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Forum: Canada

Aug 15th 2009, 1:56 am

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Posted By Alan2005

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Companies arern't forced to hire those people. The company I work for does all it's own marketing and branding. I think you are missing the point I'm making - it's not about the value realtors may...

Forum: Canada

Aug 14th 2009, 11:12 pm

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The choice to restrict yourself to FSBO properties isn't really a choice at all. It doesn't matter how good a job you do, the fact that you cannot meaningfully refuse the services of a purchasers...

Forum: Canada

Aug 13th 2009, 8:31 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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I don't think that's entirely fair. Most people I know (including many Canadians) have a negative view of realtors for whatever reason

Forum: Canada

Aug 13th 2009, 7:24 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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For sure. That's how non regulated professions are supposed to work. The problem with the regulated ones is that you are forced to use them by government legislation. Legislation will usually push...

Forum: Canada

Aug 13th 2009, 7:03 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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So you'd get rid of the min wage then?

Market price is not necessarily a fair price. The market is imperfect especially in closed shop professions and cartels (this is now getting way beyond...

Forum: Canada

Aug 13th 2009, 6:28 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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No. I would expect their employers to pay them the minimum required to retain an appropriate number of skilled GP's.

Forum: Canada

Aug 13th 2009, 6:20 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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I wasn't making a judgement (I'm done with that and don't need to go over it again), just giving a reason

Forum: Canada

Aug 13th 2009, 6:19 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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Well - how would you calculate the market price. You could say it was the average or you could say that everyone is working for the market price (as they agreed to do the work for the amount on the...

Forum: Canada

Aug 13th 2009, 6:18 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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I think it's more the disparity between what they change vs what they appear to do.

Forum: Canada

Aug 13th 2009, 3:45 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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I really like the sound of Sams business model - if I was buying (or selling) near where she was I'd be giving her a call for sure.

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 11:16 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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I know, but you aren't very good at it:p.

Fortunately for you, Sam did a much better job of defending your profession. With just one post she's convinced me that some of you aren't actually...

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 10:30 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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She should have posted that several pages ago. It has kind of taken away the cause of my overblown indignation.

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 10:23 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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Actually - that sounds like a good deal:)

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 9:59 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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They are both good points - but I would say

1 - You shouldn't need a realtor to find comparibles - is that information not in the public domain. Stuart said it was. Anyway, I wouldn't offer 5%...

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 8:13 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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That just sounds like realtor scaremongering. Happy to be proved wrong, but how would a realtor protect you from this (assume that I can get a lawyer to draw up contracts and a surveyor to do the...

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 5:27 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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This has been an interesting thread so far - a bit like the old days of BE when I used to lurk. Also I should add that I appreciate Stuart's input (tho I can see how it doesn't appear that way)

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 5:22 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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Me neither - I don't hate realtors. I dislike the system - realtors are just individuals working within it and as such they will naturally defend it. As I said, if I was selling I'd probably use a...

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 5:20 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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Actually if most municipalities provide this free electronically then there is definitely scope for a price history website - I may even look into this idea myself, might be a money spinner.

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 5:16 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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I don't own a house yet - I'll be purchasing. I can't force people selling there houses to me to not use a realtor, hence I can't get the 4% back.

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 5:07 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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Interesting anecdote. I've highlighted what I think is something quite important. In the UK you can do that yourself using mouseprice.com or nethouseprices.co.uk, is there such a service in Canada?

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 5:04 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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No I haven't read the legislation - but any legislation that puts up barriers to entry into a market ultimately protects those already in the market. Doesn't matter what the details of the...

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 4:14 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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Yes - I think you are right.

Forum: Canada

Aug 12th 2009, 4:02 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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That's a step-by-step legal process and should come with a fixed price. Any lawyer should be able to do this as conveyancing (or whatever it's called here) should be bread and butter to them.

I...

Forum: Canada

Aug 11th 2009, 11:41 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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That makes sense. I don't object to the existence of realtors, it just seems that there is no meaningful alternative. Say the commission rate is 8%, this seems to be split 50/50 with between the...

Forum: Canada

Aug 11th 2009, 11:23 pm

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Posted By Alan2005

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That's actually shocking. I'm guessing this nasty piece of legislation is really there because it stops people just doing the realtor exams to avoid paying the commission (although the reason given...

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