Comments on: Show me the Money!

By: Missy Caulk

Missy Caulk — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:31:23 +0000

Hi Russ, welcome to Agent Genius. I look forward to getting to know you better.

By: Matthew Rathbun

Matthew Rathbun — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:11:42 +0000

Lani,

I took Russ somewhere once, and all he did was use words to describe our waitress (who looked like a 19 year old Sarah Palin), that I didn’t know even existed….

I learned my lesson!

By: Lani Rosales

Lani Rosales — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:53:40 +0000

Russ, we can’t take you ANYWHERE! gah! lol

By: Ruthmarie Hicks

Ruthmarie Hicks — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:45:20 +0000

Our Keller Office has a similar arrangement. My sellers are ALWAYS asking for enhanced Realtor.com presence. So I’m glad I can offer it without losing my shirt. My problem with the whole thing is that arrangements like this push small brokerages to the wall. Call me old-fashioned, but I hope that some of the Mom and Pops make it through this morass and area able to thrive. So many went out of business around here. Sad to see them founder.

By: Jason Sandquist

Jason Sandquist — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:17:39 +0000

@ben yup and then there is that one

By: Brandie Young

Brandie Young — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:04:34 +0000

Welcome, Ben! Provocative article. As members, do you not see year-end accounting? At least now we know where the $2M spent on a “hammer” really went!

By: Russell Shaw

Russell Shaw — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:39:21 +0000

>Lani was right, it is like a family here.

A dysfunctional family, Ben. But still, it is very nice to have someone else here who has the whole smart *and* good looking thing going.

By: Joshua Zamora

Joshua Zamora — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:04:49 +0000

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By: Lani Rosales

Lani Rosales — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:29:32 +0000

For ANYONE putting on a REBarCamp, now you know who to call for sponsorship!!!

By: Ben Goheen

Ben Goheen — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:01:08 +0000

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. Lani was right, it is like a family here.

@Jason – everyone knows THIS is actually your car: http://is.gd/BSU9

@Ken – Obviously there’s a markup involved, as there is with any marketing service. At least with AdWords you’re in complete control of the cost and placement

@Matthew – Good point about Move owning r.com. My guess is that somehow NAR is reaping the rewards here, kind of like an reverse Peter Pan scenario

@Matt – Fight the temptation! It can’t be any harder than hanging up on the telemarketers who guarantee you top results on Google