1. Commission split for experienced agents should be nowhere near 50/50.
2. Broker should not charge a referral fee for leads.
3. Agents should not be forced to steer clients to ancillary mortgage/title/insurance companies.
4. Agents should be allowed to put their names and cell phone numbers on their sign panels.
5. Brokers should be prohibited from paying agents a lump sum of cash in exchange for an "employment contract."
6. Fee schedules should be fixed for one year (that’s why they call it a "guarantee").
7. Agents should not have to compete with their broker/owner.
8. MLS should allow IDX on agent websites.
9. MLS should prohibit brokers who do not have a listing agent "on the ground" serving customers locally.
10. MLS should actively and regularly inform it’s members of the "state of the market."
11. MLS should be controlled by agents, not brokers.
12. Administrative or other transaction fees should be banned.
13. Agents should be free to take listings with them when they leave a brokerage and go to another brokerage.

Am I missing anything?

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