The 30 minute phone call
appointmnent agreed
15 minutes to get there
30 minutes to assess
1 hour to discuss and agree
1.5 hours preparing spec
40 minutes attend on brighter day for pictures of product
7 or 8 hours setting up promotion websites portals hardcopies, window cards
45 minutes per property preparing adverts
cost of adverts with no guarantee of selling every property
20 attendances in 12 months 15 min each way travel say 1 hour each viewing
20 minutes Vendor calling in calls to discuss market
20 minutes Vendor calling in to change price
4 or 5 hours agreeing contract terms
4 or 5 hours assisting with problems and there are always problems
Oh dear it hasnt come off and the deal is dead calculate the lost time
Another 10 viewings average time with buyer 1 hour and finally another deal
2 hours preparing & often amending several times the sale in hand details
few more hours meeting experts
several hours negotiations
several more hours chasing lawyers, surveyors, quotations
loose deal due to arguments over costings
few more hours retreaving deal between both sides
Finally a completion
Multiply this by 160 properties on your list and keep in mind that you may only sell 40 to 50 of them
Howm much work does an estate agent provide free of charge and how much do we actually get paid for. The get paid for part is a small percentage
Calculate the cost of this amount of time spent for a plumber electrician lawyer
Occasionally a property comes on the market and sells quickly, vendors often believe its down to the property. Often its more down to an agents costs in getting noticed by prospective buyers. The more hot buyers they have is often down to the more advertising and promotion that they do.
A buyer walks into an agents office or comes to find an agent because of the costs the agent has spent in attracting that buyer
Estate Agents do provide a good service for the charges they make. In UK commission is lower but there you expect to sell 4 or 5 times more property than in Spain.
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