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Why Real Estate Sales Fail: How Agents Can Help Clients
You have decided it’s time to buy a new home. Stop there. Before you start looking and hiring a real estate agent, you must evaluate your financial situation well in advance of applying for a pre-approval letter. We cover the entire process starting about six months out. Let’s eliminate the reasons sales fail. This article offers…
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Working with Investors: Best Guide for Real Estate Agents
In today’s competitive real estate market, working with real estate investors is one of the smartest ways for agents to expand their real estate business and create long-term success. Whether it’s rental properties, single-family homes, or multi-family properties, investor clients require a specific skill set—and many real estate professionals are unprepared. Real Estate Agent Commissions is presenting this article to help fill in some blanks…
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Best free and easy accounting for real estate agents
Real estate agents like any other business owner should learn about accounting, taxes, and other aspects of self-employment. This article is about the best free easy-to-use accounting for real estate professionals. You do not need to be a CPA or accountant to manage your finances. We do recommend that you work with a CPA to…
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How Trees Can Affect Your Ability to Close a Sale
Real estate agents in some areas of the country will constantly face the issue of trees that overhang houses. This has become such a problem with changes in insurance company inspection policies that it is affecting closings. Years ago insurance companies rarely inspected homes after the purchase. Now it’s a common occurrence usually within 30-45…
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Real Estate agents how to make your tax deposits
Real estate agents are independent self-employed individuals subject to federal and possibly state income tax. You need to make quarterly federal tax deposits and quarterly state income tax deposits if your state has an income tax. I suspect that many real estate agents do not understand the quarterly tax deposit requirement. I know too…
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What is the real rate for real estate commissions?
What should I pay my real estate agent? Should I pay my real estate agent a 6% commission, these are just a few questions people ask. This article is written for real estate agents with suggestions on how to manage these and similar questions. Recently there was a question on Quora.com “Why should I pay…
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Best Real estate agents create your tax plan now
Your tax plan will include making estimated income and self-employment tax deposits. Perhaps the most important part of tax planning is to pay as little as legally possible. This does take planning and knowledge. Your tax planning deadline is December 31st of each year. This article will take you into everything you need to know…
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When real estate agents need to hire professional photographer
The internet is the first place buyers go to start their search for a new home. High-quality photos posted on property listings are essential if you want to attract the attention of more buyers. Some real estate agents who have skills can take high-quality images without the use of a professional real estate photographer. The…
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How can a real estate agent save for retirement?
Very few real estate agents that I speak with have any idea of how to save for retirement. Retirement savings are critical for real estate agents because they are not earning a pension. Social Security alone will not be sufficient for most people so real estate agents must supplement their retirement income. The good thing…
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The best business management tips for real estate agents
You are a real estate agent, you attended class and received your license. You know how to sell real estate representing buyers and sellers. This will teach you the other part of real estate, business management. Real estate agents are independent business people. They are not usually employed by brokers (there are some exceptions). Being…
