Sinking deeper by the minute CAR. I flabberghasted by the absurdity of your points. I thought you had family in RE and understood it. First off the “seems to me” and “might” is a cheap way out especially when you follow it up with “I do beleive it, though”.

Second, there are no big RE offices in prime space like that because the business isnt profitable to support that.

Third, name a single private business that posts their salary/wage scales on the Internet so competitors could poach their employees or in this case sub-contractors. That information doesnt exist to cut and paste as it is proprietary.

Lastly, the choice is not between offices of a single brokerage franchise its which brokerage to hang your license at. If you want to work in a high profile, fancy office you go to work for the Coldwell Banker and Prudentials of the world. Their splits are the worst in the Industry but that is the price you pay for opulent offices. Anyone who works in the business can tell you that.