CanadianCat

The industry like most is dominated by the top 20%. The top 20% can make a 7 figure income, while the bottom 80% are mostly your average joes. There is no second place The thing to remember as an agent is that there is no second place. Either you get the listing/sale or you dont. You can be working with a perspective seller for ages, giving them free consulting advice or home valuations and at the last second they might choose another agent to list with.. cause thats their kids friends dad.. You did all the work - you get nothing. As an agent you might even be working with a buyer for months trying to find the perfect house only for them to really just 'like looking' and never being serious - you get nothing. The best (beginner) agents will sit on the phone all day long, talking to people, volunteering on community organizations and being out in the community as there is a 'guilt' factor with selecting one. If Agent Bob is on your church committee there is a higher chance than not that you will hire him over the agent you see in a bill board. Once your successful.. Once you have made a name for yourself it gets easier. People just think of you because they have seen your sign or they know of someone that have used you. Eventually people just start calling you. The easiest way to make money as an agent is to get the listing. Once you get the listing your only need to post the listing and now all the other agents are trying to find a buyer. The best way to get listings is to do all the things previously mentioned. Its not fair. Because there is no money for 2nd place, agents are known to try to steal listings, or they will offer less of a split commission. AKA The listing agent will get 4% the selling agent will get 2%. When an agent lists the sale like that some buying agents will simply not show your home to their clients.. even it ifs what they are looking for. So as a home owner, you should ask how they intend to split the commission. Years ago I hired the top agent in our area to sell my home. They sold it in 24 hours and I paid THOUSANDS in commissions. I mentioned how I thought it was kind of BS that he "did nothing" and I paid so much. His response was one that has stuck with me. He said, "when you hire me, you are paying for the 30+ years of experience that I have. Because of my experience I have a book of 30 people that are looking for a 500k home and 40 people looking for a 400k home. I can sell your home fast people I have built a book of business. That is what you are paying for" So I would agree that I think that agents make too much money for what they do. But I also have seen far too many people get into real estate, only to quit and go back to their regular job because they always came in 2nd. Happy to answer more questions if you have.

Hunt... Haha how he jumped on the pile after. He might be my favorite player right now

... I started from page 1 not realizing this was an old thread and thought WE were trying to trade for him... that was a f.ucked up ride reading the comments with that perspective...

RIGHT!!!

which part is fake?

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Everyone did.. Had we drafted CJ then the Texans would have drafted Young. It was like that.

But there is reasons to say this could be a mistake. 1. If Andy gets hurt 1 play into the game.. then what we bring Young back in, days after getting benched? We should have made him inactive and put him on the bench for at least a few weeks. 2. This franchise has a history of throwing out QB's. Baker and Darnold being those examples of those we gave up on.. 3. Young has the skills and has proven himself.. at the CFB level.. He had a terrible year last year and a terrible start this year that shattered his confidence instantly after the 1st play this season. I'm not ready to throw that away... but Im not ready to hand the job back to him. Im ok going into the season next year with him still on the roster but like Dave Canales says.. with competition.

You are right. They don't watch us. I mean, I hardly want to watch us.

Come on dude... you know better than this..

Sure.

This was a funny turnaround.

Honestly it allows us to see what we have in our WR's and properly evaluate the rest of the team

This is how you win the turnover battle and lose by 23

I remember that when Canales came in he said he wanted to be like Seattle and create competition at every spot on the roster. If he didnt bench Young then that message would have been lost (which is what happened towards the end with Russell Wilson). This was likely a very hard decision to make but it was the right one. Im impressed with Canales.

Im curious to see what Andy actually brings to the table... This makes me excited to watch the Panthers this coming weekend.

Sanders is garbage. I think the whole league can see that also his cap hit...

I was and have been a BY supporter. But this play... this is the play that proves to me that its time to move on. Its a broken play. BY breaks the pocket (good) XL throws his hand up(good). BY knows he does NOT have the arm strength to make the throw on the run. He has to try to stop and try to set his base.. takes too much time and gets sacked. To me its over...

... i picked up Andy Dalton in my 2QB fantasy league...

Well.... there goes my super sleeper of the year....

I think we have a lot of potential stars on the team.. but you are right, this is a team rebuilding its identity. As a Canadian... Im hoping to see Chuba shine

Yeah what a feeling. You FINALLY make the team.. only to be cut 24 hours later by a guy the team have never had in the building. NFL... not for long.

When Coach was asked about the WR room today in his presser he made an interesting comment. "We could keep 7 OR we could keep 4 and bring in 2 guys from other teams" I thought that was interesting.

If he gets hurt, "he should never have played in the preseason!"