Thanks to Drew Meyers for giving me the opportunity to host Carnival of Real Estate #166 this week. We had a lot of great submissions, and it was extremely difficult to pare it down to the 5 best. Nevertheless, here are the top 5 real estate posts of the week (in no particular order):
How Much Do Real Estate Agents Make? – Jay Thompson of PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com
Some facts:
- At the end of 2008, there were 33,500 agent subscribers to ARMLS.
- 20,466 of those agents (61%) had at least one sales transaction.
- Conversely, that means 39% of agents in the Phoenix area sold nothing in 2008.
- 7,156 agents (21%) had $1 million or more in sales volume.
- Those 7,156 agents had $23.6B of the areas $29.4B in sales transactions (80.1%)
A 7-Day Plan for Aspiring Real Estate Investors – Shae Bynes of BiggerPockets Blog
(This blog post is for the newbies, but for those who have crossed the line into actual real estate investor, I believe there’s something in here for us all!)…
If you’re feeling stuck in a seemingly unending “aspiring” spiral, I want to urge you to take the next 7 days and immediately do the following things to help you practice self-discipline on the purpose of being a successful real estate investor:
Sellers Gain Tiny Bit of Traction in Sept., but Buyers Still Negotiating Thousands Off Home Prices – Katie Churnette of Zillow.com
The negotiating power of homebuyers slipped a tad in September, but buyers in most markets were still negotiating thousands of dollars off the last listing price of homes. Buyers nationally negotiated a median 2.9 percent off the final listing price…
Not All Cheap Houses Are True Bargain Homes – DigeratiLife.com
A bargain is synonymous to a “great deal” — something that has value and has an ROI. The truth is, not all cheap houses are great deals; in fact, some are considered liabilities…
…These days, cheap homes are everywhere, especially in certain residential communities that have fallen into foreclosure…
Home Improvement Survey Results – Jessica Gopalakrishnan of Homegain Blog
HomeGain.com recently conducted its third nationwide home improvement and home staging Home Sale Maximizer™ survey (previously conducted in 2003 and 2007) to reveal the top 12 low cost*, do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvements for people getting their home ready to sell.
Nearly 1,000 REALTORS® responded to the survey.
Thanks to everyone who submitted their posts this week. It was tough to pare it down to just five!
Thanks for including Shae’s post from the BiggerPockets Blog in this week’s carnival!
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Thanks for including my post Eric!
Thanks Eric for the homegain mention and also for highlighting the four other excellent post which I had not run across yet.
Louis
Thanks for including my post from BiggerPockets.com, Eric! I’ll have to check out these others too.
Nice recap of news in the real estate market. It’s good to keep our information updated
Thanks a lot for including my post from Zillow!
I’m honored to be part of this edition! Awesome job hosting! :)
Jay’s post was excellent and provided new value on a topic that has been covered many times over. I think at last there exists a truly educational post on the topic of agent earnings.
Oh great… now I feel like nothing more than a statistic :(
I loved Jay’s blog about the millions and millions of dollars all of us real estate agents make! LOL~ Great list of some well deserved blogs. :)
Thanks for a great post. Keep it up!
Being a bit of a newbie myself, I found the 7 day planner article very interesting and informative. Thanks for all the links, however, I thought they all provided useful information.
Nice posts here! it provides great information and interesting ideas to deal with. It pictures a good statistics in real estate business. Keep it up guys!
Nice post! I like how you keep us up to date all in one post. I also like Jay’s post.
Being a bit of a newbie myself, I found the 7 day planner article very interesting and informative