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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
When you are thinking of buying or selling real estate hiring a realtor is not easy decision. Real estate agents are licensed professionals requiring completion of initial educational requirements and to maintain their license is required throughout their career to take continuing education courses. It is not an easy task to become a licensed realtor and to succeed requires time, energy, creativity and money. Most real estate agents are independent contractors which means they pay their own expenses no matter if the market is booming or bust. As with most parts of the country real estate jobs are currently plentiful but opportunities are there for the taking if you have that entrepreneur spirit that most successful real estate agents possess.
When hiring a realtor most people think they do nothing all day but drive around in their big cars, show a few homes, go to the country club and pick up a big check every few weeks. Nothing is further from the truth. The true job description of a successful real estate agent is longer than most CEO’s of major corporations. Agents are small or big depending on their success, independent business owners who must be counselors, financial experts, expert negotiators, educators, marketing specialists, public relations experts, and more often than not a chauffeur. When it comes to buying or selling real estate there is little a real estate agent does not do for their customer or client.
Real estate jobs in major metropolitan areas offer their own set of challenges and hiring a realtor is no different. With most metropolitan areas which cover hundreds of square miles, as an agent how do you choose what areas in which to work? Obviously you would like to work close to home but that is not always possible or the best choice. Agents many times travel long distances and work long hours to service their customers and clients. Real estate agents derive most of their business from friends, family, and the referrals they generate which means they will list or show property over the entire metro area as well as surrounding suburbs and counties.
The real estate business can be a rewarding career but not for the faint of heart. The market offers many challenges and opportunities for those who possess that entrepreneurial spirit and are willing to put in the time and effort required to be successful. For those of us who have made real estate a lifelong career there is no other job or career that can compare.
Tags: Buy a Condo, Chicago Condos, Chicago condos for sale, Chicago Real Estate, Chicago real estate auctions, Chicago real estate jobs, hiring Chicago real estate agents
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Hiring a real estate agent in Chicago is a very important process that should not be taken lightly. Think about this for a moment. Step back and really think about the amount of money it took to either buy your condo or sell your condo. If it’s just simply an average condo in Chicago you’re talking about an average price of $400,000. Do you want just anyone to represent you?
Hiring a real estate agent in Chicago should be a step in the buying or selling process that you should take a great amount of care in doing. It can save you thousands and thousands of dollars.
Do you really know how the real estate agents position works? How he or she sells real estate? When you call a real estate agency, a secretary answers the phone and asks you a few questions. She then puts you on hold and gives “the lead” to a person that is sitting in the office waiting for this lead. It’s called “floor-time or opportunity time”. Who is this real estate agent she just handed the lead to? How qualified is he or she to handle this lead? Is she a part-timer, does she specialize in condos or houses or vacant land? She gets on the phone with you and the relationship starts. She’ll make an appointment to meet with you at your property and the whole process gets started.
When you hire a Chicago real estate agent, you’re in essence, hiring an independent contractor that has their real estate license hung in an agency. They are not paid by the company. They get paid when they close a real estate transaction. In a normal real estate office, you may find one hundred agents. Of the hundred, twenty are excellent, five are exceptional. Of the remaining eighty, twenty have true potential leaving sixty agents or 60% of the real estate office. These sixty should not be in the real estate business or they eventually will leave regardless.   Â
What agent did you get? Are they a part-timer that just happened to be there the time you called? My suggestion is to interview the agent, not necessarily the company. Ask what their sales volume was last year? How long have they sold real estate? What area of the business do they specialize in? Come up with at least twenty sold questions to see if they are right for the job. This is a huge transaction for you. Take the time and do your due diligence.
Tags: Chicago Realtors, condo agents, hiring a real estate agent, real estate agents
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
OwnACondo.com is hiring real estate agents to help with its expansion nationally. The OwnACondo.com website is optimized for a number of keyword phrases causing leads to come in from cities all over the United States. If you’re a real estate agent that would like to receive leads from OwnACondo.com and you are outside the Chicago market please call us at 877.627.5543 for more information.
OwnACondo.com is also looking to hire real estate agents for the Chicago market. Currently OwnACondo.com has more than 90 Realtors and is looking to hire approx. another one hundred in the next six months to handle its expansion in the city of Chicago as well. OwnACondo.com is looking to hire part-time realtors and full-time realtors.
OwnACondo.com is a full service real estate company focusing in on condos only. The real estate agents that work for OwnACondo.com are the best in the business when it comes to selling condos. They are trained daily about how to sell condos, but there is a natural evolution that basically makes every OwnACondo.com Realtor the best at what they do because that is all they do. Everyday our OwnACondo.com Realtors are getting leads that come in from the OwnACondo.com website. These leads are dispatched to our real estate agents and they begin the process of finding our clients condominiums to own. All of our clients are looking for condominiums. Over time, it’s just natural that all our agents know the market better than any other Realtor out there.
When you specialize, you become very good at what you do. Think about it from the flip side. Imagine that you are selling a condo and you’re looking for the right real estate agent to list your condominium with. Wouldn’t you want to list it with a real estate agent that does nothing but sell condos? And everyday they come back to an office of a hundred real estate agents that do nothing but sell condos? And these agents are trained every single day about the condominium product they’re representing in that specific town?
That’s what separates an OwnACondo.com real estate agent from the pack. We are the best place to buy and sell condos because of the Realtor we have. And now we need more! If you are thinking of a possible real estate a career with OwnACondo.com please call us at 877.627.5543 to discuss all the possibilities of becoming the next OwnACondo.com Realtor.
Tags: chicago jobs, Chicago real estate jobs, condo jobs in Chicago, condos in Chicago, hiring real estate agents, hiring realtors
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
When you are thinking of buying or selling real estate in Chicago hiring the right Chicago realtor is not easy decision. Real estate agents are licensed professionals requiring completion of initial educational requirements and to maintain their license is required throughout their career to take continuing education courses. It is not an easy task to become a licensed realtor and to succeed requires time, energy, creativity and money. Most real estate agents are independent contractors which means they pay their own expenses no matter if the market is booming or bust. As with most parts of the country Chicago real estate jobs are currently plentiful but opportunities are there for the taking if you have that entrepreneur spirit that most successful real estate agents possess.Â
When hiring a Chicago realtor most people think they do nothing all day but drive around in their big cars, show a few homes, go to the country club and pick up a big check every few weeks. Nothing is further from the truth. The true job description of a successful real estate agent is longer than most CEO’s of major corporations. Agents are small or big depending on their success, independent business owners who must be counselors, financial experts, expert negotiators, educators, marketing specialists, public relations experts, and more often than not a chauffeur. When it comes to buying or selling real estate there is little a real estate agent does not do for their customer or client.
Real estate jobs in major metropolitan areas offer their own set of challenges and hiring a Chicago realtor is no different. Chicago is approximately 228 square miles covering over 77 different neighborhoods. As an agent how do you choose what areas in which to work? Obviously you would like to work close to home but that is not always possible or the best choice. Agents many times travel long distances and work long hours to service their customers and clients. Real estate agents derive most of their business from friends, family, and the referrals they generate which means they will list or show property over the entire metro area as well as surrounding suburbs and counties.Â
The real estate business can be a rewarding career but not for the faint of heart. The market offers many challenges and opportunities for those who possess that entrepreneurial spirit and are willing to put in the time and effort required to be successful. For those of us who have made real estate a lifelong career there is no other job or career that can compare.
Tags: Buying a condo, Chicago Condos, Chicago condos for sale, Chicago Real Estate, Chicago real estate agents, condos in Chicago, Real Estate Companies in Chicago, real estate in Chicago
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
OwnACondo.com is hiring Chicago real estate agents for its Chicago River North office along with the expansion to Miami, Los Angeles and New York. If you are a full or part time agent and would like more information on becoming an OwnACondo.com Realtor, please call Brian at 877.627.5543 or email him at BK@OwnACondo.com.
OwnACondo.com is hiring real estate agents to fill many roles. First and foremost is the daily leads coming in from all the outdoor advertising the company does. Currently, OwnACondo.com has 400 outdoor impressions all over Chicago on park benches and billboards bringing in dozens of daily leads. We turn over these leads to our Realtors based on the area the customer wants to be serviced. We have customers calling from every part of the Chicago area.Â
Secondly, we’re hiring Chicago Realtors to help us with all the development listings that are coming in right now. Over the last few weeks OwnACondo.com listed over 250 units in five developments. These projects need to be staffed and today will most likely bring in even more leads and listings. We need help! If you’re looking for an opportunity to receive leads on a daily basis please call us.
Additionally at OwnACondo.com, for every licensed Realtor you refer in to the company, you will receive 4% of every closing of that agent. For instance, if you refer Jane Doe to OwnACondo.com and she sells four units a month, you’ll receive 4% of any sales commission she makes, as long as you are licensed with us and she is licensed with us. This 4% comes out of the company’s end, not out of Jane Doe’s.
OwnACondo.com is not only hiring Chicago real estate agents, but they are hiring Miami, New York and Los Angeles Realtors as well. The website is being optimized to start excepting leads for these areas and we should be networking with individuals from these areas soon. We’re expecting to have physical offices in these areas by the end of 2009. If you know of anyone that may be interested in joining OwnACondo.com for these other areas, you would also receive a 4% refer fee on their transactions.
OwnACondo.com is a full service licensed Illinois broker in Illinois focusing on condos throughout all of Chicago. A complete United States expansion is expected over the next 60 months.
Tags: Chicago Condos, Chicago Real Estate, Chicago Realtors, hiring Chicago real estate agents, real estate in Chicago, Realtors in Chicago
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
OwnACondo.com is hiring Chicago real estate agents to fill a number of needs currently. Over the last two weeks, OwnACondo.com has listed five developments totaling more than 300 units throughout the Chicago metro area. We need real estate agents that would like to help out on these condo developments. Secondly, OwnACondo.com markets all over the Chicago area creating a number of condo buyers and condo sellers registering on our website daily. We need help in servicing all these customers.
Just imagine waking up each morning with well over twenty five people needing help on either buying a condominium or selling a condominium. That’s what happens to us everyday of the week. Then we get another 25-50 calls throughout the day live with people looking for help. We basically need more help to keep up with the flow.Â
How does OwnACondo.com produce all these daily leads? It comes from a number of sources but basically OwnACondo.com has put over five million in marketing their brand name throughout the Chicago are over the last thirty six months. They have advertised their name on the right field wall of the Chicago White Sox in 2006, 2007 & 2008. Additionally they were in Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, with a 4×32 foot banner on the first base line for the 2008 season. Next they put over 400 neighborhood and expressway billboards up all over the Chicago area in the last thirty six months. This started driving leads in at a crazy level. They went from ten Chicago real estate agents in 2006 to eight five Realtor in Chicago today.
Eighty five is not enough to keep up. OwnACondo.com is hiring Chicago real estate agents to not only handle the lead flow today but to be prepared for what is upcoming over the next three quarters. In addition to the outdoor advertising campaign in place today, they are working on website optimization. This ranks them very high on a “Google Search†when a certain keyword is inputted. They are on page one of more than 100 condo related keyword phrases. This is just the start. Their goal is to be on the first page on Google on more than 1,000 condo related keyword phrases by Christmas 2009.
Lastly, they will be running a television campaign in the fall of 2009. With hundreds of thirty second TV commercials, hundred of page ranking from Google and more than 400 outdoor impressions, OwnACondo.com needs to be ready to service five time s the leads it has today.
If you are a licensed real estate agent and have an interest in finding out more about OwnACondo.com, they are currently looking to hire Chicago real estate agents. Please contact Brian at 877.627.5543 for more information about becoming a Realtor for OwnACondo.com.
Tags: Chicago Real Estate, Chicago Realtors, hiring Chicago real estate agents, Hiring Chicago realtors
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
We’re hiring Chicago Realtors currently to help us with our expansion in the Chicago real estate market place. OwnACondo.com is looking for full and part-time Realtors to handle the immense amount of leads that coming in on a daily basis.Â
OwnACondo.com has over 400 outdoor impressions that attract many calls each day. In addition to the outdoor advertising OwnACondo.com have many other venues they put their brand on attracting business. As the leads come in daily, they’re dispatched back out to the Realtors based on the area the lead and the Realtor want to work in.
OwnACondo.com was established in 2000, more as a company that would help developers convert their apartment buildings to condos. They were involved in more than 40 conversions and closed more than 4,000 units over their first six years in existence. In 2006, they decided to not only represent developers, but everyone that wanted to buy or sell a condo. They started their advertising campaign by putting their brand on the right field wall of the Chicago White Sox. It sat there for three years, along with several hundred billboards throughout the entire Chicago land area. This attracted tens of thousands of leads to them over the last 36 moths.
OwnACondo.com went from a small office on the southwest side of Chicago of ten Realtors, to a mid-size 85 Realtor team in Oak Brook today. Over the next twelve months, OwnACondo.com will be expanding to Miami, Los Angeles and New York and plans on opening a second office in Chicago in the second quarter of 2009.
OnACondo.com is hiring Chicago Realtors to help with this expansion. The leads are flowing in everyday and the current staff is doing ok with the lead volume, but they could use some help. It seems like the leads are geometrically progressing as more agent and more business is being done. If you’re a licensed Illinois Real estate agent and would like more information about a career with OwnACondo.com, please call Brian at 877.627.5543. He will answer all your questions and get you started to a path in selling condos in the Chicago area.
OwnACondo.com also has a development arm that focuses on distressed real estate, finacing, insuring and managing condos throughout the United States.
Tags: agents that sell real estate, Chicago real estate agents, Chicago Realtors, condos, Hiring Chicago realtors
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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
We need more real estate agents! OwnACondo.com is hiring Chicago real estate agents to fill the gaps. Currently we’re receiving too many leads on a daily basis to keep up to level of service we’d like top give our customers. Each agent in OwnACondo.com that takes leads receives a lead based on the territory they want to work. If a customer calls us today wanting to buy or sell a condominium in the River North area of Chicago, we hand it over to an agent that wants to service that area as well.
The leads are given by territory, but an agent can take as many territories as they’d like, as long as they can handle everything. We have some real estate agents handling Chicago that only want to take leads in one zip code and we have others that will service all territories. It really comes down to you.
Why does OwnACondo.com get so many leads? At this moment in time, OwnACondo.com has over 400 outdoor impressions throughout the entire Chicago area. Park benches, bus stops and billboards make up the outdoor. This is a start. First off, can you think of any other real estate company that has 400 outdoor, let alone any brand? This makes the phone ring every fifteen minutes at our office. Next, OwnACondo.com is focused on website optimization. This means that when you type in a keyword phrase in Google, where do you rank? OwnACondo.com now ranks on the first page of several hundred pages and is not stopping there. For starters, you can type in the phrase find a condo, finance a condo, sell a condo, buy a condo, buy a condo in Chicago, Chicago area condos, hiring Chicago Realtors, Chicago condominiums and buy Chicago condominiums, OwnACondo.com, the company, comes up on the first page of results. I’ve just listed nine phrases. There are hundreds of phrases that we rank on the first page of results.
What does this mean for Chicago real estate agents looking to be hired by us? Lots and lots of leads. People click on us constantly looking to buy or sell a condo. We take the lead in through either a website registration or a phone call. We qualify the lead and then dispatch it out to our condo experts.Â
If you’d like to find out how to get more information about becoming a real estate agent in Chicago for OwnACondo.com, contact us at 877.627.5543 for more info.
Tags: Chicago area jobs, condos in Chicago, hiring Chicago real estate agents, hiring realtors, hiring Realtors in Chicago, Realtors
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
There are a number of Chicago real estate jobs that can provide you with a solid career that you will enjoy. You can find a number of different positions that are available in real estate. With the proper training and licensing you can become a residential or commercial real estate broker, a real estate salesperson, a property manager, or work as a real estate appraiser. There are also advertising Chicago real estate jobs available.
The most common position in real estate is as a residential or commercial broker. As a broker you may choose to specialize in selling residential or commercial properties or a combination of both. Brokers enjoy flexibility in their schedule and it is a great career in real estate if you have great people skills and a drive to succeed. Real estate brokers must pass a series of courses and a licensing exam in order to begin their career.
Real estate sales people also have to be licensed professionals that work for a specific developer or builder and represent their sales department. There are a number of Chicago buildings that are under development and employ a sales person to deal with prospective buyers and lessees. This is typically more of a nine to five type of real estate job.
Property managers are responsible for operating a real estate property. It may be a small apartment complex or a thousand unit condo. Property managers are often charged with collecting and depositing rent checks, finding or evicting tenants, and coordinating other general tasks such as repairs, cleaning, garden maintenance, landscaping and snow removal. While there is some flexibility in this job, it often encompasses odd hours in order to deal with complaints and emergencies.
Appraisers are licensed and trained to develop an opinion of the value of real property and to calculate its market value. Appraisers also have a lot of job and scheduling flexibility.
Realtors rely upon their advertising team to produce all advertising material and to assist them with placing their ads in other media sources. Advertising assistants produce brochures, fliers, and other printed materials in order to assist in the sale of properties. Advertising assistants also maintain real estate web-sites and update them daily in order to reflect the most current information.
These Chicago real estate jobs are great opportunities to begin a lucrative career in real estate depending upon your talents, time constraints and skill set. Real estate can be a great career for outgoing and enthusiastic job seekers.
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
I needed to find a condominium specialist to help me navigate through the endless amount of real estate listings that were available. I started my search for a new condo in the newspaper. I was very disappointed by the condo ads. Very few had photos and they were very basic ads, some of them only three lines long. I wanted detailed information about condos before I went out and spent my entire Saturday out looking at condos that did not meet my minimum requirements.
Next, I picked up a real estate magazine that had nothing but condos for sale in the area that I was focusing my attention towards. The ads that contained photos were very low in quality and it was difficult to gage if a particular condo warranted a showing. The condo descriptions were more informative and they offered more room measurements and useful info. Some of the ads even included extra information about the condominium complex and the other amenities that were available. While these ads were an improvement from the ones in the newspaper, they still did not include all of the pertinent information that would assist me in my search. I was on the lookout for a condominium specialist that could help me find everything that I was looking for.
I tried searching on the internet next. While there are a number of valuable websites that I found, there was one website in particular that offered comprehensive information on condos. This website was a virtual condominium specialist. There were the most complete condo listings that I had ever seen; they included photos of every room and even photos of the view off of the balcony. The dimensions of all rooms were included along with descriptions of flooring and light fixtures. The appliances were listed and any improvements that had been made on the original units. They also included the year that the complex was built so that I would have a better idea of the type of overall building that I would be looking at.
There was also information about the neighborhood which was extremely helpful. Some condos advertised that they were minutes from parks, shopping, or public transportation. I was finally starting to believe that it was possible for me to find the perfect condo that had all of the amenities that I was looking for and all of the standard features that I needed.
Tags: Condo Sales, Condominium Specialist, Homebuyer tax credit
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