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Permalink Reply by Julie Vrigian CSSG, CSSP on May 17, 2010 at 10:39am

I am really only interested in taking listings in the 89178,79, zip codes, does that matter? Also, do we have the ability to choose what referrals we accept?

Thanks,
Julie

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Permalink Reply by Mike Linkenauger on May 17, 2010 at 11:12am

Definitely let us know on our network agreement what areas you cover Julie, as well as any "preferences" you have". As an agent myself, I quit listing condominiums as short sales about a year ago (unless it is high end). There are just too many in our area of Florida. I'm extremely picky as of lately.

That is OK, but definitely let us know your what you will and will not accept in advance! We like to tell the sellers when we are talking to them and screening them something like "Julie Vrigian is the agent that will contact you, try to have the short sale package filled out and ready to give her at the listing appointment". In other words, we essentially "assign" them to an agent in advance.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Vrigian CSSG, CSSP on May 17, 2010 at 11:29am

Sounds good, I am somewhat particular myself. We have a lot of condo conversions and condos here too, so I do not want to take them unless they are at least $100k or more. Even then they can be more trouble than they are worth.

Thank you,
I will be signing up.
Julie

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Permalink Reply by Mike Linkenauger on May 17, 2010 at 11:53am

I hear ya julie! I'm EXACTLY the same way. I can understand it especially if you are paying a referral fee as well. Like I mentioned, just make sure you note what you prefer on the network agreement and April, JP, and Andrew will send you stuff accordingly.

We're also big on "pairing up" certain types of sellers with agents who may best suite them as well...

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Wegwert on September 17, 2010 at 12:09pm

Guaranteed Listing Program? This is how much? $295/year. Do you request by zip code or by city? Any stats on how many referrals you have recieved for an area and actual listings? I am in the Naples, FL market.

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Permalink Reply by Rosemarie Ledogar on May 17, 2010 at 12:13pm

I am in the York County, SC , and Mecklenburg County, NC area. How would that work? Aslo, I am planning a move next summer to Mass, so is this transferable?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Linkenauger on May 17, 2010 at 2:06pm

Make sure you note all of the areas that you service on the network agreement for Rosemarie. Membership coverage and area is definitely transferable. We work with "individuals", NOT "areas". In other words, we work around our agents.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Vrigian CSSG, CSSP on May 17, 2010 at 3:31pm

Thank you Mike, you have been very helpful. I look forward to learning from everyone on the site. I have already picked up a lot of great advice!

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Permalink Reply by Ethel Phelan on May 17, 2010 at 4:41pm

Hi, Mike - I would like to know if you have CT in your list . Since CT is not that big and the prices are good, I am willing to accept anywhere. I would like to know if CT is busy or not before I sign up. Most of my short sale clients are my former clients a nd their referrals. I now would like to expand. Thanks a lot.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Linkenauger on May 17, 2010 at 6:41pm

We LITERALLY don't have ANY preferred partner members in CT! While we have referred several listings out there, we don't have any preferred partners yet...

You should be getting everything for the time being if I'm not mistaken...

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Permalink Reply by Tish Thompson on May 17, 2010 at 4:51pm

When someone joins the Preferred Partner Program, how do you determine who gets the lead if you have more than one agent covering the same area? Unfortunately, I'm in VA and most of the areas I cover are already taken....I'm still on the fence about signing up.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Linkenauger on May 17, 2010 at 6:51pm

Tish, we definitely love having you on the site here and participating, first and foremost. Unfortunately, for the time being and for the size of Virginia, we don't have enough referrals to justify ANY more partners out there in most or all of the state (check counties above), I know especially Northern VA and VA Beach.

We're not into adding as many people as possible, without the business to send to them Tish, as we don't EVER want anyone saying anything bad out us (especially that we don't deliver!)

As we grow bigger we will need more eventually. You did ask a VERY good other question, "who gets what"? I think we've answered this in preferred partnership post, but I'll share a couple VERY important things with you and anybody else!

1.) WE DO SHOW FAVORITISM! Treat our employees well! If they like you, you are much more likely to receive more referrals. Performance, communication, and history are big factors as well. Everyone gets a chance, and the good ones get listings regularly!

2.) WE DO CUT PEOPLE OFF WHO DO NOT PERFORM! And more importantly, April and the others will stop sending referrals to agents who do not respond well, have a bad attitude, or do not perform.

We cut off membership based on several factors. Mainly, our current referral volume for those areas as well as our projected volume in the NEAR future. Some areas we literally have 6-8 different agents in the same area who get referrals regularly. SOME areas we will block off after like only two agents, as we don't get all that many in those areas.

Hope this helped answer yours and some other agents questions

BY THE WAY, PLEASE NO MORE CALIFORNIA AGENTS FOR NOW! YOU GUYS ARE STILL SIGNING UP!!

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