{"id":14395,"date":"2011-04-06T12:08:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T19:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14395"},"modified":"2011-04-06T12:08:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T19:08:29","slug":"the-realtor-party-part-ii-the-implied-accusation-and-other-missed-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14395\/the-realtor-party-part-ii-the-implied-accusation-and-other-missed-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Realtor Party, Part II: The Implied Accusation, and Other (Missed?) Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Greg Swann takes on the big thinker issues behind the proposed Realtor Party<\/a> Political Survival<\/a> Initiative<\/a>, I’m pondering<\/a> a more microscopic view- how might this affect the relationship between my clients and me. Maybe not at all. I have no reason to believe that the public will think much about it, at least for a few years, and they may even like it. So what’s the harm?<\/p>\n

We know that REALTORs rank along side used car salesmen, lawyers, politicians, and Stuff You Scrap Off Your Shoe when it comes to public opinion polls. As an industry, we are not trusted. At this point in time, our industry is widely considered a necessary evil. Why should that be? We have a Code of Ethics. Doesn’t that make us all, I don’t know, ethical? Our image problem is so pervasive and institutionalized that millions of dollars go toward advertising to get the word out that we are professionals. So how does the Realtor Party solve that? It doesn’t. In fact, it makes things worse. The reason (as in one reason) given for the RPPSI is that as an industry we need to compete with other self-interests. This benefits our image how?<\/p>\n

So, I’m thinking… What if? What if we turned away from that? What if we stopped wrestling with pigs and the dirty business of politics? What if instead of more politics, we opened our eyes to the extraordinary opportunity in front of us?<\/p>\n

This site is a treasure trove and one of my favorite posts is, The Implied Accusation in real estate: How to win the war on your attitude…<\/a> It’s not over dramatizing to say that this post changed the way I communicate with clients. In fact, I’ve printed parts of it to give to my clients, who also love it. In part:<\/p>\n

The Implied Accusation is the underground river flowing through every unhappy relationship. To address good and evil, all you have to do is bring things out into the Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear NAR, It seems to me that you have a real chance here to rise above. This is your time to face the implied accusation head on. This is your opportunity to begin to right the wrongs of the past; to heal wounds, to repair the damage you’ve been a willing party to, and to make us proud…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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":[212,29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-flourishing","7":"category-group-therapy","8":"category-supplanting-the-nar","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1132,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1132\/the-implied-accusation-in-real-estate-how-to-win-the-war-on-your-attitude\/","url_meta":{"origin":14395,"position":0},"title":"The Implied Accusation in real estate: How to win the war on your attitude…","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Kicking this back to the top. 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