Real Estate Agents - Become Part of our Directory!
The reality of the Bay area real estate market is that commission
rebates and discounts will become
increasingly important. SFBayRebates.com offers real estate agents
an opportunity to reach clients who are savvy and actively looking
for an agent who is willing to offer a rebate.
There are a number of factors that make our service especially
attractive to real estate agents:
- We charge only a low monthly fee for inclusion in our
directory. There are no per-lead or
transaction fees of any kind! There is no limit to the
number of leads you can receive.
- Our directory lists your phone number, email address and
website (if you have one). So clients can immediately contact
you directly.
- Our directory gives you an opportunity to offer rebates
only to clients who are actively seeking them. In other words, you
do not need to announce a rebate on your own website and offer it
to all clients.
Where will my listing appear in
the directory?
As with any web directory, the order in which agents are listed
is critical to the number of leads you will potentially
receive.
Our directory lists agents in the
following order, and this will not change.
- Agents in the specific city/area that the
client searches for are listed first, in the order in which the
agents signed up for our directory.
- Agents in neighboring areas are listed
second, in the order in which the agents signed up for our
directory.
This means that agents who sign up for our
directory early on will maintain the top positions as long as they
continue their subscriptions.
How Much Does it Cost?
The cost for inclusion in our directory is currently just
$19.95/month. Once again, there are no
per-lead or transaction fees of any kind! This makes
SFBayRebates.com of the most cost-effective lead generation tools
you will find anywhere.
- Payment is automatically billed to your credit card each
month.
- There is no contract or long-term obligation;
you may cancel at any time.
By purchasing, you agree to our Terms of Service.
Note: Immediately after purchasing the service,
you will be asked to fill out a form with your directory
information. Your listing will appear in the directory as soon as
our staff reviews the information--generally within one business
day.
Sign up now - Just $19.95/month.
Please note that orders are
processed securely by our payment processor, 2Checkout.com,
Inc.
The charge on your credit card will appear
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Are rebates legal? Can real estate sales person
licensees offer rebates? Do I have to be a
broker?
We are not lawyers and can not offer legal advice.
However, as intelligent laymen, we have examined the
California real estate law and can find no reason why any
licensee cannot offer a commission rebate.
The real estate law makes it clear that sales person
licensees can receive commissions only through their
broker. However, it says nothing about licensees paying a
rebate to the principals in the transaction.
The State of Kentucky, does in fact, have regulations that
prohibit rebates. Those regulations were recently overturned
when the U.S. Dept. of Justice sued the state on
anti-trust grounds. The Kentucky Real Estate
Commission and the federal government have now
reached an agreement that allows rebates for all
licensees.
The agreement clearly states that it applies to "any person
who is licensed by Defendant under chapter 324 of the Kentucky
Revised Statutes or any future recodification thereof and
legally can perform acts of real estate brokerage, and any
person who legally can perform acts of real estate brokerage
while acting under the supervision of a licensed broker."
(our emphasis).
The full text of the agreement is here . Be sure to see the letter at the very
bottom of the page (Appendix A) which summarizes things
quite clearly.
This would tend to suggest that even if we've
missed some obscure provision in California law which
prohibits rebates, it would not stand up to a Federal
challenge.
Of course, if you are a sales person
licensee, it is possible that your broker might try to stop you from offering a rebate. However, most sales persons
operate under an independent contractor agreement that specifically prohibits the
broker from telling you how to go about marketing your
services. In any case, the rebate would
be coming out of your individual commission, rather than the
broker's.
Commision rebates appear to be
a legitimate way for all licensees to compete for real estate
business.
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