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A surplus of real-estate agents is bad for both the industry and regular home buyers and sellers.

A glut of mediocre Realtors is screwing over homebuyers

Bret Weinstein, a longtime real-estate broker in Denver, wants to love his industry. At its best, the business helps people find the homes of their dreams or secure financial freedom. But lately, he's been having trouble squaring that passion with a growing problem: a glut of underqualified real-estate agents. 

"It really does need an overhaul," Weinstein told me. "The general public deserves so much better than what the majority of real-estate agents provide."