{"id":2122,"date":"2021-03-18T10:25:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/18\/first-person-are-real-estate-brokers-failing-consumers\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:37:04","slug":"first-person-are-real-estate-brokers-failing-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/18\/first-person-are-real-estate-brokers-failing-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"First person: Are real estate brokers failing consumers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Has the desire for better commission compensation squashed innovation in the real estate industry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a great deal of focus these days on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/blog\/flawed-real-estate-commission-lawsuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commission<\/a> compensation, and the creation of an easier way to buy and sell real estate.\u00a0It&#8217;s certainly not without merit.\u00a0I enjoy ordering groceries online rather than expose myself to the grocery store environment.\u00a0Hardly a day goes by that an Amazon package doesn&#8217;t show up at my house.\u00a0Is it convenience or cost that drives my online shopping? I&#8217;ll err to the side of convenience.\u00a0The difference in price, sometimes lower and sometimes higher, is of little consequence since my purchasing behavior has changed forever.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an industry, real estate professionals, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Association of Realtors <\/a>and large brokerages have failed the American consumer.\u00a0As convenience shoppers, we neglect to take into consideration changing preferences and rationale.\u00a0We justified our industry&#8217;s traditional means of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/blog\/the-role-of-a-sales-manager-is-to-drive-gross-commission-income\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commission compensation<\/a> while prices for everything from cars to tomatoes began to fall due to a new form of competition.\u00a0It&#8217;s time the real estate brokerage industry woke up to the realities of modern times.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most real estate agents are riding the coattails\u00a0of the top 10% of agents in the business.\u00a0That 10% is probably worth the requested commission compensation. The other 90% are probably not, but they&#8217;re able to get a higher commission by claiming &#8220;highest quality service.&#8221; They&#8217;ve actually contributed to the commoditization of the real estate agent.\u00a0 What is the difference in service between the top producer and every other agent?\u00a0They all drive nice cars and belong to the best clubs, especially that one called MLS.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it appears that the most-offered seller commission compensation to buyer&#8217;s agents is, say, 3%, that becomes the standard by which agents are measured.\u00a0Why be concerned with bettering the experience of the consumer when I can earn more selling real estate than selling shoes, or worse, returning to corporate America?\u00a0Agents, therefore, have no interest in changing what can be a lucrative means for earning a living.\u00a0Since agents have no interest in this area of innovation, why should the broker\/owners, who themselves largely came from the ranks of sales associates, seek to ease the sell\/purchase transaction?\u00a0And, why should the local Association of Realtors, whose members pay their salaries, seek to develop innovation in compensation or convenience?\u00a0And so on, and so on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>It&#8217;s been said that if you can&#8217;t control your business then the government will do it for you. 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