[Boomer]

I just came back into this kitchen and stupidly looked at my own post of a couple of hours ago and I am not sure it makes sense. Seems a little cryptic to me. And I'm the one who wrote it.

Anyway, what I meant to say was that I really do not know how the VLS works. How are the VLS agents paid? Salary? Commission? Salary + Bonus? Commission + Bonus? Salary + Commission + Bonus? If there is a bonus, what's the bonus based upon? Do they do better selling the brand new homes? Are certain agents assigned to the Pre-owned listings? And different agents assigned to sell new only?

What is a VLS agent's bread and butter?

Will a pre-owned listing be bounced off a deal for a new if the new gives the agent a little more butter on that bread?

I really do not know how the VLS works. I just know that I would like to know.

When we were there having our first look, I asked if the VLS provided the comparable sales stats. (I think some of us Buckeyes are a little different sometimes. Agents here will often provide those numbers to assist in a sale.) Well, the VLS agent looked at me like I was speaking some odd clicking language that could not be understood. (I think Boomer must have committed one of them there fox paws or something.)

But I never learn.

A friend asked me to go along to help her find a house in a town in another state where she had a new job. So I did. And I asked that agent all kinds of questions, too. (That's really why people invite me along. I know that. But I always make them buy me dinner.) It was on a hot July day. Suddenly the AC in the back seat of that Lexus where I was the only one sitting was turned off. I was one hot Boomer. I actually thought I might get shoved out on a back road.

But I never learn.

When I was a little kid, my mother used to always tell me that I could ask more questions than a Philadelphia lawyer. So I asked her why the lawyer was always from Philadelphia and what were all his questions about.

So anyway, good luck with your listing. You will figure it out. (I still like giving the old FSBO route a shot though. Just be sure to get a lawyer. And that lawyer need not be from Philadelphia.)

Boomer the Inquisitor





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