From: Hatunen on
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 20:39:14 +0100,
this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:

>Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>FFS Mixi, please tell me what the median salary is of a US realtor...
>
>It's not a question BTW.

It looks like an imperative to me.

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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> The Reid writes:
>
> > has anybody bothered to ascertain the operating expenses? I
> > assume the *commission* is not a *salary*, it is income to offset
> > against expenses. Like running an office during Xmas with no
> > customers.
>
> What kind of one-man paper-based business has monthly overhead of
> $36,000?

What's the median salary for a US realtor, Mixi?

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From: Gregory Morrow on

Martin wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:35:02 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
>
> >In article <bnf1d2h2jfjbrljdf1c1u2hgd52if4fqnd(a)4ax.com>,
> >mxsmanic(a)gmail.com (Mxsmanic) wrote:
> >
> >> *From:* Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
> >> *Date:* Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:04:44 +0200
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> >Just two messages ago it was a few /weeks'/ work...
>
> In the meantime he made a quick sale.


"Jacqueline" makes her "sales" *much* quicker...sometimes several dozen a
night :o)

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From: Mxsmanic on
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate writes:

> Are you good at anything?

Yes.

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From: Mxsmanic on
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate writes:

> For the average realtor, that's half a year's wage.

How many hours of work does it represent?

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