{"id":365,"date":"2006-09-22T09:07:40","date_gmt":"2006-09-22T16:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=365"},"modified":"2006-09-22T09:15:50","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T16:15:50","slug":"friday-morning-read-a-thon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/365\/friday-morning-read-a-thon\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday morning read-a-thon . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sellsiusrealestate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sellsius&deg; delivers 50 meaty posts in one marathon session<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sandiegohomeblog.com\/2006\/09\/22\/none-of-this-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kris Berg&#8217;s daughter discovers that moment of intense exhilaration you only know in the instant after you just might have been killed &#8212; but survived<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transparentre.com\/2006\/09\/18\/an-innovative-realtors-money-back-guarantee.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Transparent Real Estate details a Realtor&#8217;s money-back guarantee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buygilberthomes.com\/it-is-past-time-to-raise-the-bar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Thompson, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy, argues that we should raise the bar on real estate licensing<\/a>. His post is thoughtful and comprehensive, very well documented. My own take is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=228\" target=\"_blank\">we should get rid of real estate licensing laws altogether<\/a> and let anyone who chooses to work in real estate brokerage compete on reputation &#8212; and on his or her ability to obtain Errors and Omissions insurance. The Leggy Blonde is Teacher&#8217;s Pet to three movers and shakers in the Arizona Association of Realtors, and they insist that Change Is Coming. What they want is what Jay is suggesting, an apprentice-level real estate license, with the apprentice having to hit certain targets to obtain a full salesperson&#8217;s license. What we&#8217;re likely to get is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propex.com\/C_BC_agcy_desg.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Designated Agency<\/a>, which covers the broker&#8217;s behind while resolving absolutely nothing else.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nyhouses4sale.typepad.com\/ny_houses_4_sale\/2006\/09\/thought_that_i_.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christine at NY Houses 4 Sale has a detailed run-down of her favorite real estate weblogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And if there is anything I&#8217;ve missed, <a href=\"http:\/\/mocoreal.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/im-off.html\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Tarson probably caught it before he lit out of town<\/a>.<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>Sellsius&deg; delivers 50 meaty posts in one marathon session. Kris Berg&#8217;s daughter discovers that moment of intense exhilaration you only know in the instant after you just might have been killed &#8212; but survived. Transparent Real Estate details a Realtor&#8217;s money-back guarantee. Jay Thompson, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy, argues that we should raise the [&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-365","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":1518,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1518\/consumer-is-the-loser-with-real-estate-licensing-broker-argues\/","url_meta":{"origin":365,"position":0},"title":"Consumer is the loser with real estate licensing, broker argues","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 8, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"This is me in today's Arizona Republic (permanent link): \u00a0Consumer is the loser with real estate licensing, broker argues We've been talking about real estate licensing laws, admittedly an exercise in futility. Whatever arguments I might make for repeal, it remains that the Arizona Department of Real Estate is not\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":1546,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1546\/questions-answer-why-real-estate-license-laws-should-be-repealed\/","url_meta":{"origin":365,"position":1},"title":"Questions answer why real estate license laws should be repealed","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 15, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"This is me in today's Arizona Republic (permanent link). 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