“Cards get stacked against indies,” said Thad Wong, @properties co-founder and CEO, during Connect Now when discussing the challenges of being an independent brokerage. But he also explained why he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Source: Inman News
@properties CEO on the ups and downs of being an indie brokerage
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