A friend of mine who once plied the real estate trade recently told me he left the field because “agents are treated horribly.” This surprised me.
I decided to ask a few agents for their thoughts on the subject and the verdict is unanimous: my friend is right! “Real estate is not what I would describe as an ‘honored’ profession,” a veteran broker told me. “Hopefully you have a handful of clients who like and are loyal to you, but generally speaking, real estate agents are perceived as salesmen who just want to sell you something.
Television real estate shows always list the agent’s commission at the beginning of each segment, but people don’t understand how many people get a cut of that commission; this job is not as lucrative as its made
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