{"id":2990,"date":"2008-04-19T01:55:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T08:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2008-04-19T01:55:57","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T08:55:57","slug":"warning-it-may-not-be-a-good-idea-to-drive-agents-out-of-the-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2990\/warning-it-may-not-be-a-good-idea-to-drive-agents-out-of-the-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: It May Not Be a Good Idea to Drive Agents Out of the Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

To anyone who even suggests<\/em> that Realtors (and ex-Realtors) can’t organize sequences and work out all the details for a long range plan, I invite you to read this story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Olga<\/p>\n

Helen Golay, 77, a former real estate agent in Santa Monica has been convicted of murder. I now recommend avoiding all unnecessary contact with ex-agents, just to be safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To anyone who even suggests that Realtors (and ex-Realtors) can’t organize sequences and work out all the details for a long range plan, I invite you to read this story. Helen Golay, 77, a former real estate agent in Santa Monica has been convicted of murder. I now recommend avoiding all unnecessary contact with ex-agents, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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":[4,28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-disintermediation","7":"category-retirement","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1880,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1880\/the-very-best-alternative-to-the-national-association-of-realtors\/","url_meta":{"origin":2990,"position":0},"title":"The “Very Best” Alternative to the National Association of Realtors","author":"Cooksquared","date":"September 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"There has been a lot of talk about how to fix the National Association of Realtors or even how to supplant the organization completely.\u00a0 As an outsider looking in, I have one simply question:\u00a0 Why are realtors paying good money to an organization that they hate?\u00a0 As an investor I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marketing"","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":978,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/978\/a-different-perspective-on-the-value-of-realtors\/","url_meta":{"origin":2990,"position":1},"title":"A Different Perspective on the Value of Realtors","author":"Cooksquared","date":"February 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Has anyone ever wondered why the price of real estate agents has been 5-7% for what seems like an eternity? 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