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Methods of Compensating Real Estate Agents

By James Kimmons, About.com

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Other Less Traditional Real Estate Compensation Methods

With differing models appearing regularly for how brokerages charge their listing and buyer clients, there are many other ways an agent might be compensated....even by a salary.

Some of the newer fixed-fee and fee-for-service listing brokerages are paying their agents a salary, rather than a commission.

Some brokerages pay their agents a base salary and a lesser commission percentage for each transaction.

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