{"id":5604,"date":"2008-11-14T13:36:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T20:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=5604"},"modified":"2008-11-14T13:36:52","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T20:36:52","slug":"nar-responds-to-fsbogate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5604\/nar-responds-to-fsbogate\/","title":{"rendered":"NAR Responds to FSBOGate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a friend\/partner you trust, but verify.&nbsp; Since Realtor.com is not seen around here as a friend, many of you adopted a new slogan: Don&#8217;t trust and don&#8217;t verify.&nbsp; I make it a rule to never believe anything that doesn&#8217;t seem to make sense.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><strong>The NAR\/R.com response&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>NAR, REALTOR.com Set Record Straight on Erroneous FSBO Claims<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A press release issued on Wed., Nov. 12, by ForSaleByOwner.com contained inaccuracies and misleading statements about its ability to place unlisted for-sale-by-owner information on REALTOR.com, the official Web site of the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae operated by Move Inc. NAR and REALTOR.com are setting the record straight with the following clarifications:  <\/p>\n<p>1) The settlement agreement between NAR and the U.S. Department of Justice made no provision to allow unlisted properties, such as &#8220;for-sale-by-owner,&#8221; to be posted on REALTOR.com.  <\/p>\n<p>2) ForSaleByOwner.com does not in any way enable home sellers to advertise their home on REALTOR.com without broker representation; every property on REALTOR.com must be listed by a licensed real estate broker.  <\/p>\n<p>3) REALTOR.com has not authorized ForSaleByOwner.com to resell REALTOR.com&#8217;s Showcase Listings Enhancement package.  <\/p>\n<p>4) There is no relationship between ForSaleByOwner.com and REALTOR.com.  <\/p>\n<p>5) There are no unrepresented homes on REALTOR.com. Every property on REALTOR.com must be listed by a licensed real estate broker, and unrepresented properties would not qualify to be submitted to a REALTOR\u00ae-owned and operated MLS.  <\/p>\n<p>REALTOR.com\u00ae has asked ForSaleByOwner.com to issue a retraction. ForSaleByOwner.com did not discuss in advance the statements in its press release with REALTOR.com\u00ae nor did it request or receive permission to use the REALTOR.com\u00ae name in its press release. For more information contact <a href=\"mailto:salvant@realtors.org\">Lucien Salvant<\/a> 202\/383-1176. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a friend\/partner you trust, but verify.&nbsp; Since Realtor.com is not seen around here as a friend, many of you adopted a new slogan: Don&#8217;t trust and don&#8217;t verify.&nbsp; I make it a rule to never believe anything that doesn&#8217;t seem to make sense.&nbsp; The NAR\/R.com response&#8230; NAR, REALTOR.com Set Record Straight on Erroneous FSBO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"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":[251,30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-big-mother","7":"category-supplanting-the-nar","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5581,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5581\/realtorcom-features-fsbo-listings-the-excrement-hits-the-oscillating-rotary-blades\/","url_meta":{"origin":5604,"position":0},"title":"REALTOR.com features FSBO listings- The Excrement hits the Oscillating Rotary Blades","author":"Eric Blackwell","date":"November 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Hat Tip to Jay Thompson OK, here's the Press Release UPDATE: According to Mr. Brunner CEO of Virginia Association of REALTORS, he has talked with the general counsel of NAR and there is NO relationship between ForSaleByOwner.com and REALTOR.com. Ms Janick apparently as well told him that there are NO\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":3088,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3088\/updates-from-the-ivory-tower\/","url_meta":{"origin":5604,"position":1},"title":"Updates From the Ivory Tower","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"May 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This week all the elected and paid leaders of the REALTOR\u00ae organization will be headed to Washington DC for organizational meetings and visits with Congress.\u00a0 For all of you NAR malcontents, this would be a perfect time to carry out the hostile take-over of your local and state association of\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":"White House","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.space-rockets.com\/photo\/congress.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16150,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16150\/the-inman-two-step-errol-samuelson-has-an-opportunity-to-get-it-right\/","url_meta":{"origin":5604,"position":2},"title":"The Inman Two Step &#8211; Errol Samuelson has an opportunity to get it right&#8230;","author":"Eric Blackwell","date":"August 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Warning - long post ahead. 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After 10 minutes, I had 100 of the latest Indianapolis properties listed for sale posted to my website and indexable by google.\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":8358,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8358\/nar-idx-fubar-rules\/","url_meta":{"origin":5604,"position":4},"title":"NAR + IDX = FUBAR Rules","author":"John Rowles","date":"May 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to Ryan's earlier post, I have spent the morning digging into the NAR's attempt to label the Google Search Engine a \"scraper\". Clearly, the intent is to stifle Realtor.com's competition. 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