Bus Driver, Rent to Own Manager, Retail Banking manager, Finance Company manager, Full time gambler, opened 2 Mortgage Companies and recruiter for an aviation college all before I saw the light!

It was funny in those days because Solid Source only had about 50 agents when I joined.Michele Shoda (I think it's Velcheck) now and Ken met with about 4 of us upstairs to try to recruit us.The 100% model in our area did not exist.Sure you has Re/max but the desk fee was a crazy 1,000 a month or more whether you sold or not.I think the fee then was about 20 something dollars a month and the per transaction fee was in the 200's.It's been awhile so I can't remember.In Georgia it will cost you much more than 1,000 to start up.FMLS wants I believe it was either a 1,500 or 2,000 deposit that they hold and then you have to meet minimum volume goals of paying up to 1,500 in yearly fees or you will have to pay the difference.FMLS charges .0012 of the sales price.Carrying E and O insurance is not a requirement here.

Once you get to that realization and become comfortable with the idea of trusting experts, then its just a matter of "what is the best way to recruit experts in an area where you don't live?"

I don't know that calling yourself "investor-centric" is sufficient differentiation within the business space.Keller Williams and Exit transformed the business space a bit by focusing on the recruiting model.

We hope to see you around the forums.Thanks for recruiting your friend, Malok.

The best way for you to find out where you should go is to just to go talk with people, especially the agents  not just the brokers, brokers are trying to recruit you.

Just watch out for the "gimmicks" that some brokerages use to recruit you, recruit others, high fee structures, fee structures you need a spreadsheet to calculate (and maybe understand) and "training" (or lack of).Some of the things you should look for:The right kind of training.Is there valuable free training in person and/or online?

I am a new real estate investor that probably spent too much money on a "program" that recruits from state to state and teaches investing.

@Charles Manuel,This probably won't help, but I saw this on a poster in a job recruiter's office once:Consider the tortoise who makes no progress until he sticks his neck out.Worth a try, maybe ...Also, fear is typically born of ignorance.

I'm a recruiter by trade and love making connections.