Brandi; Not sure its about legal liability, more about what we should be doing to each other though a big shout out to Lani who points out that we have way too many univited hands in our pockets

Joe; I don;t underestimate the ability of an opponent ot make a bad decision, and your wife did absolutely the right thing – but this also addresses comments tat mght be made by consumers that are untrue- and our responsibility to correct the problem

Thanks for reading

Or at least we shouldn’t.

If they don’t like it, tough. It’s my blog, my rules.

I don’t need the NAR, the judiciary or anyone else to tell me what is right and what is wrong and what I can/can’t/should do. My parents did a pretty good job of that 40-something years ago.

Sounds like we need some E & O insurance for bloggers.

I would completely agree with you on this. If you’re down at the level that you have to make comments (posts) about your competition, you probably need to find another line of work (at least from an agent’s perspective).

I think what you’re seeing is a symptom of the market. Recently, my wife took a Buyer out to the Aiken area. Over the previous months, this lady had spoken via email with a few of the listing agents of the properties they were viewing. A couple of the listing agents – seemingly in cohoots – where so upset with the fact that their own lack of professionalism had led this woman to choose to work with my wife as her Buyers Agent that they decided to hurl insult and slander on my wife and our firm – at the same time as setting up the appointments to show the properties!

Instead of heading to Aiken with our boxing gloves – my wife and I talked about this at length and came to the conclusion that since Aiken is a higher-end neck of the woods, these agents where merely voicing their own desperation – intent on being on both sides of the deal instead of serving their clients interests. Less than 3% of properties listed over $350K in our area sell right now, and this client was signficantly higher in price range.

Instead of responding in kind, my wife took the high road, thanked God for the opportunity to work with this client, and set the appointments. She’s an amazing woman with no qualms about defending herself, but it was what it was, and she and I both understood the underlying current of the market which no-doubt affected these other agents (and their families).

Don’t know the source of this quote, but it rings true:

“Never underestimate your competition’s ability to make a bad decision.”

Navy Chief, Navy Pride