Why Do Some Real Estate Salespeople Earn More Than Others?

James R. Follain, Terry Lutes and David A. Meier
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James R. Follain: Office of Real Estate Research University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 304 DKH 1407 W.Gregory Ave. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, http://www.cba.uiuc.edu/orer/
Terry Lutes: Illinois Associatio of Realtors Suite 400, Illinois Realtors Plaza Springfield, Illinois 62703, http://www.illinoisrealtor.org/
David A. Meier: Former graduate student in Finance at the University of Illinois, http://www.uiuc.edu/

Journal of Real Estate Research, 1987, vol. 2, issue 1, 73-81

Abstract: This paper explores the reasons why some real estate salespeople earn more than others. Data from a survey of members of the Illinois Association of REALTORS conducted in the spring of 1985 are the basis of the analysis. The central part of the paper analyzes via multivariate regression analysis over twenty factors thought to determine real estate sales success as measured by income from real estate brokerage. The most important findings include: (1) number of hours worked is closely linked to income; (2) income increases substantially with years of experience in the early years of a career (over 20% per year for the first five years), but these increases flatten out for the veteran with more than ten years of experience; (3) no significant differential in earnings is detected between men and women of the same age and with the same education.

JEL-codes: L85 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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