Record numbers of new real estate agents and a rising number of complaints – and worse – against the industry have veterans alarmed about whether these novices really know how to buy and sell a house…. “There’s an overwhelming number of new people with inadequate training and that means there are more ethics complaints and more lawsuits…. the industry has an often-repeated standard that 20 percent of the agents do 80 percent of the work, which doesn’t leave a lot of business for newcomers.”When the tide turns, it will separate the wheat from the chaff,” Harrington said.

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