No commissions will be paid to agents unless and until:
1. The sale or lease has closed and settled and the company has received full payment.
2. If you are listing agent, you must have delivered a copy of the signed listing to Seller at the time the listing was taken (see post-listing procedures by linking here).
3. Entered complete contact information in ACT for all contacts involved in the transaction including, but not limited to:
![]() | Your customer or seller |
![]() | Any other agent involved in the sale or lease |
![]() | Attorneys or Title Companies involved in the sale or lease This information is to include: |
![]() | Lessor/Seller (if our client) |
![]() | Lessee/Buyer (whether or not our customer for leases) |
![]() | Full current (new) address for Lessee/Buyer (if he/she will occupy the property) |
![]() | Schedule reminder for lease renewal (at least a month prior to expiration) |
![]() | Lessee/Buyer phone number (the new one if at all possible) |
![]() | Put Lessor/Seller & Lessee/Buyer on Xmas card group (ask for help on this if required but do it!). |
![]() | mark yourself as “BTB agent” |
![]() | Full File Title inserted in the “Account #” field (it is OK to replace an earlier file title, the program will keep notes) |
4. Produced a complete file including closing statement on sales and walkthrough form on leases.
5. Marked property as closed on MLS if your listing.
6. The responsible clerical staff person will review the file prior to any distribution of commission checks. If any items above are missing, incomplete or incorrect it will only delay distribution of commission checks to you. Please do not call me asking (demanding) to circumvent these procedures as it will not happen.
7. If clerical staff is demanding a correction or document which you do not believe should be necessary, Ruth Carrington will gladly review the disputed material and determine what, if anything, is required to close the file. There is not point in having a dispute with the staff personnel, they are just doing an important job.
8. Payment must be received by Buy the Beach. At times, payments are mailed to us or otherwise delayed. No distributions will be made until funds are available.
We try to distribute checks as promptly as possible on agent commissions. However, checks are due 5 days after above requirements are fulfilled. Please do not call requesting payment until all of the above items are fulfilled.