Residential real estate is an odd one. Countless times I’ve seen it warp the ego of agents and their perception of value being provided. A friend was looking to

Residential real estate is an odd one. Countless times I’ve seen it warp the ego of agents and their perception of value being provided. A friend was looking to buy a $15m house, so I vouched for a childhood friend that was newer to real estate. Agent friend was able to make it happen by tracking down the owner who lived an hour away and convinced her to sell. After close the agent friend then complained to me that he got hosed on the deal because of the “100 hours” he put in and only receiving 1% - $150,000 ($1,500/hr). A year prior he was delivering pizzas (!!).