Yesterday, I found an email alerting me to comments that Nathan Carnes, who was my manager at WC & AN Miller before I left a few months ago, filed comments on one of my postings. (See “Oh No! Not Again” in the archives.)

In his comments, he said how great it was to be part of the company that had the #1 market share, and that was also #1 in number of agents and #1 in number of offices up and down the east coast and who knows where else. So did reading his comments make me sad about my choice to go to Evers & Company?

Well, no!

If the rest of my year continues the way it’s been, I’ll have my #1 year for income. And with the services that Evers & Company offers, I can make my clients the #1 thing, and my clients are making me their #1 thought when it comes to recommending me to people they know who need a Realtor. And with a company owner who knows how to motivate her agents and keep them happy, we each feel as if we are the company’s #1 most valuable asset.

When I left Miller, I left behind many dear friends. When we run into each other, I usually hear grrrrring about how the huge new bureaucracy is making them nuts and how they have one foot out the door to someplace else. I haven’t heard anyone other than Nathan say anything that could be interpreted as, “God, I just love being part of this real estate Goliath!”

I’m not saying that huge is necessarily bad, but in real estate, I really don’t think it’s better. It’s hard for a company that is so focused on getting the most agents on its roster and the largest number of offices in any one area to focus on what is best, either for its agents or for its clients.