by Don Kottick | Mar 30, 2016 | Featured, Guest Columns
When you are serious about a career in real estate and want to find a brokerage that aligns with your career aspirations, selecting the “right” brokerage is critical to your success. A fallacy exists that higher commissions should be your ultimate goal, but agent...
by Don Kottick | Mar 4, 2016 | Columnists, Featured
If you ask any owner/managing partner of a real estate brokerage about the greatest challenges they face on a regular basis, the most common response is, “It’s so difficult to find a real estate brokerage manager and even more difficult to find a good one.” In the...
by Marty Douglas | Jul 27, 2015 | Featured
I lost a salesperson a couple of months back. Not a new experience. I have helped people to the exit but when one of them chooses to go voluntarily to another broker, it’s a shock. It makes you evaluate and do a tally. I came to my current position as a managing...
by Ken Goodfellow | Jul 10, 2015 | Featured, Guest Columns
You don’t have to be an architect or a civil engineer to know that strong permanent structures need a solid foundation. If you relate this to business, your foundation is your team. Without a great team your business cannot run optimally. How many times have you...
by Barry Lebow | Jul 2, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured
A Facebook friend messaged me from across Canada to say she was torn about staying or leaving the firm where she now works. She asked me, “When does one know when it is time to leave?” For some, it is the allure of more money. That makes some sense but not if the...