I made the decision a few months ago, that even though I could afford to maintain my current office space through this winter, that I really didn’t want to spend a fortune doing so! I’m paying a pretty pricey rent for about twice as much space as we really need.<\/p>\n
After a little discussion with my top agents, my search began for smaller office space. I thought I had found the perfect space, only to find out that the telephone service that I wanted (that reduced my office phones cost from $350 a month to $150 a month) wasn’t available and would not be for quite a while! So, I started really looking at my\/our options:<\/p>\n
I put out a feeler to another franchise broker in town and he jumped all over it: “Come on over, bring your folks, and be part of our team”. Oh h*ll what have I done now races around my mind<\/strong>. After being a managing broker for 7 years of a large franchised company and an owner\/broker of a small independent office for 4 years, this feels really weird<\/strong>! Sure enough, in a few days I’m being recruited – I forgot what that feels like – not by 1 but by 2 of the companies in town! I had a gut feeling, but decided to “google” my potential new brokers – one of them is at least on Facebook! Whoo Hoo – I think I’m going to choose my new broker to affiliate with based on his being on Facebook.. some research<\/strong> <\/strong>and my gut. Some of you know how I feel about Facebook<\/a>, and other social networks, so it may be no surprise that I would never go to work for\/with someone who had least didn’t somewhat embrace the Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I made the decision a few months ago, that even though I could afford to maintain my current office space through this winter, that I really didn’t want to spend a fortune doing so! I’m paying a pretty pricey rent for about twice as much space as we really need. 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