If you are not careful, every time you put a sale together, place a sign, advertise a property, or close an escrow, you could actually be building the company's business more than your own.

Most companies secretly would like to charge you even more money and are always looking for ways to control or own the relationship with your customer. This may be particularly true of several of the national franchise systems. In fact, the royalties you pay just may be funding your own demise.

Companies whose training focuses on the use of the company image and whose promotions focus on attracting the customer to themselves are actually trying to build their own business, not yours. Is that in your best interest?

At Keller Williams, we believe you the company is best served by building the agents career first and putting the agent's image ahead of the company's.