Ar_home_b_search
 



chicago: Your Brokerage Company Actually Did That! - 01/29/07 09:40 PM
My previous ActiveRain blog post was about a competitor in my market that treats their agents as profit centers and creates policy that is detrimental to both agent and client and only positive for the company.  Unfortunately, I could post like that all day long because I hear so many bad management policies in our industry.
But...since I am generally a positive person, I feel the need to comment on the good and not just the bad.
Recently read an an article in a Chicago newspaper about one of our local companies opening a coffee shop/real estate office/wireless internet hangout place.  Now there's a fabulous win-win … (3 comments)

chicago: Your Brokerage Company Actually Does That?? - 01/25/07 09:08 PM
I am continually surprised at how brokerage companies treat their best assets...their real estate agents.
Every time I think I have heard the most inane, ridiculous policy, I hear another one that's even worse.
Here's an example.  This is a "prestigious" company's new policy regarding listings...
An agent takes a new listing and is charged a $200 marketing fee, supposedly to market the property to the best advantage of the client and the agent.  Of course, the company makes this fee in addition to commission when the property closes and an "MLS fee" that they charge the co-op Broker.
The property is then put into an ad rotation and … (3 comments)

 

Tripti Kasal

Chicago, IL

More about me…

Real Living Infinity

Address: 1156 W. Armitage, Chicago, IL, 60614

Office Phone: (773) 572-1132

Email Me



Links

Archives

RSS 2.0 Feed for this blog

Find IL real estate agents and Chicago real estate on ActiveRain.