{"id":656,"date":"2006-11-19T02:03:43","date_gmt":"2006-11-19T09:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=656"},"modified":"2006-11-19T08:01:49","modified_gmt":"2006-11-19T15:01:49","slug":"more-endless-agency-via-the-smack-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/656\/more-endless-agency-via-the-smack-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual Agency Smack-Down: More endless agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, as much as Jeff and I genuinely like Greg and appreciate his having us here in his cyber home – he is simply wrong-headed about all this agency stuff.<\/p>\n

I don’t believe that Jeff is an angel and I know<\/em> I’m not. But single agency is not a viable business model. Period. A viable business model is one that would allow for unfettered growth (as long as it was filling a need to the consumer) and single agency is not possible if a company grows.<\/p>\n

I remember having an attorney for my client (he was a home seller) and when gave him the “Consent to Dual Agency” form to sign he handed it back and said he would not sign it. I asked him if he wanted his home sold for the highest price in the least amount of time. He answered “yes” that he did. I then asked him if he would like me to refuse to show his home to any of the hundreds of past clients of mine who might want to buy a house like his and if he would also like me to put in the MLS comments that NO JOHN HALL AGENT MAY SHOW OR WRITE AN OFFER ON THIS LISTING?<\/p>\n

As he was a lawyer and did understand exactly why I asked him those questions he took the form from my hand and signed it.<\/p>\n

There are about 925 agents with John Hall & Associates. It would be quite stupid to preclude them from showing a listing so the seller (and buyer) gets the “benefit” of single agency. What drug do Realtors take (and the lawyers and judges) that makes them even think that THEY control what the buyer or seller are going to do?<\/p>\n

The argument I just love is the price issue. Go ahead and make all the low-ball offers you want. “Help” your buyer by writing loads of them. Try it on one of my listings and see how much it “helps” your buyer. I find that most buyers and sellers have a pretty good (and firm) idea of what they will pay for a Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, as much as Jeff and I genuinely like Greg and appreciate his having us here in his cyber home – he is simply wrong-headed about all this agency stuff. I don’t believe that Jeff is an angel and I know I’m not. But single agency is not a viable business model. Period. 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