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RPI real estate forms have always been in compliance with NAR’s most recent antitrust settlement

by Amy Platero | Apr 9, 2024 | Feature Articles, Forms, Fundamentals, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Unlike trade unions, RPI forms for decades has had methods for the buyers broker to set their own fees and disclose the fee amount to their buyer clients.

Fee Sharing Agreement — Buyer’s Broker Compensation — RPI Form 105

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 1, 2023 | Forms | 1

Download the Form This form is used by a buyers agent when receipt of compensation for their services rendered in a transaction depends on sharing the fee due the seller’s broker, to document the right of the buyers agent...

Form-of-the-Week: Fee Sharing Agreement, and Broker Referral Fee Agreement — Forms 105 and 114

by Amy Platero | Oct 26, 2023 | Forms, Real Estate | 0

A broker uses RPI Forms 105 and 114 when sharing a broker fee with the buyer’s broker and when referring a client to another broker in exchange for a fee.

Independent no more, brokers seek brokerage employment

by Carrie B. Reyes | Aug 7, 2023 | Feature Articles, Recessions, Your Practice | 0

2023 is seeing fewer independent brokers and more broker associates.

The real estate agent rip-off

by Carrie B. Reyes | Apr 21, 2023 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 2

Is it ever a good idea to negotiate your fee rate with a client?

Agent paychecks soar — but agent fee rates plunge in 2021

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 7, 2022 | Real Estate, Recessions, Your Practice | 0

With fewer listings to go around — and higher prices to count on to boost their incomes — agents feel comfortable accepting lower fee rates to ensure they reap the benefits of an exclusive listing.

The votes are in: Showings are often influenced by fee split

by Benjamin J. Smith | Aug 12, 2019 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Readers chime in on whether the fee split they receive influences whether they show a property to their client.

POLL: How often does the fee split determine whether you show a property to your client?

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 15, 2019 | Reader Polls, Real Estate | 2

When representing a buyer, how often does the fee split offered by the seller's broker determine...

Study finds typical fee structure harms clients, experienced agents

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 28, 2019 | Your Practice | 0

A recent study out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) highlights the inefficiencies inherent in the traditional fee split model.

POLL: How often does the fee split determine whether you show a property?

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | Reader Polls, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1

How often does the fee split offered by the cooperating broker determine whether you show a...

POLLS: Fee splits and trade barriers

by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 19, 2017 | Reader Polls, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1

How often does the fee split offered by the cooperating broker determine whether you show a...

Letter to the Editor: Do buyer’s agents have control over their fees?

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2017 | Letters to the Editor, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

We answer your questions about the buyer’s agent’s fee.

Attract agents to your brokerage with office amenities

by Amy Thomas | Dec 8, 2015 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Employing brokers provide a range of amenities for sales agents to thrive at their brokerage. Here’s what brokers need to know to help decide which amenities are best suited for their business environment.