Why You Need to Buy and Sell with a Seasoned REALTOR®
May 24, 2024
Micaiah Gosman Realtor®
Discover the insider secrets of the real estate industry with the guidance of Rob DiPiro from St John in our latest episode. He offers a compelling argument for the irreplaceable value of a seasoned real estate agent. He shares personal stories that highlight how agents don't just save you money but can significantly boost your profits.
Whether you're a first-time seller or a veteran in the market, this conversation is packed with insights that will redefine how you approach the sale of your property.
I'm your host, Micaiah Gosman and The MGR Podcast is where I talk with Real people, about real money and real estate. To connect with me you can visit my Website or follow me on Instagram or Facebook
Discover the insider secrets of the real estate industry with the guidance of Rob DiPiro from St John in our latest episode. He offers a compelling argument for the irreplaceable value of a seasoned real estate agent. He shares personal stories that highlight how agents don't just save you money but can significantly boost your profits.
Whether you're a first-time seller or a veteran in the market, this conversation is packed with insights that will redefine how you approach the sale of your property.
I'm your host, Micaiah Gosman and The MGR Podcast is where I talk with Real people, about real money and real estate. To connect with me you can visit my Website or follow me on Instagram or Facebook
Speaker 1:
Hey and welcome back to the MGR podcast, where we talk with real people about real money and real estate. I'm your host, makai Gosman, and we got an exciting episode planned for you today. We got Rob DiPiro from St John here with us. He's going to be chatting with us a little about literally everything. We're going to be talking about AI, we're going to be talking about real estate, we're going to be talking about relationships, you know, lead generation, everything. So we got a fun episode packed and planned and excited, and we're just excited. We're excited, so we're gonna get right into it. Rob, man, how's it going today? Everything's going great. Man, yeah, you're having me on. Oh, yeah, I know, my pleasure, my pleasure, all right, so we're gonna get right into it.
Speaker 1:
Okay, I'm gonna ask you a question. Sure, and I don't know if you've heard about it. I'm sure you have, maybe you haven't, and I don't know if I should like expose it but Honest Door, honest Door, you haven't heard of it. Okay, what's Honest Door? So I don't even know if I should talk about this, but so Honest Door is like this new. It's kind of like property guys, in the sense that you pay, I think, $500 and you can now privately sell and list your home on MLS, okay, gotcha, yeah.
Speaker 1:
So, like it started in either Alberta or Manitoba, maybe Ontario, I think, alberta Anyway, and this company, like I don't know kind of really how they're doing it. But basically, you, you pay five hundred dollars and you take your own photos, you do your own write-up, you do your own marketing, you fill you, uh, yeah, yeah, do all the data entry yourself. You pay five hundred dollars, and then there's like one agent for your area, okay, that, uh, whose name is on like realtorca, whether it's like carry or whatever it is, but then, but that's it, that's like your only fee, and and then you can list it like yourself on MLS. You know, saving you all these realtor fees and stuff like this. But what are your first thoughts when you hear about?
Speaker 2:
that Okay. So my first thoughts are I think all models are welcome. People have tried things like this before, so you know we're all for. You know competition and everything like that. But I think, if for the public, I'll go public first.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, if the public, I think it's a horrible idea for them. I think it's uh very like a lot of risk to it. I think people get so caught up in fees. Yeah, they care more about saving fees than they care about profit, and fees and profit are two separate things. Yeah, right, because what realtors do is they they create leverage for people so that they can make more profit and so that they can have better terms, easier transactions, less wins. If I talked about what a real estate agent really does, what real estate agents do is they create leverage for the people that they represent, whether it's a buyer or a seller.
Speaker 2:
I think there's obviously certain circumstances where people can sell their own homes, but they're not going to make more profit by selling their own. Yeah, and I think, like I had a referral for a place uh, it would have been last year for somebody. Uh, it came from another agent, in Halifax actually, and I, um, they were going to put their house on one of these places and sell it themselves. And they did and they got an offer and, um, they ended up not accepting the offer. They were kind of talking to me at the same time and then, when we put it on the market, I ended up selling it in three days and they ended up in their pocket, after commission, making 80 000 more than they were going to sell it for by themselves.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, but you know, there's a lot of like, people don't understand the skill or the strategy or the, the knowledge that goes behind, or even just making sure that it's safe. Yeah, so I think you know, for certain people, yes, it's great that they represent themselves. I think people get caught up in, you know, saving fees over making profit. I always, I always say that's two different things. Yeah, do you want to save some fees and do it yourself so that you can say, oh, you sold your own house, or do you want to put more money in your bank account?
Speaker 2:
yeah you want to make more money in your bank account, come see me.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, come see someone who's skilled, yeah they're gonna put money in your bank account. Well, exactly, and it's like I mean, it's it's all about like everybody can't do everything, and so you got to come to a point where you're trusting the professionals to do to do their job. You know what I mean, absolutely. Yeah, a couple of weeks ago, and like I'd been chatting with some other agents about it and we're, and like everybody's like panic, like oh, it's gonna, it's gonna disrupt the market, it's gonna get rid of realtors, and but I'm just like, I'm just like I know that even myself, like if I was like a uh, a home seller, like I would just want like selling your home, moving all this is stressful enough, as I'm'm sure you know like from just dealing with your clients, like definitely, and so like going through that extra step definitely of like having to take your own photos, having to do your write-up post on mls and then, and then like the, the skill and knowledge and strategies that it takes to just review offers, absolutely, let's say, you list it yourself and you get three or four offers like like most people aren't, you know, don't know how to negotiate those you know and make sure they get the best terms with the best you know price and all this and that, and so then somebody else was saying like, oh well, I one of I was chatting with one of the people that started the company and she and she was saying that, uh, they were like oh, you know, if you get multiple offers, you can just go to like a law office and the lawyers will help you negotiate the offers.
Speaker 1:
I'm like I don't know anybody who's doing that around here, and if they do, they're going to charge you Practice law, yeah, and if they do even help you with that, like, they're going to charge you a hefty fee, you know. So there's your fees that you're paying, but anyway, anyway, anyway, I wanted to get your, get your take on. That just kind of crossed my mind. I was like you know what that's where I'll boot that.
Speaker 2:
But yeah, no, I'm not, I'm not worried about my position and those disruptors that they've been around forever, like if, if you've really talked to anybody who's been in this business for a long time, those disruptors at the three percent or the you know, they call themselves disruptors been around and maybe, maybe they do good in other places, but they don't really stick around here. No, but, um, you know, I like, I think too, like you yourself work with a bunch of real estate agents. Do you think some of those realtors are better than other of those realtors? Right, of course.
Speaker 1:
Okay, I didn't know, I didn't know there was a trigger.
Speaker 2:
But yeah, I mean we're better than the others, right? Yeah, well, the, the public is not better than the worst realtor. Yeah, like they just don't know enough. Yeah, Right, cause I, I talk to realtors all the time and, and you know, like they're coming to us for help and we all work together and all that stuff. But you know, I think if you're getting like a top of the line real estate agent, they're going to create so much leverage for you and help you so much and make it so easy.
Speaker 1:
Yeah.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, yeah, and put more money in your bank account. It's like, why do you have to be so prideful that, yeah, you did it yourself, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you did it yourself, yeah, yeah, yeah, $80,000.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, yeah, I totally agree. For now that's it. If you have any questions for myself, you can definitely check out my website at gosmanca and get in touch. Rob, how can people, if they want to get in touch with you, how can they, uh, how can they do that?
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I think Facebook, instagram is really the best way.
Speaker 1:
You can follow me, rob DePiro or you know, at Rob DiPiro on Instagram. Yeah, that's the way. Shoot me a message. Yeah, yeah, awesome, cool man. Well, it was great to have you on. If you have any topics you want us to chat about, then check out my website, gosmanca, and get in touch. Anyway, but that's it. Thank you so much. We'll see you later.
Speaker 1:
Thanks so much for tuning in. If you have any questions or want to learn more, feel free to check out my website at gosmanca, wherever you're listening from, leave me a five-star review and let me know what you'd like to see in future episodes. Also, if you're a buyer or a seller and looking for some guidance in this ever-changing real estate market, I want to work with you. So get in touch today through my website at gosmanca, or you can search Makai Gosman Realtor on Google and get connected with me through any of my social media platforms. Thanks so much. We'll catch you on the next episode.
Speaker 1:
Thanks so much for tuning in. If you have any questions or want to learn more, feel free to check out my website at gosmanca, wherever you're listening from, leave me a five star review and let me know what you'd like to see in future episodes. Also, if you're a buyer or a seller and looking for some guidance in this ever-changing real estate market, I want to work with you. So get in touch today through my website at gosmanca, or you can search Makai Gosman Realtor on Google and get connected with me through any of my social media platforms. Thanks so much. We'll catch you on the next episode.