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My experience is apparently
different from the majority. I signed up for a minimal subscription with
them, for buyer leads. In 2 years I spent approximately $6000 on
subscription fees and had 5 closed transactions for a a total of about $20,000
in commissions. This is clearly not the way to instant riches, and yes, it
IS WORK to respond to all the lame leads. However, my calculator informs
me that I did indeed come out ahead on this deal. This was business that
would have gone to someone else. I think the idea is to keep it in
perspective, respond to the leads diligently, but then drop the ones that don't
want an agent and forget about it. 1 sale for every 25 leads or so, so you
give the good ones a chance to surface, take those, and move on. So, after
2 years, I decided that it was proven I would make money, and proven that I
would not lose my investment, so I recently increased my
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RE: I Love HouseValues - Mar. 18, 2008 |
| Posted by Loretta Blendermann |
| I am surprised! I did not find House Vales service to be very helpful myself. I found the Realtors that they were sending out to prospective clients did not know the area and therefore were only giving comps based on price per square foot. In some areas they were way off on a recommended listing price...I also found the leads they provided were either fake contact information or they got very upset when I contacted them saying they did not know anyone would be contacting them. I am happy it worked out for you but my broker spend a lot of money on leads that never worked out. |
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RE: I Love HouseValues - Sep. 22, 2008 |
| Posted by Marc Massis |
Very poor leads....most did not have complete contact information, others did not want to be contacted by agents, and the system has many glitches. For instance, when attempting to contact a lead via email through their system --- would not work but works with my AOL. So it was truly a hassle having to contact HouseValues technical department all the time to fix these glitches. I did not close a single lead --- complete waist of time and money. |
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RE: I Love HouseValues - Dec. 24, 2008 |
| Posted by bill gates |
Marc,
You're a closing machine!
You're also a great speller...Happy holidays, pinhead
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RE: I Love HouseValues - Dec. 30, 2008 |
| Posted by Anonymous |
I love the math!
I have used Utopria for over a year. I've spent close to $600 on the service. I've double ended one property $600,000. I've confirmed that i've won 4 listing from it. I would estimate I have added about 5 or 6 new long term clients.
I also have to work it. Many of the free services out there are much easier to learn and grasp. But I've tried many of them...not sure they do anything but make money off advertising for themselves.
So $600 for $40,000+, yes not a bad product!
Check them out at www.utopria.com. |
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