Real Estate Agents and their Vehicles
 

It is a given that to be a successful real estate agent you must drive a luxury car. Who would want to be taken around to see houses in a corolla or civic. What cars would you guys purchase if you were a real estate agent. etc BMW 7 series? Mercedes S class? :driving:

Silly question, 370z DUH.:happydance:

lol, maybe a towbar and trailer if there's a wife / kids coming along for the inspection as well?


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Audi S4 or A/S7

Leave the wife home. That way you can show the husband houses with huge garages and man caves and a kitchen just large enough to make sammiches in. :roflpuke2:

A lot of agents like to drive around in Civic and Prius hybrids now, FWIW. It's all part of the image.

Mercedes S class bluetec. honestly i think that would convey the best image.

Cadillac CTS-V WAGON!

Shows you are a family oriented guy, that still knows how to let loose. :happydance:

S8...with NOS

Well, as a real estate broker I ride around in my 370z... It works pretty well...

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Mercedes Benz R63 AMG Minivan! 500hp and AWD in a minivan? Yes please!

To answer your question in my area I do see a majority ride around in civics, accords & camrys. Then a select few drive lower-middle end Lexus or Merc.

Per one of the top real estate coaches in the world you do want to reek success if you do plan an being a top agent. Meaning S Class, 7 Series, A8 and etc. I would be happy with an M5 6spd, which I may consider as my next car or an M56.

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Depends on where you're from.

Growing up in central Indiana in the '70s / '80s, a successful agent drove a Cadillac. Those with a little less $$, a Buick.

When I went to school in Charleston, SC, the agents all drove MB, BMW, etc. never saw one in a Cadillac.

Difference?

In the midwest (esp. Indiana / Ohio / Michigan, etc.) in the '70s, if you were going to sell an expensive house there was a good chance it was going to be someone either in or associated with the US auto industry. No way you could risk showing them around in a 'foreign' car.

In Charleston, nobody cared.

Now living back in Indiana, I would say that a higher % of real estate agents drive a car from the Big 3 vs. the general population, but you do see the occasional one in a foreign car (or car from a foreign company). The auto industry is pretty much non-existant around here anymore (except for Honda & Toyota), but they probably still feel in necessary just in case.

i noticed that it depends on what house and area you are dealing with. people selling mansions and country club homes and upscale and so on drives at least a bimmer, benz, infiniti, lexus, or audi. or cadillac

my real estate agent drove an M5 and a newer toyota highlander. i was in the market for a house in the $250k-$320k range. I ended up buying a house for $280k after almost a year of searching.

*edit...details of my purchase was to show you guys what type of car my agent was driving for the type of houses he was working with. agents that only deal with luxury type houses will probably drive something a lot nicer.

Friend purchased a 2008 550i to go with his new real estate job, he told me that he had to buy a nice car to work for the agency. He loves the car and can afford the payments but he is car broke and now wants to get rid of it and doesnt like his job anymore.

According to me, I can say that dealer service companies, which were originally used to obtain car loans for permanent lenders such as commercial banks, wanted to broaden their activity beyond their local area.

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My mother is a real estate appraiser and she drives a civic

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Believe it or not, I don't base house purchase decisions on what my agent drives. I figure that won't fix existing damage, put more square feet inside, or tell me more or less about the neighborhood.

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KingZee,

Hoping that was a reference to the movie "Ronin," in which case, nicely done.

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I've always just met the agent at whatever house they were going to show me, but guess if I had to choose I'd go with an ES350.

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