Keyword: Disintermediation
The Vendor Client Relationship – Oh How Things Are Changing
I don’t want to pay for your service Over the past two years, many posts here on AG have been written about how the climate is changing between clients and vendors. There seems to be a new reality that leaves many vendors (that’s you) scratching their head that for some reason every potential client they meet wants something for free. ...
Divorcing Commissions – Disintermediation of the Buyer’s Agent
Over at the Bloodhound Blog, Greg continues his thread on Divorcing the Real Estate Commission. Meaning that the seller pays their agent, and the buyer pays his own agent. Removing the incentive the seller has to elevate their product over thousands of others does level the playing field and makes all products equal (so to speak), but what it also ...
Russell Shaw Speaks… You might want to listen.
Russell brings it home in a compelling post. Everyone on both sides of the commission debate should read this. Russel is one of the only industry mega producers I believe, trust, and listen too. Why? Because he produces, and boasts an average DOM of only 14 days. He is respected and well known all over the country, and can back up ...
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Bribing Consumers As A Business Practice – NARS New Bill Is Nothing New.
Paying consumers to use your service has always been a no no in the state of Texas. Referral fees are limited, gifts are limited, but rebating has always been on the edge of both. Personally for me, it angers me that I cannot pay more in referral fees, but it has always kept the playing field level here in Austin. ...
Worth the read- NAR bringing more heat from the DOJ?
Obviously, someone dug business model up to bash him a little more- J. Dalton on what NAR’s up to over in TN. Love it or hate it, you should read and weigh in. DOJ opposes a bill that would eliminate the rebate business model (sorry Realtor Genius, the term’s not dead yet – not until you suggest an alternative) from ...
Greg Swann Really Tells it Like it is… Dual Agency Smack Down
Greg Swann at Blood Hound Blog breaks down dual agency- Every Realtor should read this… Here’s an excerpt: “I really don’t like Dual Agency. I think that’s pretty well established. Even so, Russell Shaw convinced me — in person, not on BloodhoundBlog — that BloodhoundRealty.com would have to offer Dual Agency if it is to list effectively in the historic districts of ...
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