{"id":2207,"date":"2007-11-10T22:29:03","date_gmt":"2007-11-11T05:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2007-11-10T22:38:40","modified_gmt":"2007-11-11T05:38:40","slug":"agents-using-the-term-mls-in-their-url","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2207\/agents-using-the-term-mls-in-their-url\/","title":{"rendered":"Agents Using the term “MLS” in Their URL"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following email was sent to me by Steve Westmark. I posted about Steve and the Minneapolis MLS<\/a> back in April. Seems the Chicago MLS got the same \"Stupididea but has now changed their mind. Or should that be “minds”? Or “numb skulls”?<\/p>\n

I really do not understand how any association that is supposed to have been formed for the benefit of Realtors can possibly come up with some of the retarded gibberish that some of them do come up with. I fully understand that it isn’t polite to poke fun at retarded people but in cases like this I just can’t help it. What tortured logic makes it alright for Homegain<\/a> – and others like them – to use the term MLS in their URLs but not alright for an agent to do it? Is it that the dimwits who sat on that board thought it might be a lot easier to push those local agents around than it would be to push the attorneys who work for Homegain around? Homegain would have been willing to litigate until they won, the local agents were not.<\/p>\n

I would also have been willing to litigate and I would not have just fired a few emails back and forth. In addition, I would have waged a local and national PR battle (for starters, naming all<\/u> the names of the spineless and mindless dolts that passed such a ruling) that would have had them playing defense – not me.<\/p>\n

(why yes, I do<\/em> write this sort of post to make good friends with the various boards of directors around the country:-)<\/p>\n

_________<\/p>\n

—– Original Message —–<\/p>\n

From: Bryan VantHof<\/p>\n

To: steve@stevewestmark.com<\/p>\n

Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:45 PM
\nSubject: Fwd: Update on Chicago area use of MLS in URL’s<\/p>\n

Steve,
\nThought you might find this interesting. Thanks. Bryan Vant Hof – fishMLS Realty<\/p>\n

———- Forwarded message ———-
\nFrom: Gene Carey < Gene@view-mls-homes.com>
\nDate: Oct 15, 2007 4:11 PM
\nSubject: Update on Chicago area use of MLS in URL’s
\nTo: bvanthof@fishmls.com<\/p>\n

Bryan,<\/p>\n

Just wanted to give you an update on Chicago areas plans to start fining agents who use MLS in their domain names. After sending them some very extensive emails threatening lawsuits Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following email was sent to me by Steve Westmark. I posted about Steve and the Minneapolis MLS back in April. Seems the Chicago MLS got the same idea but has now changed their mind. Or should that be “minds”? Or “numb skulls”? I really do not understand how any association that is supposed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disintermediation","category-marketing","category-realty-reality","no-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2746,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2746\/nar-and-the-use-of-mls-in-a-url\/","url_meta":{"origin":2207,"position":0},"title":"NAR and the Use of MLS in a URL","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"March 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I've written about this before. 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