Estate Agent Letter

[blayedrunner]

Looking to go round the estate agents to do Landlords Certs. Has anyone put a letter together that got them through the door or got them jobs???? If anyone would be generous enough to PM the letter I would send very good vibes

 

[Blake]

I sent out around 30 to local agents just before xmas. I had one phone call and they wanted to know if I could do them cheaper than the £35 they were currently paying!

 

[blayedrunner]

Least you got a phone call.

 

[franky]

I walked into about 10 sod all good. One I did get past the first stages rang me back agreed a price of £50 or ten in a row for £450 but were in contract to another plumber but good luck

 

[bengasman]

Good luck to you mate. If I get a call from an agent looking for someone, I'll give them your number. They're a pain in the neck if not lower.

 

[Puddle]

most are usually more interested in your hidden cash back schemes rather than your charges

imho

 

[gaspastemania]

Whats the fascination with working for estate agents? From what i gather on here its not a big earner and if you find faults i bet it can be a right pain .

 

[blayedrunner]

Not fascinated, just like all of us trying to fill my weekly diary up with work.

 

[bengasman]

Most of the guys I know have found exactly the same as what I found with estate agents. The vast majority are:
Dishonest.
Unreliable.
Always out to find the cheapest of the cheap.
Bad payers even if you did manage to be the cheapest.

And that was BEFORE the downturn in the housing market, when they were still raking it in. Imagine what your chances are of earning something of them today.
You can easily end up loosing money for doing quote after quote, only to find out you have wasted your time and fuel.

 

[blayedrunner]

By the responses i guess no one does Landlords certs then lol.... I wonder how they manage to stay renting.

 

[bengasman]

I don't do a lot of certs, but the ones I do are done directly for the LL, not for some creep who wants to pay me £30 after 4 months and 8 reminders so he/she can charge the owner £130.
Doing lgsc's is like selling second hand Skoda's; I'm sure somebody is earning money doing it, but it's not my cup of tea.
And before anyone tries to tell me Skoda is a wonderful car since VW bought them, I know too many Skoda owners to buy that. But apart from that, I'm referring to them because Skoda owners are typically the kind of people that spend ages finding out what the cheapest deal in town is.

 

[blayedrunner]

Deep very deep!!!! Way to early for that level of thought process!!!!! LOL

 

[mickie]

the one i work for are pretty good with pay, they get commision though but its always on top of what my price is..

the only thing i dont like is their tenants