{"id":1478,"date":"2007-05-28T01:37:07","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T08:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2007-07-16T21:02:41","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T04:02:41","slug":"separating-the-buyer-agent-commission-from-the-listing-commission-is-a-really-stupid-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1478\/separating-the-buyer-agent-commission-from-the-listing-commission-is-a-really-stupid-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Separating the Buyer Agent Commission From the Listing Commission is a REALLY stupid idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a continuation of Jeff Kempe&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1477\">thoughtful post<\/a> below. At first, I was going to reply to his post via a comment. But as I thought about it I realized there was way more I wanted to say.<\/p>\n<p>First things first: Welcome Jeff, Lani &#038; Morgan! I&#8217;m delighted to have you here.<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>It is common for a person to have a <u>completely<\/u> false idea of why something is good or bad and for them to still be correct that it <em><u>is<\/u><\/em> good or bad. This can come about when the person looks to see <em>why<\/em> something is the way it is and not knowing the correct answer (real reason why) they then make up or invent an answer. This new datum is then used to explain away some situation or circumstance they observe. This is so common that you can see examples of it in almost every profession, industry and government. Failure to correctly observe the real &#8220;right why&#8221; is THE WHY for every failure any individual, organization or government ever had. A real WHY opens the door to handling.<\/p>\n<p>Man too often finds that his &#8220;solutions&#8221; become his new problems. Most of the difficulties one faces on a regular basis (problems) are, in fact, themselves solutions to earlier problems.<\/p>\n<p>I do not intend to be disrespectful here towards your friend and mentor, Jeff &#8211; but several of the things he has informed you about are completely incorrect. The <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"323\" alt=\"thinkingcap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/thinkingcap1.gif\" width=\"250\" align=\"right\" \/>idea that a Realtor not sharing a commission was passed into law in state after state after state, across the country, to &#8220;protect Realtors&#8221; or to somehow impede discounters is just flat wrong. I can&#8217;t say that any of those laws were the best possible solutions but they had <u>nothing<\/u> to do with &#8220;protecting Realtors&#8221;. In every state where a real estate license is required to legally earn and collect a commission (all 50 in the United States, last time I checked) there is some sort of rule or regulation that states commissions can not be paid to an unlicensed individual. In most every state there is a special exception to this rule for lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1478\/separating-the-buyer-agent-commission-from-the-listing-commission-is-a-really-stupid-idea\/#more-1478\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a continuation of Jeff Kempe&#8217;s thoughtful post below. At first, I was going to reply to his post via a comment. But as I thought about it I realized there was way more I wanted to say. First things first: Welcome Jeff, Lani &#038; Morgan! I&#8217;m delighted to have you here. __ It [&hellip;]<\/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":[11,6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dual-agency","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-realty-reality","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2120,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2120\/sell-your-home-get-you-a-loan-do-your-taxes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1478,"position":0},"title":"Sell Your Home?  Get You a Loan?  Do Your Taxes?","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"October 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I have no idea if published Letters to the Editor are covered by copyright protection - if they are I will need to stop doing this. 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But then I had The Conversation, and it's developed into a post of its own. Involved is someone I respect, a friend, a mentor, perhaps the one person\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disintermediation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15720,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/15720\/youre-a-master-cat-skinner-the-good-news-and-the-bad-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":1478,"position":2},"title":"You&#8217;re A Master Cat Skinner &#8211; The Good News and The Bad News","author":"Jeff Brown","date":"April 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Are you the 'go to' guy\/gal? Do you list a lotta property and do it well? Are you a leader? Though I'm sure many will say charisma is required, I beg to disagree. It never hurts, but in the end, the Lord created the ultimate equalizer to charisma: Results. Today,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Enduring Interest&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Enduring Interest","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/enduring-interest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1859,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1859\/voting-for-this-weeks-peoples-choice-award-is-open\/","url_meta":{"origin":1478,"position":3},"title":"Voting for this week&#8217;s People&#8217;s Choice Award is open","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Another not-very-short list of posts. We set out to attract the best, and we're seeing it and then some. Vote here. 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