handling the largest financial transaction in a person or a family's life. It just boggles the mind...
My non-boggled mind isn't grasping the correlation between personal ethics and the time investment required to obtain a license. Can you explain it to me as if I were a 5th grader, so I can understand?
Well I understand what you don’t in this situation. Colorado where I am licensed, is 168 hours of prelicense school, pass the school test, pass the state and national test, have your fingerprints checked by CBI and FBI and agree to be highly supervised by the employing broker.
If there is a complaint the real estate commission investigates. You may have the complaint dismissed, you could get education, a public censure, a license downgrade or suspension.
Some states have attorneys involved writing contracts.
What do you do? Are there bad actors in your chosen profession?
Good for Colorado, but not the case in Maryland. No, I don't need to act in my line of work.
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