Special Consumer Pricing Options offered by

Nate Brooks, Broker Associate with Pride of Texas Real, is making it possible for Austin Real Estate Consumers to Save $$$ on the listing side of the real estate commission. Nate has a special program for buyers that gives them options as well. Nate is a Certified Residential Specialist and has an active Broker’s license #0474437 with the State of Texas. Call Nate directly at 512-748-4237 for an appointment.

Save money…Demand a Fee for Service Pricing Schedule Option

Real Estate Brokerage firms are able to set their own policies regarding the commission rate it charges its clients and the services provided. By law, it is important for consumers to note that real estate commissions are NOT standard and are NOT set to be the same across the numerous brokerage firms. The truth of the matter is that real estate commissions are negotiable between the consumer and the real estate brokerage firm that they choose to represent them. Consequently, it is a myth that there is a standard real estate percentage charged across the board among all the firms. Most real estate agents do not engage in this dialogue with their potential clients and that is the reason for the misconceptions. My goal in this discussion is to let YOU, the consumer, know what type of services to expect and how you can pay for those services when you are receiving full service representation from me.

Currently, consumers believe that real estate agents work only on a contingency fee basis. This is NOT true because the information about those real estate professionals, who are running their real estate practice as most professional practitioners in other industries, is not generally communicated to the public.

Let’s get right to the perceived problem from a consumer standpoint. Consumers want options because they feel that they are paying the real estate agent too much money to have them represent them in a real estate transaction. Consumers are asking themselves questions like… “if I pay the agent(s) 6% of the sales price on a $250,000 home, when the property closes, that means I am paying the agent(s) a total of $15,000 to sell my house in this hypothetical example (that’s $7,500 for their listing agent and $7,500 for the buyer’s agent)…isn’t that a lot of money I am paying?”

So the consumer starts looking at what their selling agent did for them…in most cases, the real estate agent did something like the following types of services, in the beginning:

• Showed you a list of properties that have recently sold in your area
• Had you signed the initial real estate paperwork
• Put a sign in the front yard
• Put a lockbox on the property
• Took some pictures of the house
• Put some kind of property flyer in the house or in a brochure box
• Placed the property on the Multiple Listing Service
• Did either a multiple picture tour or a video tour of the property
• Placed the property on one or multiple websites

Now, especially in today’s market, during tough economic times, the real estate consumer is looking for full service representation…at an affordable price.

Let me start out by saying that Texas is a Non-Disclosure State with respect to revealing the Sold Price in a general mailing to the public. That’s why the agents, who do send out newsletters to a neighborhood, do not reveal the Sold prices of specific listings in those newsletters. Consequently, when the agent shows you the actual Sold prices of the specific listings in the area, that is very valuable information that you, as a consumer, cannot know, unless a real estate agent provides you with that information.

After those beginning marketing services are performed, your agent services the listing by handling calls, on your behalf from other agents and potential buyers. And, ultimately, your agent will go over any offers presented and help you choose which offer makes sense based on your desire to sell your property.

Now, let’s for a moment say, that your house does sell at a $250,000 price tag and you are happy about paying the buyer’s agent their $7,500 commission in this hypothetical example because the buyer paid full price and closed the transaction in 30 days and that is what was negotiated and agreed to by the consumers and the real estate agents.

Now, you look back on what your listing agent did for you and you look back at that list and say to yourself, “it took him 6 to 8 hours to do the Initial Marketing Package of their Marketing Program (the items on the above list) plus another 2 to 4 hours handling calls from other agents/potential buyers plus another 5 hours going over the contract and completing those details before you sign the closing papers at the title company…that’s a total of 13 to 17 hours on the total transaction…so let’s average it out to 15 hours…that would be about $500 per hour that I paid my real estate agent for the sale of my home using these hypothetical numbers as an example…did they deserve that much money?”

The reason your listing agent received such a high hourly rate is because you paid them on a contingency basis for ALL of the work that they performed for you. And, they did NOT give you an alternative method of paying them for the services rendered.

Let’s be perfectly clear…if your agent provided you with a special expertise that made it possible to “position your home properly to get sold”, then you may feel that they were worth the $500 per hour that they were being paid. However, if you are concerned about receiving value for your money, you may start asking yourself, should you be able to receive top notch advice from a real estate practitioner at no more than half that price or even less than that? In most parts of the country, top attorneys charge anywhere from $300 to $400 per hour, except in the major metro areas where they charge upwards of $500 to $600 per hour.

If you choose to work with a brand new real estate agent or, an attorney fresh out of law school or a new professional practitioner in any type of professional industry, you might make some calls to see if you can pay that person $75 to $100 per hour to have access to some type of basic skill level from a professional in that field. Therefore, you can reason for yourself that it is possible for a seasoned veteran in real estate, one with 10 or more years of experience and, a Certified Residential Specialist designation with a Broker’s license and specialized real estate knowledge might be able to command an hourly rate in the marketplace of anywhere from the starting rate of the minimum hourly range and then, up to what a new attorney fresh out of law school would make and then upwards of $175 to $250 per hour or even more when helping his or her clients in a real estate transaction. A consumer should be advised that real estate commissions are NOT fixed or standard among any of the real estate firms. Each firm or real estate practitioner chooses how their specific firm will charge the consumer for services rendered. The purpose of this discussion is to make sure that you as a consumer know that you should be able to ask for and demand that your real estate agent give you options on how you can pay for those real estate services.

When a consumer pays a full service real estate agent according to his value based on his/her knowledge and experience with a fee for service option (flat fee for services provided), the consumer can choose to hire the best agent at the top hourly rates for a top real estate professional practitioner and still save a substantial amount versus paying the real estate agent on a Contingency Fee Basis Only.

Obviously, the consumer could also choose to work with new agents and take the risk that these new agents won’t mess up their deal and cost them thousands of dollars. The problem with these new agents or inexperienced agents is that they will not only NOT provide you with the services an experienced knowledgeable broker will provide you with, but most of the time, they also try to get you to pay them on a Contingency Fee Basis Only…so that they can get paid at the highest rate possible with the Contingency Fee commission option which can turn out to be any hourly rate depending on how many hours an agent actually works on the transaction. So that number can range all over the board depending on how efficient that agent is in representing the client.

The agents that do not offer you an option to pay for their services with a Flat Fee or Fee for Service option are providing you with one option (the Contingency Fee Basis Only option at a percentage of the closing price, when the house sells and closes) that gives them the highest probability of being one of the most highly paid professionals in the world.

In today’s economy, the consumer should be given a choice on how they want to pay for the services of a real estate agent. After being given a choice from the real estate agent, then if the consumer wants to pay the agent representing him/her upwards of $500 or more per hour with the Contingency Fee Percentage Basis option based on the hypothetical example used, then the consumer can make that decision by intelligently looking at his/her options, making an evaluation of the value being provided for the money spent on the real estate agent’s commission and the consumer’s business acumen regarding whether they want to save money or spend a lot more, paying the real estate agent more money with the Contingency Fee Percentage Basis method of payment.

If you are like most people, you don’t mind paying for the value received. But, you do want a choice so you can make the best decision for you and your family. It makes sense, especially in this day and age, to have choices on how you should pay for your real estate agent’s service. Don’t let the agents, who are NOT giving you a choice and asking you to pay for their services with only the Contingency Fee Percentage Basis option, hoodwink you into believing that you will NOT get full representation when you pay for services via the Flat Fee or Fee for Service option.

It is important to know that national governing body of real estate agents does not limit a real estate firm’s ability to get paid by only the contingency fee model. To make a long story short, they want to protect the consumer and what is vital is that they want the consumer to have full representation and they want the real estate agents and firms to actually provide the services that they say they will provide to the consumer. That means it should be reasonable for consumers to expect to be offered choices on how they can pay for a real estate agent’s services.

All you have to do is compare what services you are being provided with from both methodologies. Look at which real estate agent is offering you more services and giving you the option to save money and if you choose to compensate them at a respectable rate of $175 to $250 per hour for an experienced top professional, you certainly are within your rights to pay them that rate or any other rate that you negotiate with the real estate agent.

The real estate agents, who give you a choice of payment methods for their compensation, are experienced and knowledgeable professionals and they want to and expect to be paid a decent wage. These agents are not like the discount brokers, who trim their fees and their services as well. The agents, who offer the consumer options on how to pay their real estate commission fees, realize that most consumers expect to receive tremendous value for the money they spend on the real estate commission paid. Generally, you will find that these agents offer MORE services than the agents who don’t give their customers an option on how to pay for their fees.

Today, consumers should DEMAND to be given a choice on how they pay for their real estate commission fees. It only makes sense and it is the fairest thing to do in a tough economy. If the consumer can save money and the agent can still make a decent wage, it is a win-win for both the real estate agent and the consumer. There is still a time and a place for Contingency Fee Percentage Only Basis payment of real estate commission fees and there always will be. However, the consumer should not be “forced” into believing that is his/her only option to pay real estate commission fees.

We are not living in the Stone Age. With today’s technology, the consumer should be given options that can help them save money, while still paying the real estate agent a decent hourly wage for the services they are providing. I think it is hard to argue that earning $175 to $250 per hour (or any other rate negotiated with the consumer) is not a decent hourly wage to be earning if you are a real estate agent. So giving the consumer a choice makes sense because it is a win for both the consumer and the real estate agent. The consumer has the option to always negotiate the real estate commissions and they can still choose the contingency fee method when it makes sense for them.

Yes there are times when the Contingency Fee Percentage Only Basis payment of real estate commission fees makes sense as being the best methodology of payment for both parties such as when you have a hard to sell property and the seller doesn’t have the initial money to put out in marketing the property. In a case like this, the consumer is asking the real estate broker to put out their money, in advance, with no guarantee that the property will sell…so that particular property is a higher risk to the brokerage company and in that case the consumer may choose to go forward with that Contingency Fee Percentage Only option of paying for the real estate commission.

With a professional, technology proficient, real estate professional, you will receive FULL SERVICE, at a higher level than most Contingency Fee Percentage Only brokerage companies, and they will give you an option on how you want to pay them so that you can SAVE MONEY and so they can also EARN A DECENT WAGE. You the consumer should have the right to DEMAND to be given a choice. It makes sense and it is the fair and right thing to do…especially, in today’s tough economic climate.

Fee For Service or Flat Fee Program Options

The simplest and fairest way to bundle the services I provide to the traditional seller is to bundle into three parts:

1. Our Initial Consultation Strategy Meeting and Delivering the Marketing Services Promised
2. Provide Information and Guidance to interested potential buyers and agents, as part of details of Servicing the Listing
3. Present and Negotiate all offers to a satisfactory conclusion for my clients

I have priced my services to reflect these three distinct parts of the full-service representation that I provide to a seller. At the Initial Consultation Strategy meeting, I will go over the services I will provide and give the seller a choice on how they want to pay me for the services I will provide to them. At that Initial Consultation Strategy meeting, I go over the details of my entire fee structure with the potential client.

At the end of that Initial Consultation Strategy Meeting, the sellers’ are free to choose whether they want to pay a flat fee for all the services provided in Part I and then, Part II and Part III as I have outlined OR they can pay a flat fee for all the services provided in Part I and a small percentage fee for Part II and Part III at closing OR they can choose whether they want to pay for ALL of my services on a Contingency Fee Percentage Only Basis at the closing of the transaction. Based on their needs and current situation, they get to choose the payment plan that makes sense for them and suits their requirements.

Let me make this total clear…NO MATTER WHICH METHOD OF PAYMENT THEY CHOOSE TO PAY ME FOR MY SERVICES RENDERED, I will do everything that I have outlined for the seller(s) as my normal Standard of Care for all of my clients that I provide full service representation. My real estate practice, when working with listings, is always full service representation regardless of how the consumer chooses to pay for those services.

Seller Representation Services

In my real estate practice, when representing any seller as their listing agent, I choose to only provide full service representation regardless of the method that they choose to pay me for my services. I believe ALL consumers deserve to be represented properly and, at the same time, they should be given options on how to pay for the services rendered.

It is important for every consumer to know that each company sets its own policies regarding what services they will provide to the consumers they serve and whether or not they will give the consumer multiple options to pay for those services. Therefore, if a company chooses NOT to give you the consumer options regarding the payment of services, they are forcing the consumer to pay them via the Contingency Fee Percentage Only Basis. When a consumer pays their real estate commission via the Contingency Fee Percentage Only Basis, the consumer is paying the real estate agent in the highest and most expensive way for the services render to them.

Today’s savvy consumers are NOT settling for Stone Age real estate practices where the agent puts their property on the MLS and charges them a contingency fee. They are demanding that they have choices regarding how to pay for the services received from real estate agents. Today’s consumers want to figure out how to save money and that’s why they are demanding that every real estate agent provide them with options that gives them the ability to receive solid value at much lower prices.

Seller Marketing Campaign of Services

Before going into the services that I provide to a seller, the very first thing I must educate the seller about is EXACTLY how homes are actually sold via the Multiple Listing Service. Once a seller understands exactly how things happen among the various real estate brokerage firms, they can attribute the correct value to the specific services being provided to them.

I sincerely believe that once a real estate agent “reveals” the inner workings of how real estate is actually being sold, the seller now understands that the most important value or expertise that they need from a real estate agent is the agent’s knowledge of real estate contracts and real estate practice in general. You want an agent, who has self confidence in their abilities to negotiate favorable outcomes when presented with an offer and you need an agent who has the experience to protect you from making a mistake that can cause you thousands of dollars. Once a seller understands this is the critical skill that they need from an agent, they will look to work with an experienced agent, rather than a part-time or new agent. The seller also will not be tricked by the agents who are hiring inexperienced or new agents on to their teams, under the guise of the seller thinking that the “head honcho” of the team actually knows what is happening with their specific transaction.

It is plain and simple. The real estate agent you are talking to on the phone on a daily basis is the agent who must have the skills you need to represent you. That is the agent who should have the Certified Residential Specialist designation if you are using that specific criteria to screen out the incompetent agents or the agents that just simply don’t have enough experience to represent you to the highest level of Standard of Care. Always remember, if you are going to pay a professional $200 or more per hour in any profession, you expect to receive a high level of service and you expect that professional to have the knowledge to protect your best interests and even give you an advantage in that specific transaction. Savvy real estate sellers understand that they should always work with experienced agents, who have the time to work with them.

If you call an agent and you are constantly reaching their voicemail, they are too busy to represent you properly. You should be able to reach your agent via their cell phone, most of the time. You should expect your calls to be returned within 10 to 12 minutes when you do reach their voicemail. Otherwise, you may have to play “phone tag” and ultimately, that may cause you to make a less than desirable decision about the issue you were calling about in the first place.

Okay…now, back to the Multiple Listing Service information that a seller needs to know. Regardless of what real estate market your property is located in, you need to know the following statistic…85% to 90% of all homes sold are actually sold (meaning the buyer writing the offer on your home will NOT be written by your listing agent) by another agent from a different real estate company, who has access to the Multiple Listing Service’s listings. Let’s say it is 90% in our local Austin Real Estate market.

So what does that really mean to you?

It means that for the properties that actually get Sold through the MLS (in our case, 90% of the actual Sold properties), the agent, who listed the property and placed it on the MLS Network of Homes For Sale, will NOT be the person who actually brings in the offer on your home. Stated differently, it means that for every ten homes that are placed on the MLS by an agent, 9 out of 10 times another agent, other than the listing agent who put the listing on the MLS, will actually bring in the buyer to close the sale.

That means that the power of getting your home Sold comes from being listed on the MLS Network, not from the marketing efforts of your listing agent.

Once you understand this critical point, you, as a potential seller, should understand that your selection of agents is critical from the stand point of selecting someone who can negotiate and close your transaction on your behalf in such a way so that your best interests are protected and so that you can have an advantage. That’s why it is vital for you to use some type of screening criteria like does the agent have their national CRS designation and at least 6 to 10 years of real estate experience. You want an agent who can use their years of experience to help you maximize the dollars you receive and protect you from making a mistake that can cause you to lose thousands of dollars.  You want a seasoned agent, who has the time to personally serve you, to represent you when you are negotiating your contract. That is how you stack the odds of getting what you want to be in your favor.

Now that you understand that 90% of the cause of your home being sold comes from the MLS Network and NOT the marketing efforts of your listing agent, what is the purpose of all that marketing that the real estate agent does for you?

Simply stated, your agent is putting in the extra effort NOT to get your home sold on the MLS. Your agent knows that there is a 90% chance that your property is going to sell just because it was placed on the MLS. Therefore, that extra marketing effort is done to expose your property to the rest of the world. And, that exposure is only likely to bring in a buyer just 1 out every 10 listings that that agent personally lists themselves.

Even though the agent’s personal property marketing efforts may only work specifically for you only 10% of the time, it makes sense for you to get the entire market covered so that your home receives up to 100% exposure in the marketplace. Now, we know that 100% exposure is NOT ever possible, but, it is better to know that your agent is doing multiple extra things, not related to the MLS, for you to squeeze out every potential buyer that might be out there in the universe. Let’s face the facts, if you are going to pay a real estate agent $200 an hour or more, you want maximum value for the money you are spending. So you want and expect them to pull out all the stops regardless.

With this new understanding, here’s how I am turning over every stone to maximize the odds of finding the best buyers for you, including that extra potential buyer, using both MLS and non-MLS marketing programs. When we have our first Comprehensive Strategy Meeting, I will explain the benefits to you and go over all of your options, when we are working together:

Comprehensive MLS and non-MLS 16 Point Seller Marketing Campaign Program

In my real estate practice, I only provide full service representation to my seller clients. At our first Comprehensive Strategy Meeting, the seller and I will go over exactly what services they should expect from me regardless of which way they choose to pay for services rendered and then, they will determine which method of payment for services rendered is best for them. The seller gets to choose which method of payment works best for them. They can choose to save money with the Fee-for Services provided method OR they can choose the Contingency Fee Percentage Only Basis at the closing. The end result of that initial meeting is for the seller and I to determine the best way to position the property for sale and to determine the pricing strategy that would be best for the seller based on the condition of the home and the ultimate overall needs of the seller.

Here is the summary list of services provided to the seller(s):

1. Place a sign in the front yard
2. Put a lockbox on the property
3. Take digital pictures of the property
4. Do a Walk-Through Video Tour of Home
5. Develop Video Marketing Tour for Internet websites
6. Setup the property with its own specific website and domain name
7. Establish a specific YouTube marketing video campaign

8. Have a Buyer Information Sheet placed inside the home

9. Develop a Directional Information Marketing Sheet for the property

10. Provide seller with a DVD of the marketing video

11. Go over my Exclusive Circle Alliance Marketing Program

12. Go over my 200 Card Drop Program

13. Buyer Agent Notification Service

14. Determine Best Seller Pricing Strategy

15. Place property on the MLS

16. Certified Affidavit of Performance Completion

To schedule your Comprehensive Strategy Meeting, please simply pick up the phone and call me at 512-748-4237. I look forward to meeting with you to develop a plan of action that helps you get to where you want to be in the least amount of time with the least amount of hassles to you.

Buyer Representation Services and Fees

In my real estate practice, I only work with serious buyers who appreciate working with a methodical and detail-oriented professional real estate practitioner. The buyers, I work with, want to develop a Game Plan for the house that they want to buy in the near future and, at the same time, they want to understand the longer term impacts of purchasing a particular home. I like to work with buyers to help them purchase their first property and we also will develop both a Move-Up Strategy and an Exit Plan Strategy upfront when they are purchasing their first home with me representing them as their buyer brokerage agent. My approach, when working with buyers, is to make sure that we have a plan that incorporates the initial purchase and an exit strategy. I want my buyers to view purchasing a house as both an investment and a place to live.

My process of working with a buyer is fairly straight-forward, but it is also very detailed. I specifically outline their responsibilities and my responsibilities. The buyer’s are expected to do the homework assignments that I give them to make sure they are prepared for the home buying process. I take my role in this relationship seriously and my goal is to make sure that I protect their best interests and sometimes that means protecting them from themselves.

If a buyer is looking for an agent that wants to “explore” the city together and have fun with them while driving around to “explore” the city, then I am not the agent for them. And, they should probably not work with me. I want to do everything in my power to make sure that you don’t have that emotional letdown or disappointment when you have to sell the property a few years down the line. I see part of my role as being the person who brings up some of the hard questions that make you think about what is important or could be important when purchasing this particular home.  Here are my basic procedures and process on how I work with potential buyers:

1. Have an initial phone conversation to determine if it makes sense for us to work together.
2. At the end of that initial phone conversation, I will request that the buyers have a first meeting with a knowledgeable lender that I trust or that the buyers, if they have selected their own lender, the buyers give that lender permission to speak with me about their information.
3. After having my conversation with the lender regarding the buyer’s ability to purchase, how the written contract should be structured based on their current financial situation  and the timing of the possible upcoming purchase, I will call the buyers to setup our Initial Game Plan Buyer Consultation and Strategy Meeting.
4. At this first meeting, the buyer will be required two sign two documents. The first is required by Texas Real Estate Law and that is the disclosure about Information about Brokerage Services and that happens right at the beginning of the meeting before we start discussing anything specific about the buyer’s needs and wants. Then, we will go over the buyer’s needs and wants and then, together we will determine a specific Game Plan for the buyer. At the end of this meeting, the buyer can choose to have me working on their behalf for the next 60 to 90 days. We then go over the terms of the buyer brokerage agreement to make sure that we both agree to procedures, the next steps, our communication method and how the buyer and I have agreed that I will be compensated for helping them negotiate an accepted contract. Once the Buyer Brokerage Agreement is signed, that means that I now have a fiduciary responsibility to represent them.
5. My next step is to actually research the MLS and my additional non-MLS sources for my Buyer Clients. I view my working relationship with my buyers as a partnership. We both have responsibilities and assignments. We have a specific procedure to determine how the buying process will happen for them and we follow that procedure.
6. The buyer is responsible for reading and asking me questions about the contract that will be used when writing up the transaction. After signing the Buyer Brokerage Representation Agreement, I provide the buyer with a set of contracts, disclosures and information that they need to understand when signing a contract and buying a house. When we locate the house to buy, many times, speed is of the essence, so we will be writing in information inside the Texas Real Estate Contract forms so we can present our offer to the seller as soon as possible. At this time, as we are filling in the blanks, if the buyer has done their reading and studying of the contract, it reduces the feeling of being overwhelmed at this juncture in the process. The buyer is responsible for bringing their checkbook to all showings so that we are prepared to properly write an offer that can be presented immediately to the seller or seller’s agent.
7. My job is to then present and negotiate the contract on behalf of my buyer until we have a ratified contract. That contract will be receipted at the Title Company.
8. Once the contract has been receipted at the Title Company, the buyer’s lender is responsible for completing the loan process in the timeframe written on the contract. Simultaneously, while that process is taking place, the buyer completes his/her investigations regarding purchasing the house before the option period ends so they can make a decision whether or not to continue with the purchase of the home. If there is something major that came up in the investigation process, this is the time when these issues should be addressed. In the state of Texas, all purchases are “as is” purchases so the buyer is purchasing the property in its current “as is” condition. The seller does not have to fix anything that was not highlighted in advance or agreed to. Therefore, if something is significantly wrong with the property, in the buyer’s mind, it is up to the buyer to make a written request through his/her agent before the option period ends, if s/he wants any type of additional concessions from the seller before moving forward with the completion of the purchase. If the buyer does not make any requests, the contract continues with all the other terms and conditions still being valid and enforceable.
9. I usually counsel my buyer to make sure that they have investigated their insurance options and anything else that they deem to be important to them, before the expiration of the option period, to make sure they feel comfortable with those options or potential solutions before the expiration of the option period in the contract.

10. Once the option period is over, the buyer’s lender is on the “hot seat” to finish out the appraisal process and complete all of the funding requirements to obtain the loan funding paperwork in time to close the property on time per the terms agreed to in the contract.

11. Make sure the transfer of the property happens so that the buyer can connect all the utilities and be in a position to either remodel the property to their standards or to just move into the property and begin turning the house into their home. I always recommend that the new buyer change the keys to the doors once they have taken possession of the property. It is the wise and safe thing to do.

If you are the type of buyer that can appreciate working with a real estate practitioner in this manner outlined, please feel free to contact me directly at 512-748-4237. I look forward to working with you to help you purchase the first property of, what could be, many in the future.

Real Estate Consulting Services and Fees

The real estate industry is a very complex industry and requires real estate practitioners to provide a variety of services to different organization, investors, attorneys and corporations. Investors want to obtain general and specific knowledge regarding the directional growth of businesses and the population in a city as well as what are the best neighborhoods to begin restoring homes and providing a decent place to live for those local residents.

Parent Investors may want to purchase properties or condominiums near the University of Texas to provide a place to live for their children and have an appreciating asset that has value when their children finish school. Corporations may need to purchase a few duplexes or condominiums to handle the travel needs of their executives or employees in order to reduce costs and purchase assets that will appreciate in value in the long term. Corporations may also need to find out other things like zoning information and other development issues.

Attorneys may need a real estate agent to testify in court cases, as an Expert Witness, as to what is the proper Standard of Care for real estate professional in the area. And, in other types of cases, an investor may just want to obtain the advice of a real estate professional regarding a specific development project they are considering investing in or, they may have a property that they are considering purchasing and they just want a second opinion regarding that particular investment.

If you have a specific need that requires the advice of an experienced real estate practitioner, please call me and I will provide you with my current fee schedule so you can determine what makes sense for your specific needs. If I can help you, I will provide you with straight-forward advice and counseling that should help you make the decisions that you need to make regarding your specific project. If I can’t help you, I will tell you that right away so you can seek other alternatives for the information you are seeking.

For further information about these additional types of services and the fees associated with each service, please call me directly at 512-748-4237.

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Nate Brooks
Harvard MBA * CRS
Austin Real Estate Consumer Advocate
Broker Associate License No: 0474437
Pride of Texas Real Estate
512-748-4237