«Brokers sometimes make statements or claims about other brokers» business practices —
like fee splits — that aren't entirely accurate or are sometimes outright wrong,» says Dax Watson, a lawyer at Mack, Drucker & Watson in Phoenix who advises and defends real estate brokers.
Like fee splitting with non-lawyers.
Not exact matches
Most Organizers choose to divide the
fee equally between Group members,
like splitting a restaurant tab.
Or maybe some US authors would
like to hire non-US authors
like us to «ghostwrite» their fan fiction for a fixed
fee or
split the profit?
The company promises a 50/50
split on profits from self - published comics sold via their app, though those profits come after
fees are paid to platform providers
like Apple, which takes 30 % of the full cost of any book sold.
Canadians are also encouraged to look into things
like pension
splitting, which allows you to take advantage of your partner's lower rate of taxation, and claiming legal
fees in the case of a lost job.
Dalbar's Harvey says the failure of Lehman Brothers and other financial services firms
like Washington Mutual and Wachovia has forced many advisors to leave the industry or go independent, where they can keep 98 percent of the
fees they generate instead of
splitting them down the middle with the firm.
When I asked if the
fee could be waived or lowered, the agency lady heaved a big sigh and acted
like she was making a huge concession to allow us to
split the $ 120 into two $ 60 payments.
As far as independence, that stance takes a rather dim view of lawyers and assume we would not be capable of making ethical and responsible decisions with non-lawyers with whom we would
like to
split fees.
And
like mediators, arbitrators are often retired judges or lawyers with experience in the legal area affecting your case, with a
fee that will usually be
split evenly between the parties.
From the advent of third - party platforms
like Avvo (including UpCounsel and others), one big issue has been how to pay the service without implicating
fee splitting rules.
What I
like best about this recommendation, though, is that it brings out into the open all the fears and suspicions that lawyers have always carted around concerning
fee -
splitting with the dreaded «non-lawyers,» and it forces us to confront them head - on.
We believe that Avvo Legal Services
fees,
like credit card
fees, would involve the sort of technical
fee split that would not create such a potential for compromise.
«Whether you're
splitting a dinner bill or planning a group trip, you now have a
fee - free way to work out the details and settle up without ever leaving the Gmail app on Android, just
like you can already do on the web,» Google announced in a blog post.
Of course it will help us if we can work independently and not have to pay brokerage
fees and of course it will help a broker to be (
like things used to be) on a 50/50
split with their salespeople.
«We
liked the fact that RE / MAX is a 100 - percent commission company, where there aren't a lot of
split commissions and associates are typically paid a
fee,» explains Blake.
Is it the
likes of the owners of brokerages such as Right At Home who have built their thriving ventures based not on desk
fees or commission
splits but on a per head count?
Anyway, if it were me, i would
like to recoup my money first before
splitting anything, pay management
fee for the person managing it, just
like i would on all regular business and outsource everything — say if you do the property managing, and it will cost me 5 - 10 % if i hire a property management company, i would pay you that instead of hiring somebody else.