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On 16-Jun-2005, "Grover C. McCoury III" <gcmccoury@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would like to see a strictly FSBO (For Sale by Owner) world. After all,
> escrow
> companies and home inspectors already do much of the heavy lifting in a
> real-estate transaction and add more value than most realtors while
> working
> for a flat fee.
Where did you get this article from? It mentions a name but no attribution
where it came from. Sounds like from the newspaper. Wherever it's from, the
author is highly biased. Probably for shock effect to get his article
published. That's why it's beyond me why Brokers give away their money
advertising in a medium that is mostly against them. Their main classified
income comes from For Sale By Owners wasting their money on ineffective ads.
I use to feel medicine should be socialized until I visited England and
found that anyone who could afford it had a private doctor. Same thing with
lawyers. How many people who get in trouble represent themselves (pro-se)?
And how many would choose a public defender if they could afford a lawyer?
Even the one's who are technically indigent run to their family and friends
for money to a hire a private attorney.
Same with Realtors. Home owners try it themselves and when they get sick of
weirdoes and bargain hunters showing up. They're glad to pay that 6%. In my
presentation book I I've pictures of FSBO's I listed throwing away their
home made signs. Some photos are really good because you can see the look of
happiness and relief on their faces. I will have some of those photos on my
site in a few days and you can see for yourself. A picture's worth a
thousand words as the saying goes. If there truly was a viable alternative
Realtors would be out of business tomorrow. But they're not and neither will
any sort of broker. Whether it be stock brokers, commodity brokers, marriage
brokers. You name it.
They're all still here because they provide a service worth paying for. All
these conspiracy theories about the AMA, NAR, or the BAR is a load of crap.
How ironic that members of these professional associations see their
associations as ineffective blood suckers while conspiracy theorists blame
it all on these "powerful associations."
If you want to see where the power lies just look at the solicitation laws
in your state. Realtors have to abide by NO-CALL laws but read your state
law carefully and you'll see that newspaper publishers are exempt. Gee I
wonder why? Next research which lobby groups were pushing for NO-CALL and
CAN-SPAM laws and you'll see that it was the newspaper and magazine
publishers because they see telemarketing and e-mail as a much more cost
effective alternative to their products. And you'll find documents showing
what their budget is. It pales in comparison to NAR's. Not that they didn't
try, but if NAR was so powerful Realtors would be exempt as well. But how
many are willing to do the research. Most would rather believe the snippets
they get from the boob tube and propaganda rags calling themselves
newspapers.
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Warmest regards,
Steve Horrillo, Realtor | Trainer | Hypnotherapist
http://brokeragenttraining.com(Advanced training for real estate
professionals)
http://over100percent.com(Realtors earn over 100 percent)
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