I'm not running anywhere. I'm at one of the top agencies in the MLS, making top sales - I have no complaints. This agency is tops because rather than focusing on "double ending" we focus on making sure the clients/customers get taken care of.

Novel.

This is really useful advice. Make sure you use an email address that you control entirely. Remember - if you leave the company, they might shut down your email address before you have a chance to let everyone know your new email. Be careful to hold onto your prospects and nurture them for a lifetime. Referrals are the way to go.

In regard to that, Don - our office has certain requirements for every single file.

#1 - the broker has a copy of every file in the office. All files must have complete contact info in them for every person involved. All correspondence with a client ideally should be CC'd to the admin so that the broker's file is as complete as the agent's file (but admittedly that is not enforced, but I do my best to keep pertinent info cc'd to the admin so it can be printed and put in the office file.)

#2 the broker will withhold payment of commission if a file does not contain complete info - there is a checklist of everything he expects in the file and that includes all contact info for the client

This is for pending deals as well as for listings. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to get a showing appointment and you have to "call the agent" and the agent doesn't answer so you call the office and are told that they can't help you since the "agent has the file with him." Brokers that are too loosey goosey with their files are frustrating too....I think my broker is reasonable. Both he and his partner, the co-owner have been agents for lousy brokers as well. I think they run their office in a fantastic manner with the ultimate goal being servicing the clients first above all else- and if I ever left I would want to work for a broker w/ a similar policy system.

Linden, he is paying for it. The signs are provided by him. The company website is provided and paid for by him (and only a handful of us have our OWN websites). The advertising in the local real estate guide are provided by him. The ad in the local newspaper is paid for by him.

If an agent wants they can buy their own riders with their name and cell phone number on there...they can buy their own signs with their name and cell phone number on there. They can do their own advertisements and every lead that calls in is screened "Where did you hear of us" and if they say they saw Perky Realtor's sign or ad they are sent to Perky Realtor. If they say they saw an office sign or ad then they are going to the floor time agent.

Like I said - if you are marketing yourself right the leads will call YOU direclty not the office or they will call the office and ASK FOR YOU. If they ask for you they go to you. Simple.