During the 70’s I sold real estate for several years, before I returned to graduate school to earn a master’s degree and change careers. And though I never planned to sell houses again, I decided to pay the annual dues and take the required continuing education classes to maintain my real estate license. People wondered why I would waste my time and money. But the answer was simple. When friends or family asked me to suggest a real estate agent they could hire to sell their house, I would earn a referral fee from the agent for giving him or her the recommendation. When the house sold I would collect about $1,000 to $2,000 … not bad for a couple of phone calls.
Now that I’m retired, I have decided to turn this into a little business. Instead of waiting for acquaintances to call me, I now send an email to the homeowners who are trying to sell their homes on www.craigslist.org. I wish them good luck, and tell them, if they later decide to use a real estate company, and they don’t personally know a good realtor I will recommend one to them at no cost. So far it hasn’t worked, but I’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
By Hannah --www.FunnyPhotosContest.com a photo contest for cute or funny photos and photo captions.
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