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<\/p>\nAm I missing something?<\/p>\n
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At the moment, I am conventioned out, one tired buckaroo. So, I am playing hookie this evening and, undoubtedly, missing out on some life-changing announcement. “Zillow has made a $40 gazillion offer to purchase the San Diego Home Blog<\/a>. Is Kris Berg in the audience?” Nope.<\/p>\n Last night, Noah Rosenblatt<\/a> and I were briefly discussing the Great Divide that is the audience at Inman. In the far corner of the ring we have the geek-inclined or, more appropriately, the brokers, agents and other industry players who are giving their all to stay relevant and to evolve: To survive. In the other, we have the challengers who are retreating to the lobby after each session<\/a> to debate the day’s hottest topics, such as how to spell Truliadotcom or, for that matter, how to open their web browser.<\/p>\n Who was NAR CEO Dale Stinton speaking to? The answer is “c”. None of the above. Or, maybe I’m just missing something.<\/p>\n Unlike Greg<\/a>, I was impressed with Zillow<\/a>‘s Rich Barton. Call his remarks an attempt at poetry or self-serving fluff, but this guy is trying. And, I sincerely believe that he<\/em> believes that not only is the fabric of our industry changing, but the fabric of our world. He is smart and cunning, and attempting to lead<\/em> the revolution. And he is amassing more wealth than I could hope to accumulate in 40 lifetimes doing what I<\/em> (love to) do.<\/p>\n Then came Dale. Forgetting that his demeanor was the incarnation of the stereotypical, bureaucratic, myopic real estate agent image that has become our industry albatross, his big light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel, “I’m comin’, Beany-Boy!”<\/a> message was that our Realtor dues would be increasing. Why?<\/p>\n He gave many examples of great new things that our dues would be underwriting. Since I am too lazy to go back and watch Inman TV<\/a>, I will paraphrase. First, the BOARD (bow heads in reverence) has allocated funds to send Dale to “more of these kinds of events”. Great. I’m paying for Dale Stinton and<\/em> me to go to Inman. Next, the BOARD (avert eyes in respect) has authorized vast amounts of our money Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Am I missing something? At the moment, I am conventioned out, one tired buckaroo. So, I am playing hookie this evening and, undoubtedly, missing out on some life-changing announcement. “Zillow has made a $40 gazillion offer to purchase the San Diego Home Blog. Is Kris Berg in the audience?” Nope. Last night, Noah Rosenblatt and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"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":[5,19,25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","7":"category-technology","8":"category-zillowcom","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9498,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9498\/am-i-being-paranoid-about-what-the-nar-is-calling-the-recovery\/","url_meta":{"origin":1728,"position":0},"title":"Am I being Paranoid about what the NAR is calling the “Recovery?”","author":"Al Lorenz","date":"August 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Our helpful friends at the NAR have apparently sent out press releases about the increase in home sales in the second quarter being a sign of a \"recovery.\" I saw this on MSN today (yes, I look at MSN): WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales grew in the second quarter in\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":15544,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/15544\/listhub-forms-syndication-real-estate-network\/","url_meta":{"origin":1728,"position":1},"title":"ListHub forms syndication Real Estate Network…","author":"Eric Blackwell","date":"January 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy New Year to the dawgs. 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