Leigh Thomas Brown argues that real estate agents aren't the wealthy operators people imagine. Most REALTORS earn about $56,000 a year, making them micro-entrepreneurs in local markets, unlike the big money behind companies like Compass and Zillow.
Compass, big money. Zillow, big money. Wall Street Journal, big money. Baltimore Sun, big money. Agents are not big money, y'all. Our REALTOR® members out there, they are micro entrepreneurs working their zip codes, working their marketplaces, doing the best that they can to make a living for their family by helping somebody else with what is generally the biggest financial transaction of their lives. They are not big money. If you look at the National Association of Realtors statistics, the average realtor makes around $56,000 a year.
