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Lewis
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No offence taken mate - just ruffled my feathers a bit - I'm a big boy I'll survive it. I've met several of the sort of casualties you're referring to, in my experience it's the big company rep(tiles) who are the one ruining this profession. Don't get me wrong I'll fight tooth and nail to make my commission I need to eat too! But there's a fair and right way and in my books and absolutely wrong way to be determined. It's a line I'm not prepared to cross and then lecture my kids that they have to be honest afterwards.Thanks for such a detailed response.
To be honest my mails posted so far are aimed at the novices who knows little or nothing about investment and to try and give them an idea of what can happen so when they go into a property show exhibition they may know what to look out for and know the sign of pressure tactics used to get them on an IF or to sign on the dotted line.
Also creating awareness of whats involved in buying property. They are not directed at any agent in particular.
Its the big corporations i have issues with not the little man. The little man is actually being squeezed badly by the large greedy giants that are charging huge commissions from developers. I should have made this clearer in my post as it was not aimed at you.
I have no problem with agents as i have bought through one and will at some stage will again but i fell for the young family man with a big mortgage walking into exhibitions knowing nothing. As i said on most of my mails, I'm trying to enlighten and not to offend. Nothing personal intended. I have had experiences that i feel may help someone.
Your business sounds very exciting and makes me wish i was doing the same thing
Not that exciting at the moment mate the hard times are biting.
But you are right the highs are sky high and the lows are one rung above suicidal but I love it and only came into it by accident too! We set up a company to buy fix up and sell at auction (without having the foggiest idea what we were up to) A short while later and a million mistakes later (which is why I post here - name the mistake and I've learned about it the hard way)Including the choice of partners!
Nothing to stop you doing it alongside your day job. It doesn't take a huge investment of money - more an investment of time and hard work with no return early on. Stay honest and people will start talking about you and contacting you.
Wish you luck.