If any of you are wondering why I went with a 4 1/2% total commission rate, by the way commission rates are not set by the industry, it was basically just like the title suggests, it was a figure that I thought I could live with and still run my business in the black. I would do it for nothing, if I didn't need to eat. They say when you have a job that you love and are passionate about you would do it for nothing, making money is just a bonus, and that is basically how I look at Real Estate, I have been in this game for 15 years, so I must love it, or I am just plain crazy, I love putting together a fantastic marketing plan, I have been told some of my ideas are really good. I love finding a buyer for the perfect house after showing them 1 or 100. I started Buy and Sell Right Realty,a couple of months ago just on that premise, allowing consumers to Buy and Sell RIGHT, I have a home office, very little overhead, all the advantages of the world wide internet, and 15 years experience, what could go wrong. The fact that everyone knows someone in Real Estate, and almost everyone is an expert hasn't deterred me, and if you are one of those consumers that think you have to pay more to get more, think again, I have seen snow pictures on the MLS in June, I have seen virtual tours that don't work, we have more agents that don't have web pages, then those that do, some don't have cell phones, some are part-time. So I will continue on doing what I love, helping people with one of the most important decisions of their lives, and sometimes the most stressfull. If you are a customer that needs to list your home, remember I have been told I have good ideas, and one of them is saving you money, my website is full of free reports, and soon they will be downloadable without you having to provide me any of your information, you will be able to download them in a pdf file, or word document. So my pet peeve on this blog, is why people put up with so many wrong things in the Real Estate Profession, I see it every day and ask myself Why? I would be interested in your comments, have you been happy with your Real Estate choices. Until tomorrow, when my pet peeve is??????