Agent headcount — once a ubiquitous barometer of brokerage success — has faded, interviews and new Inman Intel Index results reveal. Instead, focus has shifted to “the better and best agents.”
Source: Inman News
Recruiting War ’24: For brokerages, headhunt pivots to cream of crop
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