Comments on: Flat Fee or Full Commission Real Estate? http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2005/08/04/flat-fee-or-full-commission-real-estate/ Learn, Network, Invest Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob Steinerhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2005/08/04/flat-fee-or-full-commission-real-estate/#comment-81 Rob Steiner Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:25:49 +0000 http://biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/index.php/2005/08/04/flat-fee-or-full-commission-real-estate/#comment-81 Great Blog! The industry is definitely shifting. It's funny, I was just making the comparison of the real estate industry to the stock trading industry yesterday. More specifically, how did E*Trade emerge as the dominant force. How did they find a way to ride and expedite the industry's transition?The U.S. Justice Dept.'s Anti-Trust Division is pushing harder and harder to reduce the 6% standard commission paid to brokers. They realize a housing recession is imminent. Reducing the commissions paid to brokers who do not provide sufficient value for their earnings will help absorb the blow to consumers that a recession will inflict. Great Blog!
The industry is definitely shifting. It’s funny, I was just making the comparison of the real estate industry to the stock trading industry yesterday. More specifically, how did E*Trade emerge as the dominant force. How did they find a way to ride and expedite the industry’s transition?

The U.S. Justice Dept.’s Anti-Trust Division is pushing harder and harder to reduce the 6% standard commission paid to brokers. They realize a housing recession is imminent. Reducing the commissions paid to brokers who do not provide sufficient value for their earnings will help absorb the blow to consumers that a recession will inflict.

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