The growth of the Compass team in San Diego has been incredible - starting with zero agents last January to around 350 agents today (I was #160). Our region has had the best launch in Compass history, so our affable CEO came to congratulate us for the one-year...
Today, Ryan Gorman, the CEO of NRT which owns Realogy (Coldwell Banker, Century 21, Corcoran, etc.) took a major shot at Compass. He released this two-page 'questionnaire' for his agents to use when interviewing with Compass, but he sure comes off as desperate and...
More tidbits, mostly from Leonard's daily Compass email: Here are some interesting Los Angeles-area market stats: There were 580 closed sales of $5 million+ in 2018, versus 602 in 2017. There were 157 closed sales of $10 million+ in 2018, versus 185 in 2017, (down...
Compass realtors and staff volunteered today to help with the 36th Annual Holiday Baskets put on by the Community Resource Center of Encinitas. It is a fantastic event where families below the poverty line receive food, clothes, presents, and bikes:...
Today we attended the soft opening of the new Compass office at 1953 San Elijo Ave., Suite 101 in Cardiff By-the-Sea (next door to Cicciotti's). More than 100 Compass agents will occupy both floors eventually (63 now). Other offices being built include a 22,000sf,...
We attended the Compass REtreat in Los Angeles over the last day and a half. It was a quick get-together to roll out the future plans, participate in four breakout sessions on the usual topics - social media, team-building, scripts, and risk management - and attend...
More tip-toeing around the Coming Soon topic in Realtor Magazine yesterday: The surge in off-market “pocket listings”—those held off the MLS in favor of secret channels and networks between agents or within a brokerage—is a growing issue in the real estate industry....
Trying out the Compass tools:
One last promo - any brokerage or disrupter who is going to contend needs to spend Zillow money ($100M/yr) on similar advertising to theirs:
When we made the decision to join with Compass, it was the future of the business that was a primary concern. The I-news summed it up well in their profile of Nick Segal, the founder of one of the SF brokerages recently purchased, and we could relate to what he...
