The NAR settlement has sparked debate over the real estate industry’s future without affecting cooperative compensation or making commissions negotiable, as they have always been. Concerns about increased cash needed for buyers are raised, but home values remain driven by market forces, not agent fees. Nonetheless, realtors remain dedicated to serving clients ethically and professionally in achieving homeownership.
Category: NAR
How To Solve The Four Biggest Problems With Real Estate Branding
With agents trying to differentiate themselves from other real estate professionals, personal branding has become a popular DIY marketing skill for many. And yet a lot of them seem to get it wrong.
Brokerage,Value,And Being Champions
(DISCLAIMER; anyone reading this post should be aware that I find Rob Hahn an interesting intelligent, well read individual with a fascinating perspective on the real estate industry and a keen analytical mind. Under no circumstances should any of the…
The End of the Real Estate Agent
I would bet that if your son or daughter came home from school crying because someone criticized them, you would probably tell them that they shouldn’t be concerned. You might tell them that their value is in what they do…
REALTORS – Are You Professional?
Real Estate salespeople are in a business that is requires a precise use of language. We complete contract forms, describe properties when marketing, and use language to help people buy, sell, lease and rent real property. And still we have…
Gen X and Gen Y are Gen Buy!
If you stick around long enough, almost anything can happen. For the first 19 years of my real estate career, I was able to say I had never seen prices go down, only up. For the next 16 years I…
Rethinking the Future
Rob Hahn and I spend a lot of time going back and forth about the current state of the real estate industry and its future. We both write and talk about it, and spend our time in conversation with people…
Of the People, By the People, For the People, A Response to Rob Hahn
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor- Albert Einstein I love talking with Rob Hahn, even when we disagree. But having an online conversation with him can be frustrating. Rob is an artist with words…
Ask What You can do for Your NAR… Part 2
Ok, I took a side trip with a few discussions on lead generation, independent contractors and property management in the industry, but here’s more of my response to Rob Hahn‘s vision of NAR and its future. I think that Rob’s idea of…
Ask What You Can Do For Your NAR
In a recent post Rob Hahn took a historic quote from President John Kennedy and cut it in half. His post “Ask Not What You NAR Can Do For You” , talked about NAR as if it was the entire real estate…
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