A-jay
Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 4
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject: Could you help me in starting my own business? |
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| I am trying to make on-line real estate agency, so that every one can find what he/she is looking for without any problems just sitting at home. Any types of houses will be sold by that web-site. I would like to know what kind of problems this kind of byers have, so that I could make web that will answer to all of their problems and how does each of you think about the attractivness of this type of service. |
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jbarelli0762
Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 5
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:12 pm Post subject: Could you help me in starting my own business? |
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| Hate to break this to you, but it's been done, and done rather well at that. Some agencies no longer maintain an actual office other than for records.Even small agencies usually have a website where folks can search for properties and ask questions of an agent. Many individual agents have their own websites with property search and local area information.I would refer you to http://www.barelli.biz and http://www.tidesrealestate.com as examples. The "barelli.biz" site is my own, and the "tidesrealestate.com" site is my office with less than a dozen agents. (Both of those sites are pretty basic. I've seen much more elaborate ones, but those two offer the features our clients have requested, without becoming overwhelming.)Of course, the online agents don't try to actually sell the property without actually taking the clients out to see the property, but most folks (over 70% according to the National Association of REALTORS) start their home-buying process online.In any case, you'll need to be licensed as a broker in any state you do business in, and follow the various rules and laws in each of those states.And once you become licensed, you might want to check out the "Internet Sales Professional (ePRO)" qualification offered by NAR. |
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