{"id":1993,"date":"2007-10-01T20:40:39","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T03:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2007-10-02T07:39:54","modified_gmt":"2007-10-02T14:39:54","slug":"what-would-you-pay-for-a-real-estate-agent-if-the-commission-was-100-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1993\/what-would-you-pay-for-a-real-estate-agent-if-the-commission-was-100-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"What Would You Pay For A Real Estate Agent If The Commission Was 100% Optional?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Radiohead is selling tracks from their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inrainbows.com\/Store\/Quickindex.html\">upcoming album &#8220;In Rainbows&#8221;<\/a> online. The price per track, according to the site, &#8220;is up to you&#8221;.\u00a0 Fans can choose how much they want to pay for the MP3 tracks, or not pay anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>Was there ever a more confident display of &#8220;knowing your value to your clients&#8221;?\u00a0 Of course, many of Radiohead&#8217;s fans\u00a0<em>will<\/em>\u00a0pay an optional download fee.<\/p>\n<p>To make this question relevant to us here at Bloodhound Blog, let&#8217;s see what our readers think:<\/p>\n<div id=\"quibblo_93dIXw_widget\" class=\"quibblo_embed_widget q_93dIXw_c_t\">\n<div class=\"q_93dIXw_h_t qweh\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/quibblo.com\/quiz\/93dIXw\/What-real-estate-commission-would-a-home-seller-most-likely-pay-to-real-estate-agents-if-the-sales-commission-was-entirely-optional\">What real estate commission would a home seller most likely pay to real estate agents if the sales commission was entirely optional?<\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/code.quibblo.com\/code\/93dIXw\/t\/code.js?m_bgcolor=%2316784F&amp;m_border_color=%23404C59&amp;hf_bgcolor=%23E6EFF2&amp;h_link_color=%23075937&amp;f_link_color=%23B02A2A&amp;b_font_color=%23FFFFFF&amp;b_link_color=%23F7391B&amp;rb_bgcolor=%23FF553B\"><\/script> <noscript> <\/p>\n<p>Enable Javascript to take this <a title=What real estate commission would a home seller most likely pay to real estate agents if the sales commission was entirely optional? href=\"http:\/\/quibblo.com\/quiz\/93dIXw\/What-real-estate-commission-would-a-home-seller-most-likely-pay-to-real-estate-agents-if-the-sales-commission-was-entirely-optional\">Poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quibblo.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Quibblo\" src=\"http:\/\/static.quibblo.com\/static\/images\/quibblo_embed.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/noscript> <\/p>\n<div class=\"q_93dIXw_f_t qewf\"> <a title=\"Quibblo Surveys\" href=\"http:\/\/quibblo.com\/blog-quizzes-surveys\">Survey by Quibblo<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radiohead is selling tracks from their upcoming album &#8220;In Rainbows&#8221; online. The price per track, according to the site, &#8220;is up to you&#8221;.\u00a0 Fans can choose how much they want to pay for the MP3 tracks, or not pay anything at all. Was there ever a more confident display of &#8220;knowing your value to your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"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":[4,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-disintermediation","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1616,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1616\/viva-las-vegas-the-monorail-might-be-a-failure-as-a-transportation-system-but-it-is-sin-citys-best-commercial-real-estate-development-tour-bus\/","url_meta":{"origin":1993,"position":0},"title":"Vista on Las Vegas: The Monorail might be a failure as a transportation system, but it is Sin City&#8217;s best real estate development tour bus","author":"Greg Swann","date":"July 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Cathleen and I were married on Independence Day in the Little White Chapel on the Strip in America's Playground, scenic historic Las Vegas, Nevada. 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