There were 120,353 REALTORS® in Texas as of December 2018. That's the highest REALTOR® membership total in the history of the organization, and it's still growing. With affiliate and other classes of members, Texas REALTORS® is more than 128,000 members strong. The data about your colleagues and fellow members is drawn from the 2018 Profile of Texas REALTORS®. You can view the full report at alchemycottage.com/research.
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That is an insane amount! It helps for your fees but it’s counter-productive for agents. It cheapens the profession.
We need to have more requirements. Maybe mandatory 30 college credit hours or even an A.A. degree?
I 100% agree with this! It has become way too easy and you have a ton of part-timers who don’t take this profession seriously.
I suggest raising the fees and increasing the requirements. It is not fun going on appointments and sellers are interviewing 5 agents. When the market shifts those with not much invested will leave the profession. I would think the association could benefit from a base that does not have to leave with Market shifts.
Easy for you to say since when you started there wasn’t a lot of requirements. I think there’s enough money in the market for everyone to make.