{"id":3359,"date":"2008-07-14T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2008-07-14T10:40:04","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T17:40:04","slug":"jay-thompson-in-us-news-world-report-do-you-need-an-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3359\/jay-thompson-in-us-news-world-report-do-you-need-an-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Thompson in <em>U.S. News &#38; World Report:<\/em> &#8220;Do You Need an Agent?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this market the answer to that ponderous question would seem to be, &#8220;Are you out of your frolicking mind?!&#8221; But <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/blogs\/the-home-front\/2008\/07\/14\/housing-rumble-do-you-need-an-agent-day-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">intrepid real estate weblogger Jay Thompson takes on the question in <em>U.S. News &#38; World Report<\/em><\/a> in an iterative debate starting today.<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\/disintermediation\" rel=\"tag\">disintermediation<\/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>In this market the answer to that ponderous question would seem to be, &#8220;Are you out of your frolicking mind?!&#8221; But intrepid real estate weblogger Jay Thompson takes on the question in U.S. News &#38; World Report in an iterative debate starting today. 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