The NAR Fires a Shot at RealtorGenius.com
The NAR (National Association of Realtors) sent our buddies at RealtorGenius.com a cease and desist notice. Their domain violates the NAR trademark "REALTOR". Huh. Mayhap they should have gone after...
View ArticleDOJ Antitrust Launches Site on Competition in the Real Estate Industry
The Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday launched a website to ostensibly "educate consumers and policymakers about the potential benefits that competition can bring to consumers of real estate...
View ArticleA Commission is Prize Money (?!?)
James Thorner, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer, penned an article last week titled, “Paying a 6.5% commission made sense“. Looks like Mr. Thorner instructed his real estate agent to offer a “higher”...
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How Many Real Estate Agents are there in Phoenix?
Someone called today, seeking advice on becoming a real estate agent in Phoenix. We chatted about the pros and cons, and then they asked, “So, how’s the competition? Just how many real estate agents...
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You Can’t Handle the Truth!
Jack Nicholson, one of my all-time favorite actors, in one of my all-time favorite movies A Few Good Men, delivered a memorable quote ”” “You can’t handle the truth!”. He was, to say the least, quite...
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The Perils of a Part Time Agent
Above is an actual notification we received yesterday (contact info redacted and emphasis mine). This post isn’t a rant about part-time real estate agents. Let’s face it, the Phoenix real estate...
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Bizarre Real Estate Practices #873 (and #874)
From the annual Harris Interactive Poll on prestigious occupations comes this shocker: Lookee who is sitting firmly at the bottom of the list. And this is nothing new. Harris added real estate agent /...
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Op-Ed: The Realtor Party. NAR Proposes the REALTOR® Party Political Survival...
Fair warning, opinionated rant to follow”¦ At the Realtor Association Executives Institute (AEI) conference that just concluded, the National Association of Realtors announced a new initiative ”“ The...
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New Lock Boxes Prove That Size Does Matter
As we have mentioned before, REALTORS in Phoenix will soon be using a new type of lock box. Last week, ARMLS began to send out our appointment times for us to switch out our old boxes for the new ones....
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Big Thanks To The Real Estate Sessions Podcast
A few weeks ago, Bill Risser called to ask me if I’d like to schedule some time to be a guest on his podcast called The Real Estate Sessions. How the heck could I say no to that? Have you heard some of...
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Realtor.com Results Summit Coming To Vegas!
So, the 2017 version of the Realtor.com Results Summit is heading back to Las Vegas for some fun and some great real estate information. Results Summit Update: Going forward, 100 % of the cost of every...
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ARMLS Introducing New Features and Pricing
ARMLS seems to understand that the real estate business is not a “one size fits all” kind of business. As an organization with nearly 40,000 members, they deal with people who run their business in...
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We Got The (REBCX) Band Back Together
It’s hard to believe that the very first RE BarCamp was ten years ago. Looking back, it is one of the most impactful conferences that I have ever attended. It created a movement. It created...
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Guess What, Rob. Agents DO Care
I read most of another Inman “News” article trying to say I am an unethical piece of crap who doesn’t represent the best interest of our buyers or sellers. It is another trendy article that tells...
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