Steve D. Valentine explains how Compass locks agents in: their work email is tied to the company CRM, so they can't export client data or leads when they leave. The brokerage monitors all communications through AI tools, making it impossible to take your business with you.
And here's what most people don't see, and I've heard this from agents, is that their fear of leaving Compass is that their email is tied to their CRM, which is Compass-driven, and they can't take their business with them. So they're held hostage with all the technology and all the things that are baked in with all their clients. And if you don't think the brokerages with AI and having to use a company email address with AI's technology right now isn't monitoring everything that goes on for compliance, yeah, you're wrong. Guaranteeing it's happening. So when you look at that and you're a real estate agent, you really don't own business inside Compass.
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