I deleted the thread Ruth "Cow Lady"

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Nov 7, 2009 9:29:06 PM

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I deleted the thread - Interesting how discussing getting paid as a Realtor is offensive to some??? no wonder banks chop away at our pay -anyway - I was asking for input but if we're under some sort of watchful eye for everything we say here than I better delete most of my posts -public is not the setting of a group I want for my discussions - chow for now - -

Catherine Myers

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Nov 7, 2009 9:36:46 PM

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Maha, I don't think anything posted was a cause for concern. Saul Klein has addressed this on the main realtalk e-mail list in the past. We're not discussing any of the things I think an anti-trust case would be based upon. I did say I'm not comfortable talking specifics as there is no set % and it varies widely by area, customs, individual brokerages, agent, service level, clientele, and business model. But to discuss commission as it relates to short sales.. I don't see an issue.

Maybe Saul or someone will chime in though :)

Edited by Catherine Myers on Nov 7, 2009 9:37:38 PM

RaytheRealtor

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Nov 8, 2009 6:25:24 AM

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Just this morning I went to check the whole discussion. I couldn't find it regardless of how I tried. I then saw Maha's post about it being deleted. That's sad!

This is a discussion group of professionals who are trying to save many Americans from Foreclosure. Lately I've been questioning my sanity for doing it. Is the compensation really worth it? Why are the lenders always trying to disallow some of our compensation. If others have ideas, or if we can collectively rally for what's right, I'm all for it.

Ray the Realtor

Linda Grissette

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Nov 8, 2009 1:59:03 PM

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What was the problem of discussing actual amounts of commission. Talking about how we can stop lenders from wanting to change the contract we have with our sellers to pay us is something completely different. The problem post mentions specifics and asked for advise on which commission rate she should charge. That could easily become a possible Federal Anti-Trust Violation. Several years ago RealTalk lost one of your best contributers over talk of actual commissions instead of X% and Y%. We have to be very careful in regards to Anti-Trust Violations.

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J. Ronnie Wiliams

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Nov 8, 2009 2:19:39 PM

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When you see one group making 100 short sales a month, that should tell all of us that they belong to the Big Boys club. We need to unite and make our words heard in DC. We need to have in place that the lenders will respond to our offers within 7 business. The is too much big Brothership going on, where a select few are getting so many REO's or Sale sales and their transactions fly through......If one looks at the number of short sales that close, we have to ask ourselves how in the world are they doing this?.....The answer is simple, they have connections someplace that is steering a lot of business their way.

You won't find any of them on this site, I can promise you that......

J. "Ronnie" Williams

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