{"id":1272,"date":"2007-04-07T01:46:14","date_gmt":"2007-04-07T08:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2007-05-13T19:50:51","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T02:50:51","slug":"are-glenn-kelman-dave-barry-soulmates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1272\/are-glenn-kelman-dave-barry-soulmates\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Glenn Kelman & Dave Barry Soulmates?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave Barry<\/a> sues Realtor associations. He has been suing Realtor associations for years. I don’t know that anyone could say that he sues Realtor associations for a living because he almost always<\/u> loses. And it is hard to imagine that any lawyer who had a pot to piss in would keep doing the same stupid thing year after year after year – even though it was obvious to any rational person that it could not succeed. If Dave would like to send me a threatening letter or sue me for what I am writing here, this is my contact information<\/a>. Dave Barry is behind Trust MLS<\/a>. This is his “Open MLS” program that he tried (and failed) to get on the ballot in California in 2005. Now he is trying it in Maine. A much<\/u> smaller state where it would require a LOT less money to try and shove this down everyone’s throat. I believe (Dave, please notice I said I BELIEVE<\/strong>, not “IS<\/em><\/strong>“‘) Dave to be a charter member of the “What’s Yours Is Mine Club”. This is also sometimes referred to as “something for nothing” or simply “criminal”. I don’t know if it would actually be libel to characterize him as a litigious lunatic, so we won’t do that here. Certainly, the NAR lawyers and the various state association lawyers aren’t going to come out and physically say that. Almost all lawyers (at least in the U.S.) have a “lawyer to lawyer respect” rule that they follow. It just isn’t right to say something unkind or inflammatory about someone who finished law school and was admitted to the bar – not if you<\/em> finished law school and were admitted to the bar.<\/p>\n

The following was reported yesterday on Inman News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

He is also a part of Trust MLS, a group that is supporting the Maine ballot initiative and encourages supporters in other states to pursue similar measures. This group, along with real estate companies Redfin, Catalist Homes and Voyager 360, among others, had offered financial support to the institute, and Trust MLS plans to submit a bid to operate the proposed Read more<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dave Barry sues Realtor associations. He has been suing Realtor associations for years. I don’t know that anyone could say that he sues Realtor associations for a living because he almost always loses. And it is hard to imagine that any lawyer who had a pot to piss in would keep doing the same stupid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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":[4,6,5,10,27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-disintermediation","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","9":"category-realty-reality","10":"category-redfincom","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2953,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2953\/big-news-on-data-standards\/","url_meta":{"origin":1272,"position":0},"title":"Big News on Data Standards","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"April 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"photo credit: wfyurasko I\u2019m guessing that the main purpose of BHB is not to spread the news \u2013 especially NAR news. \u00a0Being the resident NAR insider on BHB, I promise I will not use this site to spread NAR propaganda\u2026er\u2026news.\u00a0 But this quiet piece of information is actually VERY big\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2869,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2869\/nar-will-channel-data\/","url_meta":{"origin":1272,"position":1},"title":"NAR Will Channel Data","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"March 31, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m thirsty, but not drinking the Kool-aid just yet\u00a0 The NAR project formally known as the Gateway, a mash-up of all real estate data in the country, has now been relabeled The Real Estate Channel (TREC).\u00a0 There has been a new \u201cinterim\u201d report issued by the Presidential Advisory Group (PAG),\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2889,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2889\/nar-news-from-the-legal-front\/","url_meta":{"origin":1272,"position":2},"title":"NAR News From the Legal Front","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"April 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the years, NAR has had its fair share of legal battles.\u00a0 Currently, there are a few big and interesting cases involving NAR that could have dramatic impact on the real estate industry.\u00a0 Here\u2019s an update on three cases that are in the works.\u00a0 US vs NAR This is the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dirty Laundry"","block_context":{"text":"Dirty Laundry","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/dirty-laundry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3542,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3542\/what-has-your-local-association-done-forto-you-lately\/","url_meta":{"origin":1272,"position":3},"title":"What Has Your Local Association Done For\/To You Lately?","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"July 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Many of the Bloodhound writers and readers are rather disdainful of the entire Realtor\u00ae organization \u2013 all three levels (local, state and national). 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