**Not trying to step on toes but....

Your job as a REALTOR is to do what is best for your client (pretty blanket statement like Malok said). There are 2 issues here. First issue is that you, like every other profession, have people that are less then qualified to do this job and don't have a lick of common sense. Not much you can do about that. It will impact you to some degree and I feel pretty confident that it will never change (unless NAR standardizes the commissions HA!).

Finding the best home for your clients should not have extenuating circumstances i.e not enough %. Regardless of what the split is or isn't, the best home is the best home. Point blank! If you deviate from that and tend to shy away from homes that could be an exact fit or one that you think they might like but the % split is wacked then guess what, that is unethical; shady at best.

The formula is simple. Client finds REALTOR. REALTOR finds home. Client is happy. REALTOR is paid. Happy client refers new clients. ** It is not your clients fault that the listing agent is a freaking moron! Do your job.....

Matt

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