http://www.calgary-fsbo.com/page_content-0.html

What balls.!

As a possible buyer, I have absolutely no interest in having a realtor help me in my initial search. In the past they’ve wasted my time and theirs as they pay very little attention to my direction as to the type of house I want. They focus like a laser ONLY on my price range and area of town, ignoring size, layout, features, and want to show me everything based solely on price and the area I asked for. They inevitably show frustration and always the line “…well nobody gets EVERYthing they want…”. I’ll use a realtor to finalize a deal once I have done the searching myself, and with MLS and FSBO sites its so easy these days.

I went to view a house in North Brampton this past Saturday. 3-bdrm with a basement apt to rent, couple of minutes walk to the GO station. The realtor had 27 showings for the time slot the tenants had agreed to (they agreed to two a week). And this was no lie…many people were there while I was and more were pulling up when I left. Outside as I was leaving, the selling realtor gave a small speech to me and a young couple, and he actually told us NOT to buy right now. He said the market is too screwy, he’s never seen anything like this. He said every listing he has he’s getting 25-30 showings at a time and offers are easy to come by. He told us all that if we can, wait till spring or summer or longer if possible.

When those hours are up though, you will likely need an RE agent (only the best or those with a target outside of Canada) who will YES lower their commissions to get your business.

Yep, still around… just accepting things for what they are, flyin’ below the radar. As Garth says… expect volatility. Those who are bent on ridin’ high are in for a bumpy ride… those of us who lay low, live within our means, and enjoy what we have rather than what we want well… things ain’t so bad. Read Garths book…

On the REALTOR thing… there is a difference between a salesperson and an agent… Those who seek the former tend to resent the experience when all is said and done. Those who use that later often return and refer friends and family. As smokers reduce smokers so to do salespeople reduce salespeople… they just don’t last.

Cheers

42 OttawaMike. Also agreed. A good salesman will study the market as well as know the individual products. Have you ever noticed that good salespersons can sell anything? They just follow those guidelines and add some energy, charm etc.

Devils advocate: R U around these days? Please bring blog!

Throw the empty box my way; add sugar, bourbon and presto — life is a joyous celebration after that!
——
#108 nostradamus jr. — “. . . the U S can bankrupt the world . . .”. — One way is printing without end, but the second and vastly more profitable way is to create wars here, there and everywhere.

Hence the trash talk on Iran, threatening China, etc. Rhetoric is growing louder about Iran’s WMCottonballs; ask Obama who the only country in the world was, who actually USED WMD on another country.

He may / may not remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Further — Part Deux & Warhawks Driven by the elite, these two are what is helping to demoralize, destabilize and desensitize us to what is currently happening. However this puts a new meaning on pre-emptive strikes.

#25 Ghost of Tom Joad on 02.06.10 at 2:13 am — The video is very interesting, mainly for bloggers but not sheeple — they can’t handle truth.
——
Neat video. When we sell our home, I’ll ask the realtor if it can be listed and sold for a half-billion to GS. After all the legalese / paperwork, etc. is done we will have a nice retirement fund!
——
Most know that Hell Froze Over when The Eagles reunited. This is the visual version. Could be why The Goon Squad met in the Arctic a few days ago.

Wazzup with this? Something is happening which we are not supposed to know about. Second para. and comments are interesting: “Most notably are telecoms, banks and energy companies. People who would have insider knowledge if something huge were about to happen.” Also, see if this company is in the Top 50 list.

When did any of us last see the headline “China defaulting loans soar” in the same sentence?

Probably hooks up with the preceding, as the whole mess is flushed down the toilet.

GS – AIG, but from a new angle.

Debasing currencies.

Oil — A contrarian’s view, but now the real reason behind the Swindle of Copenhagen — to impose a new worldwide carbon tax so the oil companies continue making profits (they were behind this CC barf).