What is the meaning of Catalyst in Real Estate? pls help
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[{"id": "he0c13l", "text": "They move the process along. It\u2019s a complex transaction and with the assistance of these catalysts things get moving and exponentially faster.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "he0cxn9", "text": "substance/people/entity that causes or accelerates a reaction", "replies": [{"id": "he0d3ry", "text": "A Catalyst is just a way of saying it speeds up the process and allows it work smoother. \nHopefully I\u2019ve been a catalyst for your learning. For e.g", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "he0dksl", "text": "It is the chemistry definition but applied to real estate transactions rather than chemical reactions. It is a common idiom in English.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "he0e1dq", "text": "ohh it's starting to make sense now. Thank you guys so much I really appreciate all the help! &lt;3", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "he0s827", "text": "When you have a catalytic reaction, say....an epoxy....1 part (Part A) is the catalyst (inert when not combined with part B) as is the other part (say some resin....like fiberglass resin).\n\nBy themselves, they are nothing...one is a powder that could sit on your shelf for decades just fine as it is...the other, a liquid....equally satisfied to sit on the same shelf for another 10 or more years but....when mixed....heat is transferred, a reaction (catalytic) occurs and....voila!!! Something new that isn't either of the two original things....is now born; A hard plastic thing in the shape of a duck or a surf board, or an ashtray with your hand print in it.\n\nLikewise; \"*Facilitators: These people act as the catalyst for the purchase and sale of real estate\".*\n\nYou have a buyer (part A) and a seller (part B).  By themselves, we only have dirt...and money.  One guy wants the dirt and one guy wants the money but...until the Facilitator gets these two together....nothing happens.\n\nOnce mixed....a catalytic event occurs;  One guy gets the money (he gets to go get drunk for a week, buy a corvette, take his favorite 7 girls to Hawaii for that 8-some he's been dreaming of ever since they rezoned his land) and one guy gets the dirt (whereupon he gets to park all his trucks on same, get his business out of the garage which his wife has been bitching at him for the last 3 years to do and his customers finally get to see his success as large as he has seen it for the last 7 years himself) and something new is created out of both parties efforts.\n\n(And the facilitator gets a check because he put the two parties together).", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hhxvslp", "text": "A catalyst is a proponent to a process to assist in producing an outcome. \n\nEvery example you mentioned has a party involved that were a catalyst to producing a deal where the purchase of real estate occurs.\n\nIf an owner wants to sell, and you send him a letter, you and the letter were a catalyst to the deal. \n\nNo different than oxygen being a catalyst to hydrogen to produce water.", "replies": [{"id": "hhxwm1a", "text": "You\u2019re a life savor thanks so much \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f", "replies": [{"id": "hhxxign", "text": "Happy to help", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]