Q:I've looked online, and I got the general run down of the process. But I couldn't find anything that told me WHERE to take the 63 hour required course, or how to go about doing that. Nothing was very clear. I tried the Florida Department Of Business Professional Regulation like I was told, and that was even worse. I have no idea how I'm supposed to go about doing this. PLEASE help, and be as CLEAR as you can be. Also, links to where to go and all of that would be really appreciated. Thanks.

There are several methods of accomplishing getting your real estate license. Some real estate firms might take you on as apprentice prior to you getting your license. The first step is to decide if you would want to take the basic required courses that are necessary to take the real estate test in Florida. #1. A cram course over a weekend as some real estate schools offer. #2. A sit down course that take a week or two to complete. #3. Attend a community or 4 year college Once you have taken and passed the real estate, you would need a real estate broker that will hire you as you learn the real estate business. You may not sell real estate for other individuals with your real estate sales license you must be employed by a real estate broker. You may google real estate test requirements followed by Florida. This will bring up several sites that will offer many schools for you to select in order to get pass the real estate exam. Some of your larger national firms as well as a few local real estate firms might offer these course to you, however, they might require that you work for their real estate firm. You would find their ads listed in most Sunday newspaper. After you have successfully passed the real estate test and accepted by a real estate broker you should immediately make the very best marketing play you can. This marketing plan will make or break you as a real estate professional. Without a marketing plan you are chasing ambulances, the next great fad each time that you think will work for you and get you clients. This is not what the top produces do chase ambulances, they make a marketing plan and stick to that plan. They might teak it occasionally to incorporate a few new wrinkles or new technology. I hope this has been of some benefit to you, good luck. FIGHT ON

Q:Hi all, Im working on a real estate website and would like to know what kind of content would drive traffic, what would people value in the website. So, what could I offer of value to people in the real estate market.

I say you throw some good ole SEO into the sucker. What will help your site out a lot would be to change your index page into a more keyword rich title for starters. Unless you're famous, your name won't mean much to the search engines and it won't be searched for. I suggest a good meta title like Redwood Shores, CA Real Estate and from there create a good description with those keywords as well as your meta keywords added. There is a lot that could be written, but I think that might be a good first step. Also make sure you are listed in the Google local listings, it's free and can help people find your business during a search for your regional listings. I am sorry, had to add one more thing, the design I think could use some work. It just isn't that appealing in my opinion, but of course this is an opinion. Hope I was able to help. Cheers.

Q:i am looking for a job in real estate or some sales job can anyone help?

Hi, okorder and looking for threads like this, there is an agent to agent area that you can read a lot about which agency might be best for you. I do recommend that once you get licensed, choose an agency that has a LOT of house listings, as that makes the phone ring. Good luck, Real Estate is fun and rewarding.

Q:I recently read about Raffaelo Follieri and i could not understand how a real estate scam works. I then googled "real estate scam" and found nothing explaining it. The only part that was clear is paying people with bad cheques. But it seems to go on for years. Wouldnt it look suspicious if multiple people were sue ing a person for unpaid service? But i am sure bouncing cheques is only a small part of it.

I have not read about Follieri but I hope this helps: Basically, a scam works by not delivering what is promised to you but taking away your money. It can also mean promising to give you back double or triple your money invested. In the Philippines, one big time scam involved getting interested investors to put in their money in a business. The first two or three times the money returned with bigger sums (with earnings) as promised by the group which had put up a classy office manned by beautiful and respectable looking female staff. After the investors had begun to trust the company, the group asked the investors to put in bigger sums. That's when they ran away with the bigger money. Maybe the payment was like that in the case you have read about -- in checks with no deposits, or bouncing checks. A real state business involves buying and selling lands, buildings and houses, and developing big buildings and subdivisions for sale. Maybe the victims were asked to invest so that a real estate project can be developed and sold with big profits. If there was a visit to the project site, that's smart. When the investors return, the site is gone or it is discovered that the documents for the real estate properties were fake. Maybe they returned some good earnings at first. But when it was time to pay the bigger earnings they issued bouncing checks. Well, the best the victims can do is file a class (meaning, group) suit against the scammer simply on bouncing checks. But if there is a law against scams and it is proven, they can file the case as such. They can include fraud and estafa, with words like qualified. But that's for the lawyers.

Q:I used the agent to sell my house and he took to to some houses I was interested in buying. I signed a contract with him but want to know this. If I found a house on my own and went there and the agent never showed me the house (although he did send it to me after we looked at it) can I buy the house and cut the agent out of the commission even if I was in a contract. The seller will move on price more if we do not have an agent as it is a new home?

There is not anything unethical along with her request. In truth, that is what a 'well' agent is needed to do. It protects each the agent and the customer. You have got to appear on the photograph from the agent's POV.... let's consider she does not require that you just signal an contract after which she spends 6 months browsing for a apartment on your want - you discover a estate after which say...Thanks however I recognize John Doe is a realtor so I wish him take over and coplete the sale. That's no longer reasonable to the primary agent in view that she did the entire paintings and announced you to the apartment...however alongside comes John Doe to seize the fee for undoubtedly no paintings performed. With a illustration contract the whole lot is evidently recognized the agent represents you and is operating for you completely. Perhaps she will have to have defined that the agreement was once for an complete 12 months -BUT simply in view that she did not that doesn't imply you'll be able to holiday the agreement. As with all truly property transactions purchasers/dealers are instructed to touch an lawyer to study all contracts/agreements earlier to signing. You are not able to maintain your agent in charge in view that you didn't search authorized recommend or learn the satisfactory print earlier to signing the contract. You can continually request to be published from the contract however the agent and/or her dealer don't seem to be obligated to honor your request. More than most probably regardless that...the dealer would come to a decision your huff and puff is not valued at the argument and can honor your request to circumvent what you signed. If he does, please don't forget to learn ALL contracts earlier than hand someday and ASK questions approximately what you're no longer special approximately.

Q:My wife and I have $72,000 to invest. We are considering purchasing an apartment complex with 2 to 4 units. In general is real estate the best long term invesment or are there better options? A friend of our suggested being a hard money loan lenders (to earn about 10 % a month. We thought that was careless since the principal loan agent could take off with our money at anytime. Thanks for the help.

In my and most opnions, yes. But you first need to ask what determines The Best, is it highest return, safest investment, lowest risk, quickest return. Because the best investment might be $72,000 at a roulette table on red, It will be doubled money in seconds, but comes with a big risk, Apartments might come with a lot of headache and a mild return but a great retirement plan. And stocks can be very risky but sometimes have great returns, and on the other hand mutual funds are safer but with lower returns. So you need to figuring out how long you will keep this investment and how risky you can afford to be, but over time, statistically real estate has shown to be the overall best, not always the quickest or highest return, and sometimes risky, but low risk and good return over time. Which I think has more to offer than any other form of invesment.

Q:I am looking to buy a house in West Covina CA.Does any body thing the market will go back to the 1999 levels."house X" sold for 199000 in 11/1999 in 1-2007 sold for 569000now is 370000. Real Estate experts please help. where is the bottom?back to the low 200K?

I doubt it will get any where close. You may see $325,000

Q:seeking a real estate company that will help sell our timeshare in Virginia Beach,Virginia?

Very few real estate companies take on timeshares to resell. Why? They are difficult to sell and selling them makes the real estate company a VERY small commission, which is why so many charge an upfront fee. This has led to a proliferation of scam timeshare resales companies. If you want to get rid of a timeshare fast, use a timeshare transfer company instead. These companies also known as timeshare relief companies will transfer your timeshare out of your name for a fee. I know it sounds fishy, but it's often the only way that timeshare owners can get rid of their timeshares. Go with a company that's been in business for over 5 years and makes a conscious effort to show you who are they from the rep handling your case all the way up to the CEO. If they are hiding who they are, just walk away.

Q:what type of hands-on experience and also classes, books, anything would i need to learn real estate development?

There used to be an Italian father and son crew from San Francisco who wrote an most likely top notch publication approximately constructing truly property. That is the well information. The dangerous information is that I gave my replica to my son, and cannot don't forget the name of it. Look round. I feel the name used to be some thing sensible like Investing in Real Estate Title now not fully correct, it used to be fairly extra approximately constructing. Good good fortune. (That used to be approximately two decades in the past.)

Q:and which is a better career to pursue out of the two , and are there any colleges for real estate?

Agent sells (not a good thing -0- income until sells), Investor buys, and sell on his own. Investor buys reos/foreclosures, pre-forclosures, tax deeds, tax sales. Flips these houses and makes big bucks. Google each on how to.