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What Should a Newbie Realtor Expect from Their Broker?
Sponsoring Realtors is a big responsibility and risk for every Broker.  It's not anything like hiring a Buyer's agent since a all Sales Persons are sponsored by the Broker, not the Realtor. If the Sales Person falls short, go rogue, mis-step, mis-speak, write a contract incorrectly, or violate the Code of Ethics, it falls on the Broker. Everything said, written, and done reflects directly on the Broker. Yet, brokerages hire sometimes as many as 700 Sale Persons and expect the Risk Manager (note I used the singular form) to set up systems to manage the risk. No wonder why Big Box Brokers and rogue Brokers have so many quality control issues.  I'm not against Big Box Brokerages, I am against poor quality control.
Some brokerages offer various training programs with as many as 30-40 students in a class. They also rely on other Sales Persons in the firm to mentor the newbies.  Some  offer coaching classes in group settings to keep costs down. Others rely on a video series and leave it up to the agents to role play; isn't that the blind leading the blind if you're all newbies?  That might be a good fit for some Sales Persons, but ... more

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