{"id":12065,"date":"2010-05-26T20:46:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T03:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=12065"},"modified":"2010-05-26T20:46:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T03:46:54","slug":"using-captcha-to-capture-idiotic-real-estate-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12065\/using-captcha-to-capture-idiotic-real-estate-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Captcha to Capture Idiotic Real Estate Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

A CAPTCHA is a challenge-response test most often placed within web forms to determine whether the user is human. The purpose of CAPTCHA is to block form submissions by spambots, which are automated scripts that post spam content everywhere they can.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Somebody’s Got to Stop the Stupid<\/h2>\n

Okay, a bit of a rant.\u00a0 But I’ll bet you’ll want to jump on the proverbial bandwagon once I’m exhausted, spent and fallen down in subluxed joy after finishing this. The outlet for my frustration came courtesy of a Facebook comment by Mary McKnight.<\/a> “Thanks, Mary.”<\/p>\n

If there’s one theme that Bloodhound blog has perpetuated, promulgated and promoted, it’s excellence.<\/em> A close second would probably be splendor<\/em>. Tom Johnson<\/a> perhaps put his arms around what I’m about to rant a little over tonight, and he did it with this post about a famous Greek historical event<\/a>.\u00a0 The Spartans were professional<\/em> soldiers. They studied their craft. They studied their history. They studied their enemy. They sought fellowship with one another, coupled by a sense of duty to excellence and splendor.<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, how I would that my compatriots in the profession of real estate were to embrace the Spartan ethos. And if not, at least an<\/em> ethos. My encounters of late with real estate agents have left me thinking they lack not only a distinctive character, not only fundamental values, but simply a lack of any character, training or professionalism whatsoever.\u00a0 In short, I’ve had my fill recently with agents who have no common sense, no commitment to excellence, no knowledge commensurate with their duties, no bleeping right to be called a professional real estate agent, and certainly no right to practice the longstanding legal requirements of agency.<\/p>\n

I’ve had agents not call me back.\u00a0 Then, then don’t call me back.\u00a0\u00a0 They tell me to sign contracts that they know have errors in them.\u00a0 They provide inaccurate information to me about contracts they represent.<\/em> They cant’ find documents. They can’t find the time to do what needs to be done. They can’t find their own assholes, honest. What they can Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A CAPTCHA is a challenge-response test most often placed within web forms to determine whether the user is human. The purpose of CAPTCHA is to block form submissions by spambots, which are automated scripts that post spam content everywhere they can. 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