Comments on: I’d Rather Have A Mojito

By: Vicki Moore

Vicki Moore — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:43:35 +0000

Lani – Pay per lead, pay per month – whatever. It’s another way for companies to make money from agents. Obviously some of us are paying otherwise they’d be out of business.

I still don’t understand the agents are scared remark. It was a stupid off-the-cuff comment – means nothing to me.

By: Lani Rosales

Lani Rosales — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:47:56 +0000

Vicki, thanks for bringing this to light. I’m not an agent, but my opinion has always been that there is no feasible way for 1.2 million independent businesses (aka Realtors) to be effectively or consistently evaluated, especially if the evaluation is self-submitted, self-policed or paid for. In my experience, most consumers base their selection of an agent on word of mouth from people they *know* rather than anonymous internet users.

Here’s an evaluation- do you get referrals? Yes or no? If you selected yes, you win 100 points and a warm cookie. If you selected no, you fail and you probably won’t be renewing your license anyhow.

Lastly, how dare Lashinksy say that agents are scared, wth? If he were at a brokerage I was theoretically licensed at, he’d get a short letter that starts out with “Hey Lashinsky” and would end with “~~Sincerely,~~ Eff You Very Much, Lani”…

By: Benn Rosales

Benn Rosales — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:21:49 +0000

Louis, thanks for the info, we’ve got it, and people know how to find you.

Best,

By: Louis Cammarosano

Louis Cammarosano — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:50:15 +0000

Viki

I forgot to mention that HomeGain’s agent evaluator program is not a pay per lead product, but rather a subscription one where the agent pays $29 a month to receive leads in 8 zip codes. If they close a deal they pay a referral fee ranging from 22-27% of the commission earned.

You can get more information on Agent Evaluator and our other products on the homegain homepage -click on “agents join here” at the top of the page

By: Vicki Moore

Vicki Moore — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:30:39 +0000

Louis – I’m happy to hear that HomeGain has worked for many. It’s is a pay-lead service right?

Ines – No matter how many times you tell me it’ll never be enough. It just sounds too good.

By: sheilabragg

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By: Mark Eibner

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By: Ines Hegedus-Garcia

Ines Hegedus-Garcia — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:28:40 +0000

LOL!! Have I told you lately that I love you Vicki….you have me in tears when you write these posts. RIGHT ON!

By: Vicki Moore

Vicki Moore — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:50:11 +0000

T – That’s classic – pay for top ranking on an agent ranking site. Wow. How ingenuous is that. Not sure why I’m surprised but I am.

Ines is the reason I even tried a Mojito. Good thing I don’t have alcoholic tendencies. I could be in real trouble.

By: Louis Cammarosano

Louis Cammarosano — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:32:51 +0000

Rating agents is indeed difficult for a variety of reasons.

What criteria to use?

The homegain methodology,while not perfect has resulted in the selection of thousands of agents resulting in over 15,000 closed transactions in the past three years.

The vast majority of the consumers being satisfied with their selection according to our surveys.

Here is a nice blog post by Kristal Kraft called “Agent Evaluation – Dreaded Mistake or Welcome Opportunity”

By: teresa boardman

teresa boardman — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:33:17 +0000

my favorite was home thinking where people could anonymously rate agents. They got our names off the department of commerce web site and it took me several emails to opt off the site. They had me listed in the wrong area and I didn’t really want the anonymous ratings. They kept telling me what a big mistake I was making. LOL On most of the sites agents pay for a top rank and I have found some for my area who have never sold a home here.

By the way I think you need to ask Ines for permission before using the word “Mojito”.