The buy-side of real estate compensation
Flaws persist in pay system, say some buyer's agents
By Gilbert Mohtes-Chan, Tuesday, February 24, 2009.
Flickr photo by ralphbijker.It wasn't always easy representing just homebuyers.
Thomas Early recalls colleagues refusing to let him show their homes. He remembers a major brokerage offering him only a 1 percent buy-side commission.
"We were the oddballs," said Early of Buyers Real Estate Brokerage in Columbus, Ohio, which represents only homebuyers and does not accept property listings.
more...
Copyright 2009 Inman News
All rights reserved. This content may not be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, in part or in whole, without written permission of Inman News. Use of this content without permission is a violation of federal copyright law.
