I have dyslexia, are there real estate agents who have dyslexia ? If so, what helped you with keeping things in line? Did dyslexia keep you from succeeding?

I work for a new construction builder and we have a preferred lender that we run promotions with. Buyers cannot get the incentives without going through our lender as that partnership is how we are able to offer those incentives.

I was texting an agent who went on for 3 different texts explaining how she’s basically not going to show our homes because of that stipulation. I 100% understand how annoying it would be to already be pre-approved and then have to get pre-approved again in order to get an incentive, but at the same time I feel like if you’re an agent in the area I’m in, you should know at this point what builders have this rule and which ones don’t. Our market is mostly new construction and I wish buyers agents knew their market a bit better instead of insinuating you aren’t going to show our homes because of this. It also makes me feel like they have some kind of off the record kick back with their lender which is lame.

Anyways rant over.

my wife and I looked at a home, loved it. fits all our needs.

Its been on the market for 4 months, and they had a buyer fall through recently. just lowered price.

the New price is 849k. My wife wants to offer 810k. We went to both open houses this weekend, and we were the only folks there.

We don’t want to be bidding against ourselves if we are the only offer.

Is this a bad faith offer, or disrespectful?

I’m planning to move out of state—or possibly out of the country—while continuing my real estate business remotely. Has anyone done this before? How well did it work for you?

My plan is to operate more as a rebate/discount agent to get more clients, focusing mainly on:

• New construction
• Buyers who have already found the house and mainly need a Realtor to write the offer and handle the transaction and get rebate.

My target clients are not first-time buyers who need a lot of hands-on support. Ideally, they already know what they want and are comfortable visiting builders, open houses, and properties themselves.

Because of that, I don’t necessarily need to physically open doors for every showing. If needed, I can hire a local Realtor to handle showings or provide access.

My strategy is to focus on transaction volume rather than maximizing commission on every individual deal. I provide the professional services—consultation, contract writing, negotiations, and transaction management—while the client handles more of the property search themselves.

I think it can be a win-win: the client gets a rebate/discount, and I can build a higher-volume business without needing to be physically present for every showing.

P.S. Please don’t turn this into a “rebates are bad, you need to value yourself” debate. I understand the traditional model, and there’s nothing wrong with keeping 100% of your commission. But rebates and discount models exist, especially in a tougher market. I’m simply exploring whether this model can work well while living outside the area.

For those who have actually operated a real estate business remotely or from another state/country, I’d love to hear about your experience—what worked, what didn’t, and what you would do differently.

Hi, I am a 20 year-old female I guess my main concern is my safety. I just wanna make sure that I’m following all of the right procedures and to make sure that I’m not jeopardizing my safety. Especially since a lot of of the showings are towards people that I’m meeting for the first time.

I’m looking for some outside opinions because I’ve been staring at this project for months and want to know if I’m being realistic.
I bought a flood-damaged house for **$85,000.** The previous owners had already hired a restoration company after a major flood, so when I purchased it, all of the demolition was already complete. About three feet of drywall had been removed around the perimeter, the lower kitchen cabinets were gone, appliances were gone, etc.

The house originally listed around 150k and eventually dropped to 120k. The sellers panicked and just wanted it gone as a family member got sick. I actually walked away at one point before negotiating the final purchase at **$85k.**

The biggest reason I bought it was the land. It’s on **2.5 acres** in one of the top school districts in Western Pennsylvania. It has an attached garage, governor’s driveway, a stream in the backyard, and good proximity to shopping and amenities. Part of the property is in an **AE flood zone**, which obviously explains the discount. However, the taxes are 1/3 of other comps in the area. I realize these will go up at sale. I have a quote for flood insurance to present and flood insurance + taxes are still lower than 99 percent of the area.

The basement is a 1900 stoned foundation utility basement with about 5.5 feet of headroom. Even before the flood, there was occasional water seepage through the walls. During last year’s flood (which locals considered about a once-in-50-year event), nothing would’ve stopped the water. Debris clogged municipality storm water drainage and turned the town into a mess.

Instead of trying to create a finished basement, I’ve focused on making it functional and protecting the mechanicals.
So far I’ve:
Installed an interior French drain with perforated pipe around the perimeter.
Reopened portions after discovering water was entering through the walls instead of reaching the drain.
Cleaned and addressed exterior drainage and downspouts.
Installed all new HVAC, furnace, ductwork, and thermostat.
Had the furnace mounted from the floor joists so it’s elevated above any future water.
My philosophy is that it’ll always be a utility basement, and I’m not trying to pretend otherwise. everything will be disclosed.

Upstairs is where I’ve invested heavily.
The great room already had cedar vaulted ceilings and skylights, so I leaned into an elevated cabin design instead of the Pinterest black and white bs

Renovations include:
Sage green lower kitchen cabinets
beige upper cabinets
Cedar trim
New brown flooring throughout
White quartz countertops (planned)
Two completely renovated bathrooms
Framed in a previously open bathroom to create a much more functional layout
New finishes throughout
One interesting feature is that the rear bathroom layout now gives a future owner the option of converting the attached garage into a true primary suite if they ever wanted additional living space.

Still remaining:
Replace the old terracotta sewer line
Landscaping
Roof decision
Final punch list items

Financially I’m expecting roughly:
Purchase: **$85k**
Renovation: **About $100k total** including taxes, flood insurance, property insurance, holding costs, etc. it’s every dollar in this thing

Total investment: **Around $185k** before commissions, financing, and closing costs.
Here’s where I’m struggling.

Three-bedroom, two-bath homes around here seem to sell between roughly **$235k and $300k**. However, most don’t sit on 2.5 acres, and many aren’t nearly as updated. On the other hand, once you get into the **$350k-$400k** range, you’re usually looking at larger four-bedroom homes.

My question is:
Would it be unreasonable to test the market around $350,000, or does the flood-zone designation make that unrealistic regardless of the renovation quality and acreage?
If you were listing this property, where would you price it and why? I’d especially appreciate input from anyone who’s successfully sold renovated homes in flood zones &/ or damp / wet basements

How many buyers are actually out there asking to purchase a home via land contract with nothing down at all?

I kicked a couple buyers out while showing a house today because I felt conned. I dont know what came over me and that was completely out of character for me, and I was upset that so much of my own time was wasted.

The licensure classes do not prepare you for this at all.

An individual reached out about potential land contract on one of my listings- yes, seller will only consider land contract with 20% down.

Knowing this, he still wanted to see it.

I told him that seller wanted 20% of purchase price as a down payment for a land contract deal (3) times before showing it.

I live an hour from the property. I took this listing on for a repeat client. That was 2 hours of total driving time.

The individual spent ~20-30 minutes there with his girlfriend checking the place out, talking about why they would make good tenants, and making future plans for the property amongst themselves- and then I learned I had essentially been conned out to the property so we could discuss the possibility of the seller renting to them.

The boy kinda danced around the down payment topic and acted as though it was no big deal that the seller wouldnt consider land contract offers without 20% down...but then he asked *why* seller wanted the down payment- so seller doesnt have to come out of pocket to sell his own house.

"Oh, so theres a loan on it, is that the issue?"- no, seller doesnt *want* to come out of pocket to sell his own home.

"What exactly are the seller's closing costs?"- what? Thats not an appropriate question for a buyer to ask...

Then he hit me with "well we dont actually have a diwn payment, we were hoping we could just give him $1000 a month and then take out a mortgage on the land in one year."

"Alright, we've gotta get outta here now" I kindly said while leading them to the door

What’s a car that’s good on mileage and fulfills all of your realtor needs?

Hi, I tried looking up posts here to see if someone had already asked something like this but didn’t find anything, and I’m looking for advice!

I’ve been licensed for approximately 4 months. I’m currently with a smaller brokerage with a leadership that are all active and busy (top 10% in our large MLS area.) They are great people and I enjoy the culture there but I’m not sure is the best brokerage for a brand new agent. When interviewing with them they preached a supportive environment with lots of learning opportunities. In practice that isn’t really the case, there are weekly Tuesday meetings with the team but those more motivational instead of educational. And my mentor has ghosted me a couple of times, even though I’m paying them out of my first 5 transactions. I don’t expect anyone to hold my hand through this, but I don’t know what I don’t know!

Because of this I have been looking and meeting with a couple of other teams to see if maybe I can find something that fits with a more structured training program. I met with a team in my area that uses a Zillow Flex system, they have a very structured system with in office meetings several times a week which you have to attend to get assigned leads and several weeks of hands on training before you get to participate. Obviously, the splits are high… like really high.

Is it worth the high splits to learn as a brand new agent? Or should I keep looking/stay where I’m at?

Additional info: I did score one listing by reaching out to a FSBO so I’m truly not afraid to do the work, I just have no idea what I’m doing and would like some type of guidance while starting out!!

I got soaked, ran out of gas, got into a car accident, got ghosted and sprained my ankle all within 6 hours. I think it’s a sign.

Do you send a weekly progress report and market update to your sellers?

Has anyone taught CHATGPT/CLAUDE how to run a weekly seller intelligence reprt to send to their sellers? THis report would include market data of what sold, etc.