{"id":1969,"date":"2007-09-24T23:59:48","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T06:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2007-09-25T01:59:52","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T08:59:52","slug":"stand-by-for-the-real-estate-market-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1969\/stand-by-for-the-real-estate-market-shakeup\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand by for the real estate market shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is excerpted from today’s Inman News:<\/p>\n

“RealUmbrella, a new site for home buyers and sellers that launches today in California, will not make many friends in the real estate brokerage industry, but it’s not supposed to.<\/em><\/p>\n

At its Web site, the company states that brokers, Realtors and agents that exist today “are being re-purposed for tomorrow. Stand by for the real estate market shakeup.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The company seeks to link for-sale-by-owner buyers and sellers directly in an online platform that features digital documents and electronic signatures for a flat fee.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is the URL, www.realumbrella.com<\/a>, so you can see for yourself the Big Giant Threat this particular we-do-nothing-for-less-in-fact-we’re-almost-like-a-real-\"Real-Umbrella-logo\"company poses to Realtors. It might be good to note that there is NO company, proposal, idea or random thought ever, that attacks Realtors, that is too irrelevant for Inman to not select as “feature news”. It’s all good. I love the quote from some not-quite-bright dimwit, “brokers, Realtors and agents that exist today are being re-purposed for tomorrow. Stand by for the real estate market shakeup.”<\/p>\n

I am standing by. Enjoying the hallucinatory thought process that would lead to making such a stupid statement. I’m thinking that Dave Liniger letting a fart over the weekend will have a greater effect than anything the RealUmbrella company will ever do.<\/p>\n

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\"NUMBER1EXPERTlogo\"On the off chance that you did not receive an email from Best Image Marketing, I am giving a “webinar” on Wednesday morning (9 AM PT). Anyone can listen in, if they care to. Here is the link to register<\/a>. There are some great past webinars there as well and I’m thinking that the one I do Wednesday will wind up there a day or so later, if Wednesday morning isn’t convenient for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is excerpted from today’s Inman News: “RealUmbrella, a new site for home buyers and sellers that launches today in California, will not make many friends in the real estate brokerage industry, but it’s not supposed to. 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