{"id":2888,"date":"2008-04-05T18:41:32","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T01:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2008-04-05T18:41:32","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T01:41:32","slug":"please-show-me-how-you-disintermediate-results-and-superior-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2888\/please-show-me-how-you-disintermediate-results-and-superior-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Show Me How You Disintermediate Results and Superior Expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before beginning in earnest, let me take a shot of addressing what surely will be the first comments made concerning disintermediation. Have there been instances of this happening in other industries? Sure — the ‘go to’<\/em> is almost always travel agents. I maintain the average person still uses travel agents when arranging anything more involved than visiting Grandma or a business trip. How many of us will arrange a two week tour of Europe on our own? Not me. You?<\/p>\n

The point remains — any industry requiring real expertise<\/strong> and which must produce results of real value<\/strong> to their customers\/clients, will not — cannot — be replaced by the mere act of clicking. The concept is absurd on its face.<\/p>\n

Of course, the jury is out on whether or not I’m in the minority or majority. Opinions are just that. Certainly my opinion isn’t taken from Divine Inspiration. Empirical evidence drives me to my conclusions here. The marketplace has decided, at least so far, the experienced agent producing consistently excellent results by way of superior expertise is the dominate choice of buyers and sellers of real estate.<\/p>\n

Click that.<\/p>\n

Russ Shaw and I must be the last remains of the species long thought to be extinct — Trirealasaurus Rex.<\/em> Apparently we just don’t get it, and are on our way out. Everyone’s eatin’ our lunch, or soon will be. Techno-Geeks<\/em> who could study what Russell does for a year and still not know what he’s forgotten, insist their way, (whatever the hell that is — they argue among themselves) will eliminate him just like the meteor crashing into earth wiped out dinosaurs. <\/p>\n

Last time I checked, he’s not feeling very threatened. <\/p>\n

Every time I read something telling me how I’m on the verge of extinction, I consciously avoid going into Dad’s default mode, which was to extend his favorite finger in the direction of the offender. \ud83d\ude42 I’d rather learn what the smartest guys in the room have to teach.<\/strong> They’ve taught me how to apply their Geekinology to my Old School ways. I’ve been walking that talk now for quite awhile, coming up on Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before beginning in earnest, let me take a shot of addressing what surely will be the first comments made concerning disintermediation. Have there been instances of this happening in other industries? Sure — the ‘go to’ is almost always travel agents. 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