I used to work for Coldwell Banker, then I decided I should look for an office closer to home. Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer was right down the street, so I decided I should at least do an interview.

I interviewed the office manager there and a few days later decided to leave Coldwell Banker for Howard Hanna.

I called the manager, we made an appointment to meet and transfer my license, and I told him I would inform Coldwell Banker I would be leaving, and they sent my license back to the state.

15 minutes before our appointment, the office manager calls and says Howard Hanna told him he can't recruit anymore agents, and then I was stuck with no company and a license on deposit.

I ended up finding a company called The Sweda Group, LLC close to home, but I was really pissed off. All managers and agents I've talked to said they never heard of a manager turning away somone who wanted to work for their company. I also thought it was very unprofessional for him to call me with that short of notice after telling me to quit my other company.

Would a company tell a manager not to recruit?

Who/what is Howard Hanna?

I don't know, it sounds a little shady. I know brokers here take on anyone who is willing to hang their license there and pay the fees. I kind of wonder if maybe, just maybe the office manager/recruiter didn't want to go through the orientation, and paper work that comes with a new recruit at that time and lied? I don't know, like I said, something sounds wrong.

Little known fact...Howard Hanna is a relative of Hard-Hearted Hanna (the tramp from Savannah).

Anyway....

Rejection by Hanna is considered NOT to be a big deal. Yes, their reason sounds questionable, but it's not worth worrying about. People sometimes do these things.

I sent Howard Hanna out of Mansfield Ohio an outbound referrall for 25%. From what I understand, they started in PA and are branched out into Ohio, NY and PA. They like to call their franchises Branchises. So far they dont seem like crooks. But they also haved moved my clients property either.

Branchises? That is really cheesy! LOL