{"id":90,"date":"2006-07-15T17:17:27","date_gmt":"2006-07-16T00:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2006-07-15T17:19:58","modified_gmt":"2006-07-16T00:19:58","slug":"striking-a-blow-for-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/90\/striking-a-blow-for-principle\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking a blow for principle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kudos to Ardell DellaLogia for her condemnation of Buyer Agent Bonuses<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The mere concept that a Buyer Agent will be enticed to lead a buyer to one house over another, because of the amount of money that Buyer Agent will make when it sells, shoud be offensive to every single agent in this country<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In her response to a flame that appeared anonymously as comment to my<\/i> article, In the 21st century world of real estate, nothing says ‘roadkill’ like a dead dinosaur…<\/a> (ahem, Ardell), she courageously explains why she has chosen to eschew membership in the NAR:<\/p>\n

Does anyone really think it matters if I go over and slap my $500 or so over at the Board of Realtors on Monday to “become a REALTOR”? Does taking five minutes out of my day and $500 out of my pocket really make any difference in who I am or how I do business with my clients? I think it is more honest and ethical to be true to myself, and stay out as long as I agree with the DOJ’s position. I think it is more honest and ethical for me to stand outside the fray until our basic thinking is more in line, than to be a member who dissents from within. I’m the one who has to look at myself in the mirror in that regard, and make a personal choice. At present, this is the one I can live with.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With this single article, Ardell has joined Curtis Hall<\/a>, a 1980s pioneer of Buyer Agency, as one of my Real Estate Heroes! (Trust me… Curtis, from whom I took my ABR classes, is far more fascinating in person than his web presence expresses.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kudos to Ardell DellaLogia for her condemnation of Buyer Agent Bonuses! The mere concept that a Buyer Agent will be enticed to lead a buyer to one house over another, because of the amount of money that Buyer Agent will make when it sells, shoud be offensive to every single agent in this country In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-90","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":603,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/603\/ardell-dellaloggia-didn%e2%80%99t-write-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":90,"position":0},"title":"Ardell DellaLoggia didn’t write this!","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"November 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"She did, however, write this post on raincityguide. 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