agent: Act of robbing agents.
- 06/06/11 02:33 PM
What do you do when a broker goes rogue? Go balistic? Turn over to the authorities? There is a case of a broker with about 100 agents who gets agents commisions and do not pay them. The state real estate commission takes up to six months to institute an investigation and the perpetrator is long gone and set up another shop. The issue I believe is one of ethics ad criminal character and intent. How would you address this situation? … (4 comments)
agent: Raising the bar
- 05/25/11 03:57 PM
I know this may be a controvercial issue, but its been on my mind. Most licensing authorities have the minimum standard for getting a real estate license as being minimum age 18 or 21 as the adult maturity age may be for that state. They also impose a minimum continuing education requirement for license renewal. I have observed some agents regard it as a pain at the same time barely meeting the minimum requirement. I believe in continuing education/ improvement, I also believe the minimum educational requiremets should be standardized. Every agent needs to be able to communicate withe their clients, … (3 comments)
agent: NAR fees to increase or not to increase?
- 05/21/11 02:41 PM
I have read that contrary to opinion of real estate agents all over the country that NAR's timing of the fee increase for membership is at a wrong time, they went ahead and incresed the fee. I would join or pay fees for an association if 1) It contributes to my success. When I was a rookie agent I was prepared to absorb anything thats when I joined NAR. As if that was not enough, you had a proliferation of associations and their executives, and you had a variety of MLS boards in the same market and in some markets, agents pockets … (1 comments)
What do you do when a broker goes rogue? Go balistic? Turn over to the authorities? There is a case of a broker with about 100 agents who gets agents commisions and do not pay them. The state real estate commission takes up to six months to institute an investigation and the perpetrator is long gone and set up another shop.
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