{"id":16100,"date":"2012-07-20T14:20:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T21:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=16100"},"modified":"2012-07-20T14:20:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T21:20:51","slug":"the-chupacabra-loch-ness-monster-and-the-most-rare-sighting-of-all-an-amazing-broker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16100\/the-chupacabra-loch-ness-monster-and-the-most-rare-sighting-of-all-an-amazing-broker\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chupacabra, Loch Ness Monster, and the Most Rare Sighting of All; an Amazing Broker"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been quite a while since I last wrote on Bloodhoundblog.\u00a0 It certainly doesn\u2019t mean that I have been absent; frankly, it just means I have been too busy to take 30 minutes and compose an interesting thought provoking piece of writing up to the standard we have all come to know and love on this site.<\/p>\n

But I digress, as a real estate investor I have only worked with two great brokers in my entire investing career.\u00a0 I find most run-of-the-mill brokers to be under-educated, uninspired, and more interested in cashing a check by any means necessary than actually meeting my needs.\u00a0 The first broker was a dynamic \u201cbuyers\u201d broker, who understood my investment goals and my available capital.\u00a0 Rather than over promising and under delivering, she relentlessly showed me house after house for 4 weekends straight until we found the right quaint little fixer-upper in my price range.\u00a0 Her reward, a $2,000 commission on a $40k home sale and my testimony.<\/p>\n

What was my testimony worth?\u00a0 I did two more deals with her, both taking much less time and for a much higher dollar value in the next year (+$10k to her bottom line).\u00a0 I did another deal with her the following year for another $10k to her and I referred her like crazy to all of my investing friends.\u00a0 Even if none of them bought a single thing from her, she turned a $2k commission into $20k, at no additional cost to her and very little time thanks to her investment in me and her in-depth market knowledge.<\/p>\n

Realtor number two is basically the same story, but add a few more zeros given some career advancement and price appreciation (Detroit vs. New York City).<\/p>\n

From a buyer\u2019s perspective, I am looking for the following qualities:<\/p>\n