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Many brokers have to sell as agents or teams in order to make ends meet. A brokerage is not profitable unless it is stand alone profitable with out the income generated by the sales efforts of the broker. So where does your brokerage stack up? Real Estate Industry Watch is taking a survey.
To participate in the survey, you need to click whether or not your borkerage is profitable on our “survey section” on the right hand side of this page.
What REALTORS owe Steve Jobs There are times to talk business. There are times to whine. And then there are times to simply pay our respects. With the passing of Steve Jobs yesterday, now is one of those times.As REALTORS, we tend to be in a hurry all of the time. We are dealing with this … [Read More...]
Curtis Reddehase, a real estate broker in Austin Texas recently wrote announcing his decision regarding Listing Syndication Attack of the 50 Foot Woman movie and why his brokerage will no longer be participating in that form of marketing. Several reasons were cited, but the 2 main reasons boiled down to: 1. He doesn’t want his [...]
.!. If the $8,000 first time home buyer has proven to bring reluctant first time buyers into the market then the recently proposed $15,000 tax credit to all buyers could be a game changer. The real estate market has been in the doldrums for the past few years and with the introduction of the first time [...]
According to a Press Release by Keller Williams, KW and CitiMortgage have entered into an agreement to provide mortgages with reduced fees and a $1,500 on time closing guarantee. While this is not the first agreement of its kind in the industry, it is part of a growing trend among franchises. “Our goal is to [...]
In 9 years as a Broker, I’d have to answer that a Large Brokerage like REMAX or Century 21 must have selling agents – but don’t need selling Brokers. Smaller brokers, like mine, are essentially selling Brokers – as we continue to sell and NOT rely upon others efforts.