I know it might have been posted before this blog, so Jesse if so i couldnt find it...lol, I see that some or lot of us have paid for those sites that end up taking our money.Could you please share with the network, the good and bad PAID SITES, AND RESULTS? , so we can stay away from the bad ones.Thank you.Cesar K.
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www.NRBA.com or National REO Brokers’ Association of America is a new site to me. I just came across it from a fellow REO Broker who gave NRBA some high marks. I have to be honest, when first viewing the website, it didn’t instill any confidence at all. It appeared to me as if they were some awkward knock off of Shop at Home.com. All those little boxes, solid white background, red writing, I swear I thought I was about to buy a gold electro plated magnetized wrist joint amplifier for 3 easy payments of only 19.99. Either way, I am glad to see they are “renovating” the site, hopefully it helps.
Once I got passed the strange exterior, I decided to dig a bit deeper and see what this site is all about so, I did what any red or blue (depending on what part of the country your from) blooded REO Broker would do and that was click on “Real Estate Professionals Start Here”. Ok, I may have been a bit hard on NRBA in paragraph 1 of this commentary however, now I am truly being as serious as I can be. After clicking the link, I am taken to a black background with red and white writing power point flash presentation of how I can make 6 figures by becoming a member of NRBA! By this time, I am now truly turned off, to me, this whole thing has come off as a rainy day garage sale on the wrong side of town. Truly, I tell you, this whole website has just come off as if they went into Goodwill and asked the marketing person to design a website. So, 2nd class…… (by the way, I like Goodwill, when I was kid, it was the only place we shopped, we didn’t have much back then. In fact, sometimes I still go, now it’s a bit different obviously but, I do like the store and donate maybe once or twice a year.) As I suspected, it was fairly predictable where this screen shot presentation was leading, I was asked the 20,000.00 question, “Join Now!” My first thought was, are they serious? Then I quickly realized, oh hell yeah they are serious…….lol.
So I pressed the button, not because I was impressed by the presentation or marketing ploy but, because my REOPro Agent colleague gave this group of people a huge thumbs up and said I should join. Once you hit the button, you’re taken to a 2nd screen where you can read some of the FAQ’s, it’s small so you have to be determined to look for them but, you can find them and read them over. The first question is, “Can anyone be a REO Broker?” ultimately the answer was No! but, not for the obvious reasons like, commitment, dedication, work load, long hours, etc….., they said it was because they all wanted to protect their 6+ figure income. ROFLMAO! Are you serious, by now I really felt this was an exercise in the absurd but, I went along with it. After reading over all the FAQ’s I felt as if I had just finished reading a bad version of the Top 10 List with David Letterman. Granted, I found some useful information like cost, which my REOPro Agent Colleague forgot to mention but, overall the FAQ’s almost seemed a waste of web space and band width.
Speaking of cost, it isn’t cheap, it’s 1999.00 a year paid monthly or annually. That wasn’t cheap for me, I am a bit of a tight ass hence, I still visit Goodwill occasionally however, I didn’t think 1999.00 wasn’t going to be a cost that many Realtors would be interested in paying in the first place, I am sure it’s going to protect some bodies 6+ figure income. I read a little further because I still had this overwhelming almost nagging voice of my REOPro colleague saying, “you should try it, I did and it is working for me” screatch across my forehead like a Mack truck applying the brakes on a downhill 9% grade highway. So, I got ready to hit the Join Now button and, then BANG! A flash of lightning hits my neighbors tree and we loose power. Ok, I will be honest, no flash of lightning however, I did loose my power because my dog’s tail wagged and somehow turned off the power strip. So, here I am now, not sure if I should join or not, I don’t really know much about this organization other than what my REOPro colleague said about it. I figure I should get some more insight so, if you are a NRBA member or a holder of the CREO Designation they offer please, leave a comment and convince me either way, should I join, or should I steer clear!
Thanks in advance for the help!
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