Tharsis

E*Trade Primed for a Breakout

I currently have 3 accounts with ETFC.....Brokerage, Roth and a Banking.
As others have noted many times above, ETFC has the most technically sophisticated, investor friendly Web platform in the industry...bar none.
Whoever their IT/Web engineers are they should triple their salaries and lock em up, less the competition steals them. In my experience, Customer Service is outstanding...they call me periodically to ascertain my satisfaction level. When I have a question and call in, I get through almost immediately ( granted based on the customers' assets on account ). Overall, great company...hope the breakout discussed here happens and happens big. i'm , as you can guess, LONG

Realtors, Prepare to Lose Your 6 Percent

PeteBikerMan wrote:
"It would be interesting to determine how many hours an average home sale takes of an selling agents time and divide that by the average percent of profit earned on a sale. Then we would know if the hourly rate is within the realm of a realistic expectation of wages/hours".

PBM: A few years ago I recall reading an article in the Twin Cities newspaper that an "average" $300K suburban home took a realtor
about 2 hours of prep work (listing on MLS, for sale sign on lawn, etc ) and given the "frenzy" over properties at this price point, they averaged $3000/hr commission income at the time of an accepted offer. What a racket!