The exclusive broker for the duplex is Sotheby's International Realty.

In exchange for conducting the inventory and analyzing the county's holdings at no cost, Insignia will act as the exclusive broker.

An exclusive broker has both the incentive and the obligation to provide lots of advice, analysis and market information.

Ms. Lenz said that the disagreement was merely a "commercial dispute" and that under the contract, she was still the exclusive broker for the property.

In exchange, exclusive brokers are guaranteed that they will receive a chunk of the commission even if someone else ultimately brings the buyer to the home.

So is an exclusive broker different from a listing broker?

In such situations, the exclusive broker gets half of the commission.

"When choosing an exclusive broker, you need to consider three things: their ability to network with a community, their pricing skills and their bid management skills."

The agencies eventually chose that building, but by that time Gordon had been appointed exclusive broker again.

It's an annual compendium of about 300 of the most exclusive brokers in the country, with a sampling of the major players overseas.