There’s always something to howl about.

Real estate, reality TV, dual agency and the nefarious influences of the Dark Prince . . .

Daniel Rothamel musing on “Million Dollar Listing”, a real estate reality show on the Bravo TV network:

The fact that dual agency is legal had to be the direct result of Satan himself lobbying real estate commissions all over the country. The only person that EVER benefits from dual agency is the agent. His wallet gets fatter, and the buyer and seller get less representation. Only Satan would call that fair.

Actually, that would make a fun “South Park” episode: Satan versus Saddam at the Department of Real Estate.

I watched the show for the first time last night, but I was playing my guitar (loudly and badly, the way god and Leo Fender intended), so I missed a lot. I did see one agent who was clearly torquing her clients to buy when they weren’t ready to buy — way over the line. I think this might be the dual agent Daniel is talking about. But later in the show the buyers seemed to be completely happy. Maybe they were awed by the TV cameras and didn’t want to make a scene. Maybe they don’t understand reality TV…

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