From: JohnT on 2 Aug 2006 12:44 "Martin" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:euf1d2h0iudt0f9f2mtvbrc0pqjt27tm5e(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:04:44 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >>barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk writes: >> >>> How $36,000 and not $18,000? >> >>My mistake. I was originally thinking of a $600,000 home but I >>lowered the price a bit. >> >>Still, the rest of the statement remains valid. That's a lot of money >>for only a few hours' work. > > Why don't you sell property? > -- Would you entrust the sale of Chateau Martin to Mixi? JohnT
From: barney2 on 2 Aug 2006 12:53 In article <5ql1d25kaba89n910kk4fiugiebmlgqhr4(a)4ax.com>, me(a)privacy.net (Martin) wrote: > *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net> > *Date:* Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:48:21 +0200 > > On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:38:01 +0100, "JohnT" > <johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:tp71d2lafong81lsun6n0dqhnf73b5h36b(a)4ax.com... > >> Stanislas de Kertanguy writes: > >> > >>> The words "free" and "market" come to mind. > >> > >> A free market exists for doctors, teachers, and basketball players > >> alike, in the United States. > >> > >> Why do real-estate agents make so much more than plumbers? > >> > > > >Give in! Why do estate agents make more than plumbers? > > Why did Mixi cross the road? To get to the shady side?
From: Mxsmanic on 2 Aug 2006 13:18 Martin writes: > Why don't you sell property? I'm not good at sales. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 2 Aug 2006 13:18 barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk writes: > Just two messages ago it was a few /weeks'/ work... It can be either, depending on the property, the market, etc. Even for a few weeks' work, $18,000 is pretty good. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 2 Aug 2006 13:19
Keith W writes: > Erm 6% of $300,000 is $18,000 and that is the fee payable > to the real estate company from which costs such as > advertising, legal fees etc have to be deducted. In the U.S., it is often the money paid to the agent. And the overhead isn't that high in any case. > $18,000 for a few weeks work doesnt sound that wonderful to me It's over $300,000 a year, which is better than doctors and 747 pilots usually manage. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |