Arizona-based real estate franchisor HomeSmart announced a unique partnership to offer its 14,000 agents a health insurance program through a new group buying initiative, a rare opportunity for real estate professionals who, as independent contractors, don’t typically receive benefits through their brokerage. HomeSmart is partnering with Resourcing Edge, a Texas-based human resources firm, to offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health care, dental, vision and 401k — with group buying prices. “So many agents will say to us: ‘the cost of my coverage is just crazy,’ and wonder if there’s anything we can do to help with that,” HomeSmart COO Wendy Forsythe told Inman. Agents who franchise under HomeSmart’s umbrella will be able to leverage the agency’s size — which boasts 127 offices across 17 states — to find benefits packages at a lower cost than what’s available on the health care exchange. “What has done is create a program where each ag…
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