sweettractors
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The most successful realtors here buy and sell thier own property and as a side, they do offer listing for private owners. Ken Sweet
Mowing for reality company's ?
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whistlepig
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I brush hogged vacant lots for realtors for many years. There is a big demand for this. I didn't advertise. I just mowed for one realtor and the word got around. So much work that I turned a lot of it down. I quit this several years ago. I could start this up again tomorrow if I wanted and do very well at it. It's a nightmare on equipment though. The things that one can mow over in vacant lot is beyond description.
MESSMAKER
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I have done more than a few. The agency has no trouble telling you to mow it, but when it comes time to get paid, they want you to take it up with the property owner. I have done a couple for free. Not by choice.
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Don't you mean they will offer to sell on the market that which they aren't interested in for themselves? That's they way it usually goes as I see it anyway.
sweettractors
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That is exactly right. Ken Sweet
CurlyDave
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To be fair, a RE agent sees more properties in a month than I see in 20 years.
When an extraordinary bargain comes along they are going to try to buy it & resell at a profit.
I have always declined to buy anything owned by a RE agent because I knew they would be asking top dollar for whatever they were selling.
When an extraordinary bargain comes along they are going to try to buy it & resell at a profit.
I have always declined to buy anything owned by a RE agent because I knew they would be asking top dollar for whatever they were selling.
sweettractors
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Here is the situation in this Ky. county: the real estate agent started buying land and marketing it to people that subscribe to Mother Earth News and the Amish from Ohio. Now after 30 years they have saturated that pool of buyers and are now aligned with the Mossey Oak Properties franchise to attract more out of state buyers that are interested in hunting and fishing. Good for the real estate company, bad for a young person that wants to buy a piece of land to get started farming on. Prices went from $300 per acre in 1973 to $3500 per acre here today. You can't pay that price for land and farm it out of it and ever pay it off here in Central Ky. Ken Sweet
tinman955
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How long does it take the average guy to mow a acre with a 72" mower?
Or how much can a guy mow in a hour?
Or how much can a guy mow in a hour?
jenkinsph
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I have been blessed with inherited land, and I am glad to be old enough to recognize how fortunate I am. Today it is almost impossible in the US to farm and pay off the land. You need an outside source of income to do it. Farming, oyster fishing, pulpwood hauling and restaurant work are some of the hardest low paying jobs you can have, and all require a substancial monetary investment to make a living.
Working for a realty company from my experience is subpar jobs, everyone involved is trying to pass the problem on to the new buyer, cheap fixes are the ones that are wanted.
Much more money in selling a new landscape package to a motivated buyer than a realtor trying to simply move a property.
whistlepig
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An acre a hour with a 60" brush hog. One and a half acres to two acres an hour with a 72" finish mower. Finish mowing pays a bit more. But finish mowing has a weekly deadline. Brush hogging is easier to work in on a part time schedule as I did it. Brush hogging can most times wait a week or two. I'm sure others will say this mowing can be done much quicker than this. The mowing speed is determined by the smoothness of the ground.
