Vantaggi
This was a small locally owned office, and if you are willing to work extremely hard, you will make it. The office was centrally located and easy to find for those buyers who are new to the area. Management is very approachable and is very helpful to new agents just getting started. Some of the older agents are very welcoming and will help out new agents with advice from getting started to running a successful business. Corporate has all the tools an agent will need online, and the online classes are easy and convenient, where you can network with other agents from around the country.
Svantaggi
Hard to break into the "good ole boys club"; older more experienced agents are coddled and given more opportunities by management, at least this was my experience with the broker I worked for. Even thought this is a a national real estate brokerage chain, the views of the national company are not always shared by the local independently owned brokerage firm. In our office, our managing broker was very thrifty and wouldn't spring for new technology, charged an exoritant fee for monthly dues, there was very little office administrative support to the individual realtor, and sometimes we wait for a couple of hours for our turn to sit at the one computer linked to the color laser printer.