I need some clarification from real independent agents - Help!

[Newby]

If you were signing up under a FFL agency, you weren't on the highest commission levels so don't worry about that. They have a whole song and dance about making you feel like you are but then when you actually get paid you find out you are at lower levels with most companies. They will then try to convince you that everyone pays that way which is of course not true.

 

[somarco]

I wish this forum had existed when I started. It would have saved me a lot of tuition.

Al Gore had not invented the internet when we started . . . much less this forum.

 

[WinoBlues]

Al Gore had not invented the internet when we started . . . much less this forum.

Absolutely true.

Thomas Guides and nine pin printers were high tech.

 

[DonP]

If you were signing up under a FFL agency, you weren't on the highest commission levels so don't worry about that. They have a whole song and dance about making you feel like you are but then when you actually get paid you find out you are at lower levels with most companies. They will then try to convince you that everyone pays that way which is of course not true.

Here’s how ffl commissions work

FFL.

140% company 1.
95% company 2.
90%. Company 3.
90%. Company 4.

Street paying fmo’s
140% company 1
120%. “ “
120%. “ “
120%. “ “



But the FFL headlines say comp “ up to 140%” But 98% of the company’s are 100% are less . Many mlm type outfits do this . Senior life “ make 150% “ . Look at the comp grid . Agency has to do $18 mil . Lol. Honestly I understand why 90% plus fail . They never have a chance . But I don’t blame them . They knew no better .

 

[WinoBlues]

Al Gore had not invented the internet when we started . . . much less this forum.

Yup, I'm so old - 'back in my day' agents had to go to people's houses to take care of business. Today's office is much nicer.

 

[DHK]

Here's an older version of the FFL payout.

Notice their "contract levels" are NOT payout levels. They just title them AS THOUGH they are a payout level.

 

[DonP]

Yup, I'm so old - 'back in my day' agents had to go to people's houses to take care of business. Today's office is much nicer.

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Damm wino blues . All I got today was i had a cat scratch me , dog shit on my shoes , and killed 2 roaches crawling up my pants . lol

 

[WinoBlues]

Damm wino blues . All I got today was i had a cat scratch me , dog shit on my shoes , and killed 2 roaches crawling up my pants . lol

Yeah, no.
Not saying I haven't been there, but nope.

I truly do have a weak stomach. Years ago I was in a house in Compton. Drove 5 hours to get there. Dark inside, Mangy little smelly dogs, little piles of dog chit and O2 hoses everywhere and cigarette smoke. I am writing like 5 apps and finally had to pee.

Oh #@&!, the bathroom,,, I am looking down at a pile of what I am hoping is dog chit and trying not to gag.

Six months later I went back to write a couple other family members. Did those on the porch.

You guys are stronger than I.

 

[wildflowerwealth]

Absolutely true.

Thomas Guides and nine pin printers were high tech.

LOL My first computer was a Commodore 64 and my parents still have their original Pong game. I miss those days.

 

[Tahoe Ray]

Yup, I'm so old - 'back in my day' agents had to go to people's houses to take care of business. Today's office is much nicer.

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Morro Bay?