So often I see real estate firms relaxing their standards, sometimes accepting candidates who aren’t really up to scratch, sometimes even sold to them by manipulative recruiters!
Sometimes they will recruit and train newbies to the industry. And that’s not a bad thing, particularly if you have the desire and resources to be able to onboard, educate, mentor, train and coach them. Many of the happiest, most successful, and profitable agents I know, here and abroad, have great mentoring and coaching early in their careers to thank.
As the norm is to employ associates on base salaries, instead of the debit-credit system that was once the standard, the most significant cost to agencies is salaries, and the primary destroyer of profits is underperforming agents and associates.