She held a variety of positions, including vice president of the Nassau chapter. Her plans as the head of the board include helping members to deal with big industry changes. It is coming to New York whether we like it or not. One thing that's changing, she said, is that increasing numbers of agents are representing buyers, rather than sellers, as is traditionally done. We have to embrace the idea that some brokers do represent the buyers and it's not a bad thing to represent the buyer.
Some brokers are afraid of doing things differently.
It's just a matter of educating the brokers. Produced by Newsday Electronic Publishing.