{"id":1187,"date":"2007-03-21T12:51:33","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T19:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2007-03-21T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2007-03-21T19:51:37","slug":"want-to-do-something-to-raise-standards-among-realtors-charity-begins-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1187\/want-to-do-something-to-raise-standards-among-realtors-charity-begins-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to do something to raise standards among Realtors? Charity begins at home . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Rothamel<\/a>:<\/p>\n

More extensive barriers to entry do not automatically create better agents.  As just about anyone with a real estate license will tell you, the education that you get prior to being licensed does very little to ensure your success in business, other than informing you of the legal requirements and obligations that, when followed, will allow you to keep your license.  The things that make for good agents are not covered in any licensing class.  They are learned after the agent begins working.  They are learned through broker training classes, or through mentoring, or through the time-tested technique of trail and error.  The idea that making it harder to earn a license will increase the quality of the agents is preposterous because it ignores this fact.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like the idea of getting rid of licensing and making agents compete on the basis of reputation<\/a>, but that ain’t gonna happen. Daniel has a good alternative:<\/p>\n

If the goal of those who advocate the increasing of licensing standards is truly the reputation of the profession, then they should turn to themselves and seek out the new agents around them and act as a mentor or at least a positive example of the real estate professional.  That will have a far greater impact on the profession than any increase in education requirements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed. As I argued years ago, in a different context, if you really want to “do something!” about The Homeless — take one home…
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Technorati Tags: real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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Daniel Rothamel: More extensive barriers to entry do not automatically create better agents.  As just about anyone with a real estate license will tell you, the education that you get prior to being licensed does very little to ensure your success in business, other than informing you of the legal requirements and obligations that, when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-marketing","7":"category-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":229,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/229\/interview-with-the-vampire-how-nick-learned-to-knuckle-under\/","url_meta":{"origin":1187,"position":0},"title":"Interview with the Vampire: How Nick learned to knuckle-under . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Hi, Nick. 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