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NAR Is Just a Little Too Rosy — Do You Agree?

1 September 2011 by No Comment

The National Association of Realtors® is busy convincing us that the real estate market has turned a corner and business is looking up for agents all across the country… “Home sales are actually up from this time last year!” they remind us.  ”Affordability is at an all time high!” they try on us.  However, the economic indicators suggest a less rosy picture — at least in our immediate future.  Who’s right, who’s wrong, and what are we going to do about it?

So it’s that time again. I want to invite you to participate in this “state of the industry” agent survey.  The survey is only two minutes long, and of course I’ll be sharing the results of the survey with my readers and with the National Association of Realtors®, so the more participants we have, the more reliable our data is.  

In the past we have discovered some remarkable statistics that no one else has, and I suspect we will receive some surprising answers this time around too.  Thanks!

 

State of the Industry Survey

Progress:

How long have you been practicing real estate?

How is your income compared with last year?

How many transactions did you complete in the last year?

What is the number one challenge preventing you from doing more business?

How optimistic are you about your next 12 months in real estate?

Where do most of your customers come from? (Check as many as apply.)

How would you describe your current client mix?

What is your average commission split with your broker?

How much do you pay monthly in rent, desk fees, and other fees to your company?

How much training and/or coaching do you get from your broker?

Which best describes the brokerage you work for?

How do you see yourself in comparison to other agents you know?

Thank you for taking your valuable time completing this survey.

 
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Matt Jones PhotoMatt Jones is the founder and CEO of FavoriteAgent.com, nationally syndicated columnist, broker, and best selling author of LCM: The Secret to Success in the New Age of Real Estate, The Ultimate Listing Presentation, Traffic: How to Sell Fast and Net More, Becoming a Mega-Producer, The Science of Online Marketing, 10 Steps to Real Estate Success, 20 Questions: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Real Estate but Were Afraid to Ask, The Virtual Office Model, Max-Bang!, and The NEW Ultimate Listing Presentation. Jones' North Carolina-based company has been profiled by major media outlets as an innovator and a pioneer in the industry, and CNN's Pulse on America claimed FavoriteAgent.com is "changing the way real estate is being done in America." This article is cross-posted in the following locations: BlogMattBlog.com, RealBlogging.com, NewsGeni.us, TheCommissionCheck.com, RevampedAgent.com, and now Amazon Kindle.