{"id":812,"date":"2006-12-28T00:47:27","date_gmt":"2006-12-28T07:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=812"},"modified":"2006-12-28T01:58:26","modified_gmt":"2006-12-28T08:58:26","slug":"consumer-federation-of-america-controlled-by-big-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/812\/consumer-federation-of-america-controlled-by-big-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Federation of America &#8211; Controlled by Big Banks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A somewhat remarkable report has been released by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerfed.org\/\">Consumer Federation of America<\/a>. I first read about it on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inman.com\/default.aspx\">Inman News<\/a> and wondered who they were. Was this just another front group (obviously bought and paid for by big banking) like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanhomeowners.org\/\">American Homeowners Grass Roots Alliance<\/a>? I also first ran across that group on Inman &#8211; Inman will almost always find any letter written by Bruce Hahn, the President of the American Homeowners Grass Roots Alliance, worth publishing. As Hahn is so obviously getting funding from some organization with pretty deep pockets, it was easy to spot him and his organization as a front for someone with an agenda they would prefer be kept hidden. I don&#8217;t actually <em>know<\/em> it is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bankofamerica.com\/index.cfm\">Bank of America <\/a>but, for sure, it is big banking that keeps Mr. Hahn&#8217;s &#8220;alliance&#8221; afloat.<\/p>\n<p>So I am expecting to find something similar when I read about the report issued a couple of weeks ago by the Consumer Federation of America. Surprise, surprise &#8211; they really <em>are<\/em> a &#8220;federation&#8221; and they really do have lots of links that have nothing to do with real estate sales being regulated by the federal government. For anyone who would like to wade through the entire report from the CFA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerfed.org\/pdfs\/Nontraditonal_Real_Estate_Brokers-Growth_and_Challenges.pdf\">here is a PDF<\/a> of it.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who would care to read excellent expert analysis of the report and the overall &#8220;flow&#8221; that is coming from the CFA &#8211; there are two articles by Blanche Evans that I think are well worth spending the time they will take to read. I read her <a href=\"http:\/\/realtytimes.com\/rtapages\/20061212_fedvow.htm\">most recent one<\/a> first, it was first published December 12. Then the one she <a href=\"http:\/\/realtytimes.com\/rtapages\/20060725_undocumentedreport.htm\">wrote on July 25<\/a> of this year.<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>I would also like to extend a warm welcome to our newest member, Brian Brady. I was surprised (and pleased) to see you on BloodhoundBlog, as I had just found you (on your blog) a couple of weeks ago and really liked what I saw. Also, I just have to commend our &#8220;Top Blogger&#8221; on BloodhoundBlog (she is the <em>first<\/em> one on the list). I vote that if any new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/812\/consumer-federation-of-america-controlled-by-big-banks\/#more-812\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A somewhat remarkable report has been released by the Consumer Federation of America. I first read about it on Inman News and wondered who they were. Was this just another front group (obviously bought and paid for by big banking) like the American Homeowners Grass Roots Alliance? I also first ran across that group on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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":[4,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-disintermediation","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2102,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2102\/bruce-hahn-writes-another-letter-to-inman-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":812,"position":0},"title":"Bruce Hahn Writes Another Letter To Inman News","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"October 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce Hahn writes another letter to Inman News. Of course it gets published, Bruce's letters always get published on Inman News. I've posted about Bruce before, in this post and in this one. It is a big secret who pays Bruce. He likes to advance the idea that it doesn't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disintermediation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bruce Hahn","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Bruce%20Hahn.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1451,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1451\/i-still-want-to-know-who-pays-you-bruce\/","url_meta":{"origin":812,"position":1},"title":"I Still Want to Know Who Pays You, Bruce","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"May 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I received the following via email and also as a comment to a post on BloodhoundBlog. It is from Bruce Hahn. Bruce claims to represent 75,000,000 people - and I think that at least 74,999,000 of those people have never even heard of him. He and his wife (along with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disintermediation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bruce Hahn","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bruce%20Hahn.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3453,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3453\/whats-the-difference-between-bloodhoundblog-unchained-and-a-trade-show-like-inman-connect-nothing-but-the-chains\/","url_meta":{"origin":812,"position":2},"title":"What&#8217;s the difference between BloodhoundBlog Unchained and a trade show like Inman Connect? 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Have you been to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1725,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1725\/inman-connect-grand-poobahthon-stinton-freedom-stinks-worse-than-banks-in-real-estate-singer-the-only-trouble-with-the-mls-is-the-mls-and-the-agents-barton-i-have-visions-of-gesticulating-green-grocer\/","url_meta":{"origin":812,"position":3},"title":"Inman Connect Grand Poobahthon: Stinton: &#8216;Freedom stinks worse than banks in real estate&#8217;; Singer: &#8216;The only trouble with the MLS is the MLS &#8212; and the agents&#8217;; Barton: &#8216;I have visions of gesticulating green-grocers, so that must be good for real estate&#8217;","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't think of any argument against oral presentations better than the stuff that comes out of the mouths of the people making them. 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