{"id":505,"date":"2006-10-04T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2006-10-04T18:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2006-10-04T11:22:28","modified_gmt":"2006-10-04T18:22:28","slug":"dont-shoot-the-messenger-shoot-the-editor-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/505\/dont-shoot-the-messenger-shoot-the-editor-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t shoot the messenger — shoot the editor instead . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a call from my editor at The Arizona Republic<\/i> earlier today. To be honest, I thought it was The Goodbye Look<\/a>. I’m utterly amazed that they’ve let me carry on like this for a year, and lately I’m pushing even more than my normal share of buttons.<\/p>\n

And that really was the gist of the call, not to fire me but to ask if I would mind plugging in less contentious columns between the columns in the series I have cooking right now on buyer’s agent’s commissions.<\/p>\n

The editor said he loves the content, he just wants a break from the angry Realtor phone calls!<\/p>\n

Fair enough. So I wrote a new column today on why overpriced homes won’t sell, and I’ll hit him with others later in the week. He can space them out however he likes.<\/p>\n

It’s funny, though, isn’t it? That urge to censorship — call the ADRE, call the AAR, call the editor, try to brow-beat me — is so common. God help us, I hope it’s isolated to the real estate business…
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Technorati Tags: arizona<\/a>, arizona real estate<\/a>, compensation for buyer representation<\/a>, phoenix<\/a>, phoenix real estate<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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