{"id":675,"date":"2006-11-22T23:27:56","date_gmt":"2006-11-23T06:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=675"},"modified":"2007-05-13T20:08:26","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T03:08:26","slug":"trevor-responds-and-shows-he-is-a-nice-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/675\/trevor-responds-and-shows-he-is-a-nice-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Responds and shows he is a nice guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anonymous Coward… Thank you for at least acknowledging that you are one. I have never seen the experience you are referring to take place here at JLSPCR. (I guess I am not even really clear what you are saying, in the first place though.)<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n

Russell Shaw –<\/em> 1.)Your point about making the MLS public is a great one. I will contemplate that, and rethink my philosophy.<\/em>2.)I just plain think your wrong about Redfin, and I can’t imagine that we will be coming to a meeting of the minds anytime soon. My thought is this though… I don’t think Paul Allen’s Venture Capitalist Company, Vulcan Capital, would be investing in a company that is criminal or that will be shutting their doors anytime soon. I am taking a risk by applying Redfin… the same kind of risk as people who applied at Google did in 1998.<\/p>\n

3.) Thank you for your objectivity regarding discount brokers. I think you are right about Help-U-Sell<\/p>\n

Phil –
\nThe reason my business model struggles in a traditional brokerage is because many traditional brokers are ripping agents off, becoming rich of their agents backs. The whole real estate industry needs a shake up, starting with the brokers. You can read my thoughts on this here: http:\/\/bluecollaragents.com\/wordpress\/?p=13<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/em>Phew… I think I answered most of the challenges. I think I want to take a break from blogging for a while and eat Turkey. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

1. I totally agree with Trevor with regard to his comments to Anonymous Coward – I always have far more respect for opinions when they are connected to a real name.<\/p>\n

2. I HAVE to point out that although I fully understand Trevor’s view’s regarding Paul Allen (because I once thought exactly the same way – if it was backed by Paul Allen I didn’t need to worry) the facts are that Mr. Allen has a track record of wasting HUGE<\/a> amounts of money by investing in companies that wind up closing their doors once he stops feeding them. His post-Microsoft successes <\/a>have all come from companies that were already<\/u> quite prosperous and also had existing competent management teams, Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anonymous Coward… Thank you for at least acknowledging that you are one. I have never seen the experience you are referring to take place here at JLSPCR. (I guess I am not even really clear what you are saying, in the first place though.) 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And they're coming as a VOW, which strikes me as being a potent marketing advantage, at least in the short run. And the news that might be most of interest here: BloodhoundRealty.com is coming along with them.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Flourishing"","block_context":{"text":"Flourishing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/flourishing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":654,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/654\/redfin-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":675,"position":4},"title":"Redfin Again","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"November 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Trevor Smith writes (and I respond): Your comment about Redfin is not only ignorant it is probably borderline libel. Please feel free to pass my comments and my contact information along to them. Do you even know exactly what services Redfin does or does not provide? 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