by Marty Douglas | Apr 25, 2018 | Featured
Did you always want to be a fireman? If so, it may explain why you are thinking about becoming a managing broker in a real estate office. The reality is, most managers arrive by circumstance, in the wrong place at the right time. Given a career choice of earning six...
by Ramona Ursu | Nov 24, 2017 | Advice for Agents, Columnists
The commercial real estate industry has long realized that teams are the only way to offer clients a competitive level of service. No one broker can do it all alone anymore – if they ever could. Brokers are now working across huge geographies, stretching their ability...
by Penn Javdan | Oct 10, 2017 | Advice for Agents
The real estate brokerage is a mysterious animal. Unlike a typical 9 to 5 office scenario, it is an environment where each salesperson or broker is, despite whatever temporary alliances or partnerships are formed, solely responsible for his or her output – and for his...
by Marc Gordon | Oct 5, 2017 | Columnists, Featured
According to one Gallup poll, 50 per cent of employees leave their job because of their bosses. Other studies have shown that employees leave for several other reasons such as opportunity, better pay or more responsibility. Regardless, attracting and retaining quality...
by Amanda Ross | Jan 13, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured
When I think about the real estate brokerages I’ve been a part of, I see some obvious changes that have taken place over the years. The No. 1 change is that sales representatives don’t see the value in their brokerage anymore, which means the biggest complaint...