"A broker" will not be able to clean up the real estate business.  They can only operate their own business in alignment with their philosophy for doing business.  There is too much money involved, on too many levels.  We can, however, educate those wearing rose colored glasses, wishing to get a piece of the lucrative real estate pie have some clue of what they are getting into.

Mandate that rebate from commission to buyers is illegal.

Mandate realtors need to have more schooling and harder to pass. The amount of schooling should have college level courses and a degree and ability to write is clearly defined.

Those who crossed the line is  the license is revoked for life. No restricted license or change name to apply another one under a psedo-name.

Starting at the top with the state officials who operate a pyramid scheme, selling licenses to people who they know are not qualified to operate a business.

That broker should start by teaching new agent orientation at their local Association.

the first step is to clean house.... filter out the debris and build it again....I just did that.... fresh look, three agents lighter, new printed material...new logo...new slogan.... new everything.... and much nicer....already picking up business....

The best thing is to have a positive culture and a one strike policy on bad behavior regardless of volume.

"Clean up" why? Is it dirty?

Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 - 'clean up' the business - I do not get it! What is so bad about Real Estate business?

Oh, I so agree with Carol Williams!  My comment was that we can only change the face of our business one brokerage at a time!

We had a Broker in our market who attempted to change the thought of selling co-op commission; tried to market that the buyers needed to pay their own agent themselves.  This did not work for him.

I am with Carol Williams and I do like the making buyer rebates illegal. 

I'm with Carol Williams ..sound advice.

Change starts at home so he needs to make sure he is a model for the agents he wishes to recruit and his integrity stays true and unshakable..

Get a law license and advertise for buyers and sellers who got screwed in a real estate transaction...get it on the front page of every publication and news media.

The biggest problem with our dirty industry is that everyone in it protects the dirtbags, instead of exposing them.

They claim it is too much trouble to complain or they would rather close their eyes to the crimes and keep the agents that need to be kicked out the door. 

Eve

  Stop feeding their listings to Zillow.  Pull out of NAR.

With themselves....They need a clear vision and than to put legs on it

They need to start in their own house.

Sounds like a David v. Goliath struggle.  Changing the nation-wide landscape from their office... not unless that Broker is Gary Keller, or who ever owns Re/Max, Coldwell Banker, BHHS, etc.  Short of that, they would need to get elected to an NAR leadership position, get buy-in from their peers and then force it on the states and local associations and HOPE AND PRAY that realtors give a crap and obey.

The way you worded the question is somewhat ambigous.  They're wanting to clean up the industry or their office?

The first is a monumental task that no one single person can accomplish.  The other is completely different.  I'd start with measuring performance and see where the indicators point. 

I say right in their own sandbox.

I'm not reading your post thank you.

Annette,

I think Carol Williams made a great suggestion.  A

I dont think a broker can change the industry while running a brokerage. They can shape their brokerage to run they way they want. My wishes to change the industry are to make rebates to buyers and sellers illegal. Brokers can simply charge less if they want. I would also eliminate the idx sharing of listings to 3rd party sites without signed agreement by the listing broker. I have had enough with sites taking my listings, attracting buyers and offering to sell my buyers back to me   

I would say directly with current agents that they have worked with and respect.

A broker can take care of their own little piece of the world. So that's a great place to start...by training and teaching new agents an ethical, caring and educated way of doing business. 

Discharge unproductive agents.

Carol Williams nailed this one!

What does "clean up" the real estate business mean? What does "change the outcome" mean? 

Get involved with your state reps.  Go to their meetings.  Become a commissioner in your state.  Those that make the laws in your state are who you probably need to get closest too in order to exact change on any large scale.  Get on a local associations ethics comittee.  Hire and train your people the way you'd like to see the industry run. 

That brokers have regular training classes weekly

By demonstrating exemplary behavior.

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