09/04/2025
Any real estate agents here?
As the annual invoices just came out; I have to rant...
Is paying $650 a year just to rent a trademark really worth it?
I spent approximately $16,000 through the years before realizing the truth:
I wasn’t getting support—I was supporting them!
For all that money, I never received anything valuable that I don’t already have today as a non-member.
What I did get were unnecessary rules, constant threats, and outdated demands.
The reality?
There’s nothing defective about my own ethics.
Do I really need to be under the duress of threats and fines?
I am not a child needing discipline.
I follow state and federal laws and MLS rules and they cover all necessities.
I was being taught ethics by an organization whose president was being exposed for sexual misconduct himself... how not funny is that?
While they were bragging about protecting our industry, they made it much worse by caving into a settlement. This settlement cost agents a lot of buyers who refuse to commit to paying their commission.
They bragged about keeping the industry 1099 instead of W2, but mortgage agents are also 1099 contractors without their help... how is that?
That’s why our agents broke free from outdated board-controlled business models.
Now, they invest in themselves, keep 100% of their commissions, pay zero fees, and owe nothing to any board or mafia.
(Our agents only pay for MLS and Supra key and license renewals.)
Because true freedom is building your business without paying to be ruled, judged, fined or dictated to.
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