The brokers who left belong to a group of five
big brokers who own a rival, regional MLS known as the Garden State MLS.Passaic offices of these brokers formerly belonged to two MLSs, the Garden State and Passaic.
Even
the big brokers who originally opposed the rule are coming to appreciate the advantages of the fiduciary standard.
Not exact matches
Recode's Edmund Lee perfectly summarized Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's reasoning in a recent article: «Why give all that money to
brokers and
big funds instead of to people
who own Spotify, like his investors, his employees and Ek himself?»
because maybe he knows how daunting it could be for young or inexperienced people with low capitals
who don't know of the different and cheaper alternatives there are out there to investing in the stock market, other than using the traditional
big name
brokers.
Morelle, a longtime ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo
who also serves as Monroe County Democratic chairman, heaped praise on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the governor for
brokering the so - called «
big ugly» agreement — despite the fact that we have yet to see the final details.
He was the fixer
who brokered the
big Westchester real - estate deals and eased her political way.
In their place are two new leaders, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan,
who, though politically savvy and experienced in the ways of Albany, are undergoing a crash course in heading their respective conferences and
brokering big deals.
What with the bark of auctioneers, the whispered conversations with
brokers who promise «numbers matching,» and the late - night telephone conversations with muscle car owners in faraway states, it makes you wonder if there's any room left for a guy
who just wants a nice, honest muscle car to drive to Bob's
Big Boy on Saturday nights.
In The Red Book, her touching, provocative, whip - smart romp of a novel where The
Big Chill meets Mary McCarthy's The Group, Kogan begins with the Red Book entries for a group of roommates from the class of 1989
who are all headed for their 20th reunion weekend just as the financial and professional walls are crumbling around them: a self - made, childless securities
broker, recently pink - slipped, eager to conceive a baby before her fertility window closes; a blue - blood «artist» and former lesbian, married to a writer's - blocked male novelist, living disingenuously and beyond their means off a no - longer - viable trust fund; a former actress, the star of every school production,
who has become the stay - at - home wife to a famous Hollywood director; the adopted war orphan, now a foreign correspondent clinging to her dying industry, whose war journalist husband has recently been killed.
Banks are the
biggest lenders of first mortgages, but mortgage
brokers gained popularity as an alternative for those
who were turned down by banks.
A
big number of clients that need mortgage
brokers» services are those that were turned away by banks
who follow a strict approval criterion.
Those
who have been rejected by banks make up the
biggest chunk of a mortgage
broker's customers.
A slightly better choice for parking cash for investors
who have accounts at a
big - bank affiliated discount
broker is the
big bank's own money market fund.
The beauty of direct lender payday loans is that you are sure that you are dealing with people
who are in charge of making the
big decisions as opposed to
brokers.
This saving of time, work and stress is a
big factor for many individuals
who use a mortgage
broker.
So at the end of the day, the individual traders
who lose money trading Forex only end up servicing the top 5 % individual traders, the
brokers and the
big dogs (the financial institutions).
So, one day, one of the
brokers of a
big firm
who did not «walk the walk» called me and asked, «Of all of your
brokers, where am I in your ranking of getting trades done?»
For mutual fund investors
who want to avoid paying
big costs on mutual fund management or giving large commissions to
brokers and financial advisers, no - load funds and index funds can seem attractive.
The world is once again experiencing the rise of power
brokers who want to control every aspect of life under the guise of «
Big Brother knows best».
It's all more complex than the «time - shifting» debates of early VCR technology, and more complex than music piracy in the late»90s, but I wonder if this massive new 3D printing thing won't just make another Apple / iTunes story out of some
big player
who can snag the best printing technology,
broker the best deal with IP owners, DRM the hell out of it all, and then balance the costs to consumers so keenly that the majority will simply give up trying to steal designs and jail - break their printers and just buy in.
This is closest to the reality in most law firms: the people
who «control» the firm's relationships with its
biggest or most important clients are the real power
brokers.
Corrin S. Trowbridge, owner and
broker at San Francisco - based Farmers - Trowbridge Insurance,
who has helped many parents add teens to their policies, says that parents need to think
big when deciding how much coverage to buy.
«The
biggest fear [among
brokers] is that you'll create a page on Facebook, someone will post something negative about you, and you'll have to run damage control,» says A. Bradley Nelson, director of marketing at New Broad Street Realty in Orlando, Fla. «You need a point person
who's monitoring that regularly.»
«For a new commercial practitioner, the
biggest problem has always been the difficulty of putting together that first deal,» says Marc Strauss, a senior associate at Marcus & Millichap, Boca Raton, Fla. «Offering a salary enables
brokers to attract MBAs
who'd otherwise go to Wall Street.»
«We have about five sales associates
who are
big on cold calling,» says Mary Ellen Brennan, a
broker at RE / M AX - Realty Select, Naples, Fla. «For them, it's a numbers game,» she says.
The agent
who has some entrepreneurial spirit may chose the boutique
broker because they do not need all the services offered by the
big broker and may prefer the «family» atmosphere and better splits.
For the agent
who prefers the large
broker, splits may not be as important as the brand or security of working for a
big brokerage.
The
brokers that don't adopt
big data are going to lose, because at the end of the day, the consumers will be targeted by those
who do understand.»
I'm a
broker as well as a flipper and I know several «
big time» high volume
brokers who just won't list a house unless its either staged (if vacant) or if its occupied, they'll bring someone in to assess the seller's furniture, etc and make whatever changes they see necessary to make the place look just right to sell.
My friend from the YMCA (
who is one of the
bigger brokers in our county) recommended a mentor for me (a month ago..)
«I consider myself a small - town
broker, and I'm able to provide my salespeople with
big - time benefits,» says Helfant,
who has 30 licensees.
Every service that is associated to real estate; ads, newspapers,
broker owners and
big names in the industry; we all know
who I'm relating to, the brainwash company that over charges its agents... Ya them, they all want your wallets; money blood suckers.That is why agents have to charge so much.I have been a realtor for 29 years; the
broker owners teach and drill the agents to do expired listings, compete like warriors against one another and not ever have you heard some real estate genius and say «Hey wait a minute, maybe there should be a flat rate, minimum charge and know free estimates, and how about a pension plan».
«I went
big,» says Conrad,
who explains that the decision to purchase the trucks was a
broker - wide one, meaning each and every client has access to the trucks, not just those
who close with a certain agent.
One of the
biggest challenges
brokers face in today's real estate climate is recruiting — building a team of committed agents
who not only have serious sales chops, but also fit in with the company culture.
«Listen to the
biggest brokerage firms (franchises), they have a pretty good pulse for what we need,» offered a Michigan
broker - owner
who works for a major franchise, while a
broker who works for the same brand but in Georgia wrote, «Listen to the individual
brokers who provide the information, not just the executives of the firms.
For the
broker / owner
who chooses to invest in this new opportunity, this enables them to be a part of the home - buying process in a much greater and more impactful way... it potentially gives them a
big competitive advantage.»
The CBC further reported that «in the summer of 2015, Home Capital announced that it had cut ties with about 45 mortgage
brokers for fudging numbers» and they reported that «Home Capital makes most of its money selling uninsured mortgages to clients
who the
big banks don't cater to, usually because they have spotty credit histories, are self - employed or have otherwise uneven incomes.»
We really want
brokers who are business - minded as much as they are real estate - minded, so they can see the
bigger picture.
(If you don't know any agents, call the
biggest three or four companies and ask the managing
broker to refer you to the top salesperson
who works in your neighborhood.)
Stockton real estate
broker Michael Collins said he's seeing more of what might be called novice investors: Homeowners
who move on to another home but keep their former home as a rental with the idea of cashing out later down the road for some
big bucks as Central Valley real - estate continues to climb in value.
Here are some
brokers who invested money and their time to learn and got started on the Internet with ICIWorld and have benefited
big time.
You'd be much better off with an office of five
big producers than with 25 — 30 salespeople
who take sales away from the top performers and cause most of the legal and ethics problems that
brokers have.»
If you're an associate
who works really hard to create relationships and do a consultative sale, then you're never going to please a
broker who's
big on cold calling.
«It's nice to have
big office locations, but you've got to be where the people are,» says Gerald Murphy,
broker at Keller Williams Gold Coast in Chicago,
who opened an office in a Dominick's grocery store in 2009.
That's the advice of RE / MAX Northern Illinois
brokers,
who report that the
biggest hurdle keeping homes from selling this summer season was a list price too high for the market.
When she started in real estate in 1963, her
biggest challenge was to find a
broker who would hire a woman, Moranis says.