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Hi Jenny: We both agree that advocating for higher standards is a good thing. I am assuming that you mean the same thing. Therefore, possessing something more than a high school diploma would be optimal, in my opinion.

Thus, some sort of additional industry-specific educational requirement—that stretches at minimum at least two years full time beyond a high school diploma—is demanded before these aforementioned pre-professionals can proceed with their career plans.

Becoming a professional Realtor ought to be a profession that high school graduates deem worthy of pursuing. Sadly, that is definitely not the case at present, nor has it ever been the case. Therein lies the problem. Easy access to easy money is at the heart of this system, not for the wannabes, but for the bureaucrats at the top of the money pyramid. The bureaucrats do not want there to be much tougher admittance requirements, at least not tough enough to discourage the vast majority of wannabes from giving it a try.

Grade ten was all that was required to enter an apprenticeship back then. Now grade twelve is rightfully required This includes: mutual funds license; life insurance license, steamfitter license; real estate appraisal AIC courses I quit the business three months shy of attaining my CRA—too much corruption within that bunch for me ; university degree: major politics, minor psychology; and of course, the almighty real estate salesperson license.

My point is this: If someone really wants to attain something that is viewed as valuable, then that someone will do what it takes to achieve that goal, come hell of high water. Too many who acquire the possession of a real estate salesperson license would not, as you have stated, garner same if it was significantly more difficult to achieve than at present.

Yes, some—a very few in my opinion—for whom the vocation might have been their calling whatever that means might indeed be weeded out prematurely. The interest of the many outweighs the interest of the very few. That is the concept of observable pragmatism at work. Therefore, methinks that you simply are rebelling against an extra burden of significance being placed upon being allowed to pursue what should be the highly regarded professional designation of Canadian Professional Realtor.

Ottawa allows us to access the data, this is great for agents to get this information without going through the major hassels David had to go through. Agent performance should public, agents need to know who the real top performers are and should be able to look it up. They can shadow and ask them questions, it will benefit the whole market as a whole to have better transparency among realtors. Thanks David — fascinating numbers.

I feel that if you only do a few transactions a year you are likely not very good at representing a client in a complicated real estate transaction. Keep up the awesome work. While his writing style is catchy, his stats are stupid. And the disclaimers come too late. Really misinformation masquerading as fact.

A vanity piece. Should never have been republished. We have lots of teams, and I participated in 2 exclusive sales in How can statistics be stupid? People can be stupid, but the TREB statistics are simply factual numbers.

Numbers are neither smart nor stupid. In which direction do you think that they would be off? Not likely either way. If so, what do you think that would suggest? To what degree did you participate in two exclusive sales in ? What does that have to do with anything?

David took the time to research something of value, organize it and offer it up herein for consideration— under his own name—whilst you took about one minute to take pot-shots from the safety of anonymity. How many members are on those teams?

How many fingers do you have? I would not opine for B. Do you really think that all of the B. Wow, great information. To make matters worse, with commission cutting, very few agents are getting 2. Making a living in real estate can be a tough go. Parking your license, doing referrals and saving the fees has never looked better.

I did the stats a little different again, back in I took all of the sales and divided by the population. So 50, agents are playing in a tiny sandbox. I wonder what that stat would look like in Great article David. You have exposed what CREA et all do not want exposed; why most newbies—and not-so-new Realtors—fail, when CREA et al suck them in by the truckload to keep their coffers full with visions of sugar plums in their star-struck eyes.

Like seagulls fighting over leftovers at the dump, they the flock of hungry Realtors screech and squawk and try to scrounge something of value to tide them over until the next garbage truck arrives.

It is truly a wonder that anyone ever becomes a true professional under these circumstances. Apparently—and obviously—only a very few have what it takes from the get-go to become real pros, and ORE knows this. What a strange system of professional-development strategies we have ongoing here. I can think of no other profession that develops professional talent like the real estate sales industry. If he survives he gets to fight another bull, and another, and another—until he gets gored.

The only difference between my analogy and the Roman lions-Christians-slaves games is the willingness-factor of the throw-away participants. I agree Brian. Not sure what it is going to take for us to collective stand up against an obvious pyramid scheme.

Those at the very top are too busy thriving within this flawed system to use their stature to evoke a shift, and those at the bottom either do not care, or are too busy scraping out a living to care. What reckless drivel with zero concern for the our industry or the public we serve.

My goal is not market domination. My goal, my want, to is to be part of a, legitimate, knowledgeable, accountable, and respected organization, which balances consumer protection with the drive for profits. I have a genuine concern for my Industry and those colleagues who truly are the cream of the crop, the highly knowledgeable engaged full time salespeople, as we have to watch our leadership CREA heed no concern for quality over quantity.

I have a concern when the policing of how we identify ourselves is of greater concern over literally thousands of us running around participating in major transactions, purporting to have boundless knowledge and wisdom, whilst truly having little or no experience at all!

As you intimate Brian, why should our leadership care when the new agent dues keep rolling in? Why should they care when increasing the bar to becoming a realtor also amounts to increasing barriers, and thus threatens their profits? With more and more pressure from our public to justify our commissions, I hope we can start to have the discussion of what better serves the public. A new model with an emphasis on knowledge and quality seems logical, albeit idealistic. Zigelstein's advice for those considering a career in the real estate industry is to go at it full time.

That's what Zigelstein says he did 13 years ago when he got his realtor's licence, quit his job in the restaurant industry and went knocking on doors. How knowledgeable are you going to be? Professional Standards Works to ensure that Members maintain a high level of professionalism and adhere to ethical obligations. Arbitration Works to ensure that Members follow principles of procurement and fairness and equity in reaching decisions involving commission disputes.

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