Paperless! Many associations and Brokers provide software services like App Files to create the paperless outcome. HAS YOUR BROKERAGE ELIMINATED THE BOGUS DOCUMENT/RECORDS STORAGE FEES?

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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041, Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ (ReMax Realtec Group)

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Valeria Mola

SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

We submit our files in pdf to office.

May 30, 2019 09:59 AM

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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya

Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Nina Hollander, Broker

Charlotte, NC

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Richard Weeks

Dallas, TX

REALTOR®, Broker

We use Back Agent software so we have no paper record storage fees.

May 30, 2019 06:45 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Lyn Sims

Schaumburg, IL
Bob Crane

Stevens Point, WI

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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com

Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA

Associate Broker

No, my brokerage continues to charge an administrative fee for record storage.

May 30, 2019 02:31 PM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...

Atlanta, GA

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Barbara Todaro

Retired...Mentoring Newbies - Franklin, MA

Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

we never had those fees....

May 30, 2019 10:13 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Nina Hollander, Broker

Charlotte, NC

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Roy Kelley

Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

The office has been paperless for years. There were never any document storage fees.

May 30, 2019 09:39 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Nina Hollander, Broker

Charlotte, NC

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Candice A. Donofrio

Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ

928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

I don't recall ever charging an agent anything beyond the split.

May 30, 2019 08:04 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Nina Hollander, Broker

Charlotte, NC

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Kasey & John Boles

Jon Gosche Real Estate, LLC - BoiseMeridianRealEstate.com - Boise, ID

Boise & Meridian, ID Ada/Canyon/Gem/Boise Counties

We never had those.

May 30, 2019 07:57 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Candice A. Donofrio

Fort Mohave, AZ

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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya

SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

No storage fees.

Our files are in pdf only.

May 30, 2019 07:49 AM

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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya

Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC

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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® CRS,ABR,PSA,RCS-D, ePRO

Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA

Serving Coastal San Diego, Veteran's & Seniors

Ha! I've never paid a fee like that. I work for a 0% split, no fee brokerage with exception of my (2): annual brokerage & E&O fees.

May 30, 2019 07:35 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Nina Hollander, Broker

Charlotte, NC

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Scott Godzyk

Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH

One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

No fees here

May 30, 2019 07:25 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Nina Hollander, Broker

Charlotte, NC

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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI

HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA

Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Sure has!

May 30, 2019 07:08 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...

San Jose, CA

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Bob Crane

Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI

Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

No fees here.

May 30, 2019 06:54 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Bob Crane

Stevens Point, WI

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Greg Cremia

Shore Realty of the Outer Banks - Nags Head, NC

Never seen one.

May 30, 2019 06:44 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC
Bob Crane

Stevens Point, WI

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC

The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

I've never heard of storage fees - interesting! I would hope they would eliminate them after going paperless, Annette.

May 30, 2019 08:30 PM

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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...

Atlanta, GA

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John Juarez

The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA

ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

We have never had record storage fees.

May 30, 2019 05:12 PM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC

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Don Baker

Lane Realty - Eatonton, GA

Lake Sinclair Specialist

my brokerage never charged those fees. None in my market did.

May 30, 2019 03:31 PM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC

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Frank Rubi

Frank Rubi Real Estate, LLC - Metairie, LA

FrankRubiRealEstate.com

No storage fees per se. We do have our cloud fees. Not 100% paperless but one day.

May 30, 2019 01:37 PM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC

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Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES

Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL

Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

We never charged those, title companies still do.

May 30, 2019 08:42 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC

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Sam Shueh

(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA

mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Since 2006 about 13 years now. Everything including contracts has been paperless pdf heavy.

May 30, 2019 08:18 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC

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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist

KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA

Probate Real Estate Services

January 2012 ... done.

No Fees.

May 30, 2019 07:28 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC

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Lyn Sims

Schaumburg, IL

Real Estate Broker Retired

wow, at our FEEMAX we haven't been charged record storage fees .... yet. We do have Transaction rooms from Docusign & that's about it. It's really not for 'us' it is for them I think with state requirements. Most people still do the paper thing, folders thing, it's pretty pathetic actually. I was noticing it yesterday at the office on how nothings changed.

May 30, 2019 07:26 AM

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Charlotte, NC

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Peter Mohylsky,

PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL

Call me at 850-517-7098

Yes, but it is still a stuggle to purge the paper files

May 30, 2019 06:46 AM

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Bob Crane

Stevens Point, WI

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Joan Cox

House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO

Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I am the broker, and don't charge those fees.

Jun 14, 2019 11:42 AM

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Will Hamm

Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO

"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

I still get paper but I keep thinking that computers will crash all over the US some day!

Jun 03, 2019 02:18 PM

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Tammy Lankford,

Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA

Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I never charged junk/storage/technology fees

Jun 02, 2019 11:49 AM

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Inna Ivchenko

Barcode Properties - Encino, CA

Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC • Short Sale • Probate

Yes, I use only digital signature and digital filing, unless requested by a client to print something. I share by digital finished file with my broker after closing. Yet, I still sometimes print listing printouts and tours, plus open houses material and sometimes listing presentations( to leave something behind)

May 31, 2019 07:19 PM

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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA

https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA

Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Those fees really chap my hide! As far as I'm concerned, those fees should be part of the company's and agent's cost of doing business. At Huggins Homes we have a policy against charging those fees and it's one of the distinguishing factors that separates us from the chaff.

May 31, 2019 09:37 AM

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Wayne Martin

Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL

Real Estate Broker - Retired

Some still charge the fee. Some never did!

May 31, 2019 04:15 AM

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Nina Hollander, Broker

Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC

Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

Eliminated? Never saw those fees in the first place.

May 30, 2019 11:06 AM

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We use Back Agent software so we have no paper record storage fees.
No, my brokerage continues to charge an administrative fee for record storage.
The office has been paperless for years. There were never any document storage fees.
I don't recall ever charging an agent anything beyond the split.
Ha! I've never paid a fee like that. I work for a 0% split, no fee brokerage with exception of my (2): annual brokerage & E&O fees.
I've never heard of storage fees - interesting! I would hope they would eliminate them after going paperless, Annette.
my brokerage never charged those fees. None in my market did.
No storage fees per se. We do have our cloud fees. Not 100% paperless but one day.
Since 2006 about 13 years now. Everything including contracts has been paperless pdf heavy.
wow, at our FEEMAX we haven't been charged record storage fees .... yet. We do have Transaction rooms from Docusign & that's about it. It's really not for 'us' it is for them I think with state requirements. Most people still do the paper thing, folders thing, it's pretty pathetic actually. I was noticing it yesterday at the office on how nothings changed.
I still get paper but I keep thinking that computers will crash all over the US some day!
Yes, I use only digital signature and digital filing, unless requested by a client to print something. I share by digital finished file with my broker after closing. Yet, I still sometimes print listing printouts and tours, plus open houses material and sometimes listing presentations( to leave something behind)
Those fees really chap my hide! As far as I'm concerned, those fees should be part of the company's and agent's cost of doing business. At Huggins Homes we have a policy against charging those fees and it's one of the distinguishing factors that separates us from the chaff.