real estate commissions: Do You Make What You're Worth? - Why Licensing Requirements Need To Be Raised - 07/08/08 04:35 AM
The average real estate agent makes right around $39,421 a year gross from selling real estate.  This number which I got from Salary.com and that is about $9,000 a year higher than what the US Department of Labor figure is, is still reflective of what I think is one of the fundamental flaws in the US real estate industry.  That is, that there are simply (still) too many real estate agents out there!  In essence, the pie is getting split too many ways.
If you don't believe me, let's take a look at what the "average" incomes from groups that hold … (12 comments)

real estate commissions: A Discounter Defends High Commissions - Why A Smug Attitude Doesn't Make You Right! - 07/02/08 06:55 PM
I don't know if you've read any of what has been written here on AR recently about Jennifer Allans appearance on the internet radio show, "Real Estate Radio USA", but Jennifer has written about it as has Broker Bryant (of course his got featured! ;-) and after reading a comment by Brett Wilson on Jennifer's original post, "Why Our Commissions Are So High" I felt like I had to jump in and call a spade a spade.
While I'll admit that I'm not familiar with Mr. Wilson's radio show, having worked in radio before and having some close friends who are … (74 comments)

 
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