{"id":294,"date":"2006-09-06T09:35:12","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2006-09-06T09:43:23","modified_gmt":"2006-09-06T16:43:23","slug":"real-estate-reality-tv-dual-agency-and-the-nefarious-influences-of-the-dark-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/294\/real-estate-reality-tv-dual-agency-and-the-nefarious-influences-of-the-dark-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"Real estate, reality TV, dual agency and the nefarious influences of the Dark Prince . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvillearearealestate.com\/2006\/09\/million_dollar_.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Rothamel musing on &#8220;Million Dollar Listing&#8221;<\/a>, a real estate reality show on the Bravo TV network:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The fact that dual agency is legal had to be the direct result of Satan himself lobbying real estate commissions all over the country. The only person that EVER benefits from dual agency is the agent. His wallet gets fatter, and the buyer and seller get less representation. Only Satan would call that fair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Actually, that would make a fun &#8220;South Park&#8221; episode: Satan versus Saddam at the Department of Real Estate.<\/p>\n<p>I watched the show for the first time last night, but I was playing my guitar (loudly and badly, the way god and Leo Fender intended), so I missed a lot. I did see one agent who was clearly torquing her clients to buy when they weren&#8217;t ready to buy &#8212; way over the line. I think this might be the dual agent Daniel is talking about. But later in the show the buyers seemed to be completely happy. Maybe they were awed by the TV cameras and didn&#8217;t want to make a scene. Maybe they don&#8217;t understand reality TV&#8230;<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Rothamel musing on &#8220;Million Dollar Listing&#8221;, a real estate reality show on the Bravo TV network: The fact that dual agency is legal had to be the direct result of Satan himself lobbying real estate commissions all over the country. The only person that EVER benefits from dual agency is the agent. His wallet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[3,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1045,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1045\/dual-agency-smack-down-buyers-and-sellers-informed-consent-to-limited-dual-representation\/","url_meta":{"origin":294,"position":0},"title":"Dual Agency Smack-Down: Buyer&#8217;s and Seller&#8217;s Informed Consent to Limited Dual Representation","author":"Greg Swann","date":"February 14, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I really don't like Dual Agency. I think that's pretty well established. Even so, Russell Shaw convinced me -- in person, not on BloodhoundBlog -- that BloodhoundRealty.com would have to offer Dual Agency if it is to list effectively in the historic districts of Downtown Phoenix. Right about the same\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Dual Agency&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Dual Agency","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/dual-agency\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":649,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/649\/dual-agency-smack-down-a-category-11-hurricane-of-arguments-against-disclosed-dual-agency\/","url_meta":{"origin":294,"position":1},"title":"Dual Agency Smack-Down: A category 11 hurricane of arguments against Disclosed Dual Agency . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 17, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm going to stir up a category 11 hurricane by basing my initial entry in the Dual Agency Smack-Down on our past posts on the subject. Cathleen and I have dealt with this topic at great length in the past, so it seems reasonable to reinforce our arguments by revisiting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Dual Agency&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Dual Agency","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/dual-agency\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":874,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/874\/dual-agency-smack-down-arizona-association-of-realtors-general-counsel-michelle-lind-on-dual-agency\/","url_meta":{"origin":294,"position":2},"title":"Dual Agency Smack-Down: Arizona Association of Realtors General Counsel Michelle Lind on Dual Agency . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 8, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The Arizona Association of Realtors has just published Arizona Real Estate: A Professional\u2019s Guide to Law and Practice by Arizona Association of Realtors General Counsel Michelle Lind. 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