{"id":229,"date":"2006-08-21T18:54:03","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T01:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=229"},"modified":"2006-08-26T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-26T15:27:00","slug":"interview-with-the-vampire-how-nick-learned-to-knuckle-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/229\/interview-with-the-vampire-how-nick-learned-to-knuckle-under\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with the Vampire: How Nick learned to knuckle-under . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

“Hi, Nick. Come on in. Sit down. Sorry to keep you waiting.<\/p>\n

“How long have you been here, Nick. Sixteen months! Wow, it seems like just yesterday that I turned my back on you and forgot all about you.<\/p>\n

“It seems like you’re doing pretty well for yourself, Nick, two or three houses a month. It looks like you’ve got three houses in escrow right now, plus three listings, is that about right?<\/p>\n

“No, Nick, that’s wrong<\/i>. I’m your designated broker. I<\/i> have those houses in escrow, and I<\/i> have those listings. The employment contracts are with me, don’t ever forget that.<\/p>\n

“But here’s what I asked you in here to talk about, Nick. I see you’ve got yourself a nice little web site. I like that. It shows that you take initiative.<\/p>\n

“But, see, the thing is, Nick, your little web site is robbing traffic from my<\/i> web site — our<\/i> web site, the brokerage’s web site. I’m supposed to tell you this is all about legal liability issues, but the truth is, my SEO guy says we can get more traffic on the brokerage web site if we shut all these little agent web sites down.<\/p>\n

“There’s more to it that that, though, Nick. I have referral relationships with lenders, title companies, insurance brokerages, home inspectors, exterminators — all kinds of vendors. If my agents are referring business every which way, our preferred vendors don’t get as a big a piece of the pie. I get a little bite out of every one of those pieces of pie. And, as you know, it has always been our policy to brush a few crumbs the agent’s way, so I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s better for everyone if we all speak with one voice.<\/p>\n

“Oh, you don’t agree, Nick? Gee, that’s too bad…<\/p>\n

“I wonder if you’ve ever made time to read that policies and procedures manual I gave you when you signed on with us. I don’t think anyone ever reads it, at least not until times like this. But the thing is, Nick, you signed an affidavit that said you had<\/i> read it and agreed to Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Hi, Nick. Come on in. Sit down. Sorry to keep you waiting. “How long have you been here, Nick. Sixteen months! Wow, it seems like just yesterday that I turned my back on you and forgot all about you. “It seems like you’re doing pretty well for yourself, Nick, two or three houses a month. 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