{"id":8499,"date":"2009-05-18T12:24:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T19:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=8499"},"modified":"2009-05-18T12:24:12","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T19:24:12","slug":"taking-a-page-out-of-realtorcoms-absurd-playbook-craigs-list-offers-free-showcase-listing-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8499\/taking-a-page-out-of-realtorcoms-absurd-playbook-craigs-list-offers-free-showcase-listing-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking A Page Out of Realtor.Com’s Absurd Playbook, Craig’s List Offers FREE Showcase Listing Package!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I generally don’t get involved in causes. I don’t vote. I try not to step on toes. I truly think doing something trippy drippy nuts absurd is a more productive use of time then taking a real side or a position on anything. <\/p>\n

But this MIBOR\/NAR deal really has me going. I can no longer summon up that blissful apathy. And I’ve been scheming ways to get involved, to somehow help this situation along, basically getting senselessly fired up over something I can’t control…then came Greg’s last post. <\/p>\n

From Greg\u2019s last post<\/p>\n

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If you despise the NAR because it is technologically inept, you\u2019re hating it for the wrong reasons. The right reason to detest the NAR, and to seek its extinction, is because it makes war upon the free market in order to expropriate unearned wealth for brokers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I\u2019ve been feeling superficially pissed that the retechulously inept are making decisions that require some bit of tech-tidude. But really, this is about my right to innovate; to hack up what the competition is doing; to market freely in any ways I see fit just so long as nobody gets hurt in the process. After all, what\u2019s going on with situations like Paula Henry\u2019s is that they\u2019re messing with what many of us (arguably the best of us) consider to be the best part about being a real estate agent\u2014The fact that we\u2019re truly independent business people with the right to roll as we see fit just so long as we abide by the code of ethics, some local regulations, and general golden rule style decency. <\/p>\n

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So how the frak does displaying property listing data, no matter what the source, become an issue for anyone other than the owner of the gosh darn property and the person they hire to complete the task? Answer: It doesn\u2019t. It shouldn’t. Way to waste those NAR dues on something productive…  This whole thing really is totally and completely absurd!<\/p>\n

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So, what\u2019s a guy to do? <\/p>\n

Well, if as Greg says, \u201cwe can obviate the NAR by supplanting it\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n

Then…<\/p>\n

I hereby pledge to replace Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I generally don’t get involved in causes. I don’t vote. I try not to step on toes. I truly think doing something trippy drippy nuts absurd is a more productive use of time then taking a real side or a position on anything. But this MIBOR\/NAR deal really has me going. 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