{"id":3016,"date":"2008-04-25T07:41:30","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T14:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2008-04-25T08:00:50","modified_gmt":"2008-04-25T15:00:50","slug":"the-national-association-of-realtors-announces-that-the-typewriter-is-state-of-the-art-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3016\/the-national-association-of-realtors-announces-that-the-typewriter-is-state-of-the-art-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Association Of Realtors Announces That The Typewriter Is State Of The Art Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"top\" width=\"290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realestateradiousa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/peopleconfused.jpg\" alt=\"Real Estate Radio USA | National Association of Realtors Pat V. Combs\" height=\"275\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtor.org\/\">NAR<\/a> has launched a new website called <a href=\"http:\/\/realtorconfidential.org\/\">Realtor Confidential<\/a>. This site is &#8220;designed to educate our membership about technology-related topics and investigate how NAR can best use Web-based technology to communicate with members&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In this, the first season of the Realtor Confidential series, the camera crew and production team have decided to follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtor.org\/about_nar\/fullbio_combs.html\">2007 NAR President Pat V. Combs<\/a>, as she and her staff &#8220;implement new technologies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You know, people accuse us of Realtor bashing and it is just unfounded. We just bring to light the incredulity of what is fast becoming the laughing stock of trade organizations.<\/p>\n<p>When you view the video below, you may think you&#8217;re watching a skit on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/Saturday_Night_Live\/\">Saturday Night Live<\/a>, but unfortunately, you&#8217;re not.<\/p>\n<p>From the &#8220;We can&#8217;t make this stuff up&#8221; department, comes a video featuring the 2007 NAR President Pat V. Combs wherein she describes the mainstays, the must haves in technological advancement.<\/p>\n<p>Without further adieu, I give you the 2007 NAR President explaining to the world, that technology that is vital to the success of a Realtor.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6xKWJz6IIcE&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>There you have it. For all of us who did not know, it is the typewriter that no real estate agent can do without because you simply can not fill out forms in any other manner. Ummm&#8230;okay.<\/p>\n<p>So, since this video was placed out there for the world to view, just what do you think the reviews will be like?<\/p>\n<p>The former head of one of the world&#8217;s biggest trade organizations just allowed herself to be filmed telling the world that Realtors will be technologically advanced if they have a typewriter, a fax machine, a printer and a scanner&#8230;and let&#8217;s not forget about email.<\/p>\n<p>My God what would she do if she heard about <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\">Twitter<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Is writing a story on this Realtor bashing? We didn&#8217;t make this video and put it on the Internet. This was supposed to &#8220;help&#8221; agents? Much to the contrary, this has got to be really, really embarrassing for a lot of Realtors.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting with baited breath for the next informative episode! I am sure you are too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The NAR has launched a new website called Realtor Confidential. This site is &#8220;designed to educate our membership about technology-related topics and investigate how NAR can best use Web-based technology to communicate with members&#8221;. In this, the first season of the Realtor Confidential series, the camera crew and production team have decided to follow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2578,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2578\/what-will-the-nar-do-with-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":3016,"position":0},"title":"What will the NAR do with this?","author":"Jim Duncan","date":"February 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"But here is a hypothetical - What's the NAR going to do in this scenario as described at SearchEngineWatch?Adding more confusion to the case law surrounding trademark issues and search advertising, a Sixth Circuit federal court in Kentucky found that keyword advertising is a \"trademark use in commerce\" under the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Real Estate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8913,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8913\/darwin-and-the-notorious-nar\/","url_meta":{"origin":3016,"position":1},"title":"Darwin and the Notorious NAR","author":"Thomas Hall","date":"June 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the most powerful outcomes of attending an REBarcamp isn't necessarily attending the many great discussions during the day, but the great conversations and discussions which take place over a beer after the meeting is over.\u00a0 I also believe that REBC - now after experiencing yesterday's REBCCHI - is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disintermediation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":880,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/880\/community-choice-in-real-estate\/","url_meta":{"origin":3016,"position":2},"title":"Community Choice in Real Estate","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"January 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Interested\" wrote: What would be the disadvantage of listing a home with a Realtor who charges a flat fee based on services provided? 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