{"id":611,"date":"2006-11-07T09:24:09","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T16:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=611"},"modified":"2006-11-07T09:24:43","modified_gmt":"2006-11-07T16:24:43","slug":"election-day-links-the-essence-of-liberty-now-is-out-running-those-who-would-enslave-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/611\/election-day-links-the-essence-of-liberty-now-is-out-running-those-who-would-enslave-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day Links: The essence of liberty, now, is out-running those who would enslave us . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I know a lot of people who don’t vote. Not because they’re lazy, but because they’re philosophically opposed to the whole business. For my own part, I vote for just about the same reason I go to Mass, and about as often. Since 1848 or so, the main objective of government seems to me to have been universal penury. But as huge a drag as the state has been on wealth creation, it is failing nevertheless. By the quality of our ideas do we “out-run” those who would enslave us. This is hardly ideal — there is no justice to being a slave, and there is no justice to living as a fugitive from slavery. Even so, I could make a Dawkins-like argument that eluding the pandemic wealth-destruction of government is an evolutionary goad<\/a> — “How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?”<\/a> In any case, here is my celebration of some ideas that caught my eye today:<\/p>\n

Phil Hoover from Boise Real Estate Blog is one up on all your shaggy-dog stories<\/a>. Phil (blogrolled) had a great take on “Real Estate’s Broken Business Model”<\/a> that I had noted but failed to mention when it appeared.<\/p>\n

Christine Forgione at NY Houses 4 Sale tells an inspiring story with a $66 million happy ending<\/a>. (Also blogrolled — boneheaded oversight; I live out of my feed reader.)<\/p>\n

Lee Ovington, the Illinois-based appraiser from Valuation 411 tell us what he likes about Eppraisal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kevin Boer at Three Oceans Real Estate argues that Realtors will never be disintermediated<\/a>, but Pat Kitano at TransparentRE.com offers some possible caveats<\/a>. Here’s a thought: The $99 divorce. It only works where the split is unclouded by children or property. But imagine a $999 FSBO package: The usual MLS-only marketing package with a buy-back guarantee for the buyer. Quoting me<\/a>:<\/p>\n

From the buyer’s point of view, the buyer’s agent’s compensation can be thought of as a risk premium. An important benefit the agent brings to the transaction is a reduction in the risks the buyer takes on in purchasing a home. There is certainly a value to this, but that value Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know a lot of people who don’t vote. Not because they’re lazy, but because they’re philosophically opposed to the whole business. For my own part, I vote for just about the same reason I go to Mass, and about as often. 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