From time to time, I ask new trainees the question, "Why EWM?"

Most recent answer: "I went on a ton of interviews.  EWM's manager was the only one who told me all the costs up front.  I had to drag information out of the rest of them. Even though some of the splits seemed more favorable, by the time you added in their 'hidden costs,' EWM still came out on top."

Interesting.

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When I was an agent, I got the same commentary from Sellers.  "We have interviewed three or four agents. The reason we picked you and EWM is because you told us up front what this was going to cost. Even though there were slight differences in the commission and some of the agents offered a menu of services to try to save us money, by the time we added in the other companies' 'hidden costs,' EWM still came out on top."

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"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." Warren Buffett