@lbtweety47 wrote:
15 minutes on-site for a video apartment shop would have my report looing like the leasing agent needs help immediately. First of all you have to sit down with the agent, determine what you need, what is important to you and what you must have in your new home. Then you get to go on a round-about route to view every single amenity and either an empty apartment or furnished model - room by room. Returning to the leasing office you must listen to the sales pitch. No way in H*LL can this all be done in 15 minutes with any kind of accuracy or thoroughness.
@Irene_L.A. wrote:
I have never done an Apt. in less than 40 minutes, walking upstairs, viewing model, walking around the building looking at the grounds/gym/pool takes time. Maybe I'm slow, but 40 minutes to an hour seems normal to me... Seems the Agent if doing a good job tells you cost and all the details, if not, under an hour....not doing them any longer unless they pay more than 40.00. CA may have stricter rules and they want to know if the Agent tells you the law, discrimination and such. There have been times when they want to know if the Agent calls back, so job not finished. Definitely from where I sit, not a $60.00 an hour job and never bonused.
@lbtweety47 wrote:
Not sure where you are apartment shopping but in the Phoenix area I have never had one under 30 minutes and the average is closer to 45 minutes - without me asking questions except the objection statement that the agent has to reply to. Again, just walking (or using a golf cart) to view amenities and get to the empty apartment/model apartment takes longer than 15 minutes. Maybe your apartments are not spread out over acres and acres -
@lbtweety47 wrote:
MF JOHNSON -- How about the pool(s), gym, business center, mailing room, conference rooms, and guest services? Don't any of your apartment shops have these amenities? Guess we are spoiled here in the Valley of the Sun because it is rare to not find all of these available when doing a shop.
@bgriffin wrote:
I picked up 2 Casey's General Stores shops yesterday. I timed the reports last night and they took me 4 minutes each. I literally drove right past both of them so they added about 6 minutes each (they're REALLY easy) in drive and shop time. So the 2 took 20 minutes total and paid about $20, which means for those 2 shops I made $60 an hour. .
@bgriffin wrote:
I pay basically $0 in income tax but I pay 12.5% of my schedule C profit in FICA. I own 1/3 of an LLC that has a substantial net loss for tax purposes. After doing my taxes with no other contributions I go back and refigure what I have to contribute to my traditional IRA and SEP to to get that number to $0. I realize I am in a much different position than most full time shoppers as I have an incredibly low cost of living (about $500 a month) and own rental property with my brothers that creates a large tax loss. That makes it pretty easy for me to lower taxable income both from a large deduction and having the ability to save during the year to make large tax shelter contributions.
@bgriffin wrote:
ROFLMAO.
I'm typing on my phone. It's actually 15.3%.
When my dad passed away a couple of years ago I moved in with my mom. Say what you want, she wouldn't have survived if I hadn't. Unfortunately she refuses to take any rent or or help with utilities. So my only bills are cell phone, insurance, and food. Not that any of this is any of your @#$%& business.
@Sobrokeigot2dothis wrote:
Health insurance alone costs more then 500 dollars a month. Help us understand how that works.
@bgriffin wrote:
@Sobrokeigot2dothis wrote:
Health insurance alone costs more then 500 dollars a month. Help us understand how that works.
Actually car insurance is my largest expense. I am able to get my reportable income low enough that tax credits pay for substantially all of my health insurance.
Now I'm done with this discussion. You're only here to stir up @#$%&, I have avoided replying to you and am unhappy with myself that I did in this case.