Compensation: The good, the bad and the ugly truth today 
Guest perspective: MLS offer of compensation needs to go away
By Jeffrey Bastress, Wednesday, May 30, 2007.Real estate compensation structures are wrought with problems, which could be effectively eliminated if the MLS-mandated offer of compensation were done away with.
Agent compensation is set by office policies that support a specific company's fee philosophy and income. But the system doesn't take into account how it affects consumers' opinion of value received or how it can clash with other companies' compensation policies.
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