Lee: Representing Builders Is The Holy Grail for Real Estate Agents
Ben Lee · Why Real Estate Isn’t Fair and Why That’s an Advantage?! · Dec 22, 2025 · at 7:43
Real estate broker and attorney Ben Lee discusses agent business models and the value of working directly with property developers.
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“When I started selling real estate as an agent, I would represent some builders cause that's kind of a, one of the holy grails of being a real estate agent is you get the listing up front, you get the listing on the second time when they go to sell it.”
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