Then ask the servicers their experience with the brokerage and loss ratios (number of bad loans to good).10.

There’s a lot to cover here, so i’ll try to just hit a few key points.First, regarding the number of firms that open up, most of these that you see are small one or two person mortgage brokerage shops that are easy to start up.  

There are some high-dividend REITS out there that would be better holdings for his 401K at this time, assuming he has a brokerage window available in his plan.

The only people here in my area that really use legit agents (that post to the MLS and are part of actual brokerages) are those homeowners looking to rent out their McMansion or high end condo.

Does anybody have a list of the largest brokerage houses in the world?

But then again I'm into NNN deals so those are National tenant brokerages which is a smaller market than MF.

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae approved brokerage or Resell / Short sale predominant brokerage ( specialty higher end properties - $100 thousand + )

It all depends on what you do, how you do it and who you do it with.While some might consider working for a company as a highly qaulified and trained expert as boring, there are just as many others who would think running a commercial real estate brokerage is boring or many that think the idea of landlording as only onerous.

This is how they're able to earn listing referral fees from REO brokerages such as mine.

You open a brokerage account that's properly titled for your IRA and the buy whatever you want.