{"id":570,"date":"2006-10-25T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T22:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2006-10-25T15:55:12","modified_gmt":"2006-10-25T22:55:12","slug":"starving-realtors-want-to-know-how-do-you-charge-a-premium-price-for-a-commodity-that-is-not-in-short-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/570\/starving-realtors-want-to-know-how-do-you-charge-a-premium-price-for-a-commodity-that-is-not-in-short-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Starving Realtors want to know: How do you charge a premium price for a commodity that is not in short supply?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love it! Inman Blog<\/a> cites an amazing open letter from the Minnesota Association of Realtors to its membership<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The gist: Real estate brokers are retards but it’s not their fault!<\/p>\n

Wait, that’s not right. What it says is, if you’re not making money as a Realtor, you should probably quit now, because your broker won’t sever you, even though, by not severing you, he is hurting his business and the real estate industry as a whole.<\/p>\n

What it really says is this: The real estate brokerage safe harbor exclusion to the federal income tax withholding laws makes real estate brokers behave<\/i> like retards, only this time they can’t seem to grow another foot to shoot themselves in.<\/p>\n

Too frolicking bad for them, huh?<\/p>\n

Here’s an interesting question: How do you charge a premium price for a commodity that is not in short supply? The DeBeers diamond cartel<\/i> has an answer. The National Association of Realtors does not…
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Technorati Tags: blogging<\/a>, compensation for buyer representation<\/a>, disintermediation<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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I love it! Inman Blog cites an amazing open letter from the Minnesota Association of Realtors to its membership. The gist: Real estate brokers are retards but it’s not their fault! Wait, that’s not right. 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