{"id":2712,"date":"2008-03-06T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-07T06:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2008-03-06T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2008-03-07T06:39:10","slug":"the-nar-has-caused-hell-to-freeze-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2712\/the-nar-has-caused-hell-to-freeze-over\/","title":{"rendered":"The NAR Has Caused Hell To Freeze Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know if Hell has actually frozen over. Even though I’ve been told to go to hell many times over the years, I’ve not actually gone there (in the literal sense). So I can’t say I’ve seen it frozen over. But if a year ago someone had told me that I would gladly and joyfully be sharing a stage with Glenn Kelman – and that I would have previously publicly stated that Glenn is not only brilliant but also a really nice guy – I would have said, “you’re nuts.” He won’t want to get on the same stage with me and neither do I. I would have been wrong. Glenn and I will be sharing the stage for our debate at BHB Unchained on May 20th. (None of this it to even imply that I won’t point out why Redfin, the company, is doomed to failure – but Glenn, himself, is destined for greatness.)<\/p>\n

A year and a half ago, BHB was famous for bashing Zillow. Pointing out what was wrong with Zillow (and getting huge traffic, as a result). Zillow is now the main sponsor of BHBU. And David Gibbons, from Zillow, has practically become an icon in the area of how to win people over and get them to like you and your company.<\/p>\n

But those two items above are just the introduction to what prompted this<\/u> post. Jay Thompson has a blog called NAR Wisdom<\/a>. When it was first started it didn’t seem Jay even wanted his name on it. But before long his name was on it and the blog consisted primarily of posts critical of and (rightfully so) mocking NAR<\/a>. But check this out<\/a>. I wrote there that I am impressed. I am impressed. And delighted.<\/p>\n

East meets West.<\/p>\n

Some things may take time but as far as I’m concerned this is the best news about the future of our industry I’ve ever seen. Now if we can emulate David Gibbons’ style (WWDGD?) we can get David Gibbons’ results too.<\/p>\n

\"Hell<\/p>\n

I’m all in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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