Category: Frequently Asked Questions
| Where does the client see my areas of specialty? Your specialties are listed on you Agent Profile. Clients can also search for an agent for a specific specialty in our Agent Member Registry. |
| Why only 5 years detailed of sales history? The last five years sales data are most important for the client. Remember to include the total number of years you have been in the industry. |
| What Association Logos should I upload? These can be your local Real Estate Board or Association, you State or Provincial Association, your company logo - any three logos you would like to include on your Profile and on your proposals to clients. |
| What size picture can I upload? The digital image must be less than 3 MB - it looks best when it is a portrait - twice as tall as it is wide. You can change your photo until you find the one that looks best on the Agent Member Registry. |
| Where are buyer rebate checks not allowed? Some states do not allow buyer commission rebate checks. These are currently: Alabama, Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana ,Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon and Tennessee. A reference map with up to date information is available at http://usdoj.gov/atr/public/real_estate/rebates_details.htm. |
| Is Agent Invitation a real estate company? No. We are purely an information source and a facility to help consumers create and distribute an invitation to real estate agents that they are interested in hearing from. When we receive agent replies, we post them for our client to review. With the clients’ permission, we release their contact information to any agent [...] |
| Do you sell my contact information? We will not lend, rent, or sell your contact information. |
| How do I do the paperwork to allow a buyer rebate, or for a commission arrangement that is different than a flat percentage? Commission rates are negotiable in almost all cases. Your broker can help you with the paperwork required in your area to rebate a portion of your commission to your buyer or to accommodate a commission arrangement other than the traditional flat percentage in your agreement(s). |
| What if I meet the client and find out that the information I received in the Agent Invitation is not accurate in my view? (For example, what if the house is actually worth less that the client thinks it is, in my estimation, and the terms that I offered could not work and would not be fair to me?) If you believe that some important information is incorrect or if the client changes their mind after sending the invitation, it is entirely reasonable for you to point this out to the client and adjust your proposal accordingly. Unless things are very different than in the invitation, the client might not think that it is [...] |
| Why don’t you tell me the client name on the Agent Invitation? The Agent Invitation goes to you and up to two of your colleagues. One of the benefits of Agent Invitation for buyers and sellers is that they can carefully review and consider all proposals before contacting, or being contacted by, an agent. |
| I got an Agent Invitation and I am not a member. How does this work? When a client gives us your email address to include you in their Agent Invitation, we email you a link where you can register to review the invitation. (After you register, you will simply need to log in each time.) After you have read the invitation, we provide a template to help you quickly and [...] |
