{"id":3818,"date":"2008-08-08T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T22:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3818"},"modified":"2008-08-08T15:17:28","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T22:17:28","slug":"friday-afternoon-fun-can-anyone-tell-me-what-the-hell-this-bowl-of-tossed-jargon-salad-says-if-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3818\/friday-afternoon-fun-can-anyone-tell-me-what-the-hell-this-bowl-of-tossed-jargon-salad-says-if-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Afternoon Fun: Can anyone tell me what the hell this bowl of tossed jargon-salad says — if anything?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This came in my spam this morning<\/a>, and I gave it nine seconds of my full attention: Babbling jargon-filled nonsense, probably with a well-hidden chokepoint to spill coins into the author’s pockets.<\/p>\n

That was my instant take, but the truth is I don’t actually know what it says. To the extent that I actually tried<\/em> to read it, it was too painful for me to pursue.<\/p>\n

It could be you have more patience than me. If so, you might take a stab at figuring out what it says. It doesn’t actually matter, since the meatballs atop this sticky bowl of word spaghetti are the same ones who brought us Realtor.com and all the other big-hit NAR disasters. If anyone actually believes these wheezing antiques can outrun the VC-funded Web 2.0 world, I have a few dollars I might be willing to wager. The NAR will solve every problem it confronts by force of arms, as always.<\/p>\n

But: That doesn’t mean you can’t have some Friday Afternoon Fun trying to parse the mangled prose that makes up this proposal. Plus which, I’m inclined to be very generous if you should unearth the chokepoint.<\/p>\n

Note that this deeply heartfelt manifesto<\/a> appears on a page full of advertising. Classy… Inman “News” dipped its pen in this spittoon, of course<\/a>, but that’s such an obvious outcome it’s not even worth making jokes about… Oh, fine. Here’s one, just because it’s Friday:<\/p>\n

Q: What do you need to get fawning, uncritical attention for your press release from Inman News?<\/p>\n

A: A press release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read carefully and I expect you will discover how the NAR hopes to rape agents and consumers over the next decade. But remember this as you read: Divorce the commissions<\/a> and every bit of this nonsense goes away, as it should.
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Technorati Tags: disintermediation<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a>, technology<\/a><\/p>\n

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