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<\/p>\nSpam today from RealtyExecutives, which really used to matter in Phoenix:<\/p>\n
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I love the monthly fee with the huge, larcenous split. RealtyExecs actually invented the 100% commission plan. It was that idea that Dave Liniger spirited away to Denver, where he founded ReMax. He discovered right away that a 100% brokerage is a giant cash sink — for the broker — but, luckily, his minions in Canada figured out how to combine the 100% claim with a hidden 5% split. Liniger flies in a private jet today because his 100% commission brokerages are all actually split shops.<\/p>\n
Still, $95 a month plus<\/em> a 15% split is a little steep. HomeSmart will do you a monthly deal for twenty-five bucks plus E&O. But before its ignominious bankruptcy, RealtyExecutives was charging on the order of $750 a month — nine grand a year! — whether you closed anything or not. In the interim, a whole lot of Big Names have moved from RealtyExecs to HomeSmart.<\/p>\n I love the rest of the ad, though: 78% of RealtyExecutives’ agents made less than six figures in 2011. And if the average agent closed 12 deals, that suggests that a whole bunch of those agents sold five houses or fewer last year.<\/p>\n And to think: You could be an “executive” too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spam today from RealtyExecutives, which really used to matter in Phoenix: I love the monthly fee with the huge, larcenous split. RealtyExecs actually invented the 100% commission plan. It was that idea that Dave Liniger spirited away to Denver, where he founded ReMax. He discovered right away that a 100% brokerage is a giant cash […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,29,6,5,494],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-flourishing","7":"category-group-therapy","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","10":"category-the-hustle","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7052,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7052\/tweet-us-better-mr-liniger-when-in-the-world-is-remax-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":15680,"position":0},"title":"Tweet Us Better Mr. Liniger! — When In The World Is RE\/MAX International?","author":"Ryan Hartman","date":"February 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Woe is me. 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