First, as much as Jeff and I genuinely like Greg and appreciate his having us here in his cyber home – he is simply wrong-headed about all this agency stuff. I don’t believe that Jeff is an angel and I know I’m not. But single agency is not a viable business model. Period. A viable […]
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I’m not really a Jesuit, I just play one in the blogsward. My mother had had enough of the Church before she went to high school, and, in consequence, I was sent to public schools. Those were actually quite a bit better then than they are now, but, even so, I bear my ignorance as […]
Thanks to Greg Swann for his gracious invitation. Posting on the 900 pound gorilla known as Bloodhound is a feather in anyone’s cap. I’m not sure there’s more than five sites in the country creating more ripples than he does. You set the bar pretty high Greg. Before I begin – God bless Russell Shaw. […]
This is a stupid subject. This is a necessary subject. There are a lot of different viewpoints on this subject. A lot of the viewpoints that seem to matter came from lawyers, court decisions (judges who are also lawyers), and other people who are also wrong. Back in the days when it was sub-agency only […]
I’m going to stir up a category 11 hurricane by basing my initial entry in the Dual Agency Smack-Down on our past posts on the subject. Cathleen and I have dealt with this topic at great length in the past, so it seems reasonable to reinforce our arguments by revisiting them. For the benefit of […]
Dual agency: Pro versus Con. Technorati Tags: blogging, dual agency, real estate, real estate marketing
I had a great letter today from Bob Hunter of the Muljat Group about our policy forbidding dual agency. I’ll quote the whole thing first: Greg, my wife and I are agents in Bellingham, Wash and I have a question relating to your position on dual agency. Our brokerage is a 100% desk fee operation. […]
Someone commented on Greg’s recent post regarding dual agency. I thought I’d give you the “back story” so you can understand how we came to this position. Just this past May three events converged to make it crystal clear that dual agency was, in general, good for no one except the real estate agent — […]
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 […]
I may have stirred up a hornet’s nest on the subject of No Dual Agency. Jim Duncan at Real Central VA posted his thoughts, and the sellsius° real estate blog posted a round-up, asking Are Buyers Customers or Clients? From Arizona, taking a trip Back East is also taking a trip back in time: Agency […]
Quote: “Double-dipping isn’t very far from double-dealing, and dual agency has always been the Achilles’ heel of the real estate industry.” That’s me in today’s Arizona Republic. Here’s a more permanent link. And here is the BloodhoundRealty.com policy on dual agency. The topic is important enough to us that I want to quote the entire […]
“A secret to the inherent lovability of dogs: Like all toddlers, we’re terrible at guile.”I mock Redfin a lot, but it’s only because they deserve it. Probably, Zillow has been lying about the rioting for thirteen solid months, too, but Redfin just has the more-mockworthy Marxist take on things. So, as everybody knows, the red-hot real […]
“Two masters? Or two schnooks?”I’m doing CE just now – a month early, because I’m about to get hit with houses and I can’t be late. So: Dual agency is bad, m’kay? Steady source of lawsuits, including class-action suits. But it’s lawful, as regulated, so that’s what’s taught: Written consent of both parties when limited […]
Is this home the right one for you and your family? No, sorry. That’s an exclusive listing. Your trusty, ever-faithful Coldwell Banker broker won’t get paid if you buy that house. So is this the perfect home for you? Oh, no! This home has serious systemic defects, the worst of which is… it’s a fizzbo… […]
Let’s start with some music, just to set the mood: So: If you run in the wrong circles, these are the kind of “arguments” you can expect to hear about me: Greg Swann is mean. Greg Swann is rude. Greg Swann is vulgar. Greg Swann is angry. Greg Swann is cynical. Here is an argument […]