{"id":1569,"date":"2007-06-22T18:30:04","date_gmt":"2007-06-23T01:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2007-07-16T21:03:03","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T04:03:03","slug":"the-imperative-of-divorced-commissions-part-1-fundamentals-of-narcissism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1569\/the-imperative-of-divorced-commissions-part-1-fundamentals-of-narcissism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Imperative of Divorced Commissions, Part 1: Fundamentals of Narcissism."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"3bac.jpg\"I was running in a local park a few days ago. The road into the park is about a half mile long and barely wide enough for two cars to pass in opposite directions, thus there are “NO PARKING AT ANY TIME” signs on both sides the entire length. As I drove in two mini-vans were<\/em> parked next to a field, and I waited as two other cars coming the other direction passed. Three women were in the field chatting and setting up cones, perhaps for a relay.<\/p>\n

As I ran out ten minutes later, the vans were still there, but now there were five cars stopped in one direction while three others drove by in the other. The women were oblivious, corpulent Paris Hiltons. When I suggested they move their vans to a parking area fifty feet away, one said “Oh, get real. It’s not as if this is a major thoroughfare.” Solipsism at its summary best. Rules are fine unless they’re inconvenient.<\/p>\n

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696.810 Real estate licensee as buyer’s agent; obligations<\/em><\/strong>….
\n<\/em> (3) A buyer’s agent owes the buyer involved in a real estate transaction the following affirmative duties: …
\n<\/em> (c) To be loyal to the buyer by not taking action that is adverse or detrimental to the buyer’s interest in a transaction;
\n<\/em> (d) To disclose in a timely manner to the buyer any conflict of interest, existing or contemplated;
\n<\/em> <\/p>\n

Whenever the charge of venality is brought against the real estate profession, out comes the Code of Ethics, here codified into Oregon statute. It’s our Wizard’s Curtain; while most agents I work with — and I suspect most people here — take it very seriously, too many don’t.<\/p>\n

The reason high BACs and agent bonuses are used so often as marketing ploys is because they work.<\/em> I was told recently by one agent who incorporates both in many of his older listings that not only does he immediately get more showings, once under contract the buyer’s agent is much more eager to cooperate to get Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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