Comments on: Here’s How I REALLY Feel… http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » The Day After http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-19613 Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » The Day After Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:19:38 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-19613 [...] Taking the necessary steps to make changes that benefit both consumers and the industry at large, so others have a working model to follow, is my lofty goal.  Telling everyone how I really feel is not about telling everyone how I feel.  It’s about targeting some of the ways I can improve the system, one step at a time. [...] [...] Taking the necessary steps to make changes that benefit both consumers and the industry at large, so others have a working model to follow, is my lofty goal.  Telling everyone how I really feel is not about telling everyone how I feel.  It’s about targeting some of the ways I can improve the system, one step at a time. [...]

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-13853 ARDELL Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:44:17 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-13853 In passing, I heard Hugh Grant in "About A Boy" saying, "That's the problem with helping people...you have to MEAN it." Apparently that totally ticked him off...to have to MEAN what he says. Reminded me of the agents who tried to "train" me by saying "If you think you are in this business to help people...you are in the wrong business." In passing, I heard Hugh Grant in “About A Boy” saying, “That’s the problem with helping people…you have to MEAN it.” Apparently that totally ticked him off…to have to MEAN what he says.

Reminded me of the agents who tried to “train” me by saying “If you think you are in this business to help people…you are in the wrong business.”

]]> By: Northern Virginia Real Estate Guide http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-12848 Northern Virginia Real Estate Guide Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:46:24 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-12848 <strong>About It......</strong> I have talked about It, RCG has articles about It, Jim Duncan has blogged about It and Inman has articles warning about It. What is It? The real estate AGENT bubble. Inman has another article posted this morning in...... About It……

I have talked about It, RCG has articles about It, Jim Duncan has blogged about It and Inman has articles warning about It. What is It? The real estate AGENT bubble. Inman has another article posted this morning in……

]]> By: Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Zillow vs. “average” agent http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11546 Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Zillow vs. “average” agent Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:13:30 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11546 [...] Zillow vs. “average” agent August 18, 2006 When I wrote my “Baby Takes a Bow” piece which took about 30 seconds, I knew I was opening Pandora’s Box, and would have to back up my one liners with some extensive writing on each topic outlined therein. [...] [...] Zillow vs. “average” agent August 18, 2006 When I wrote my “Baby Takes a Bow” piece which took about 30 seconds, I knew I was opening Pandora’s Box, and would have to back up my one liners with some extensive writing on each topic outlined therein. [...]

]]> By: Randy James http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11277 Randy James Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:33:19 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11277 I think you nailed it right on the head. There is a lot of inefficiency in our industry which is why Zillow and other sites are making such a large impact on our industry. RJ 4MySales.com Agent Tools I think you nailed it right on the head. There is a lot of inefficiency in our industry which is why Zillow and other sites are making such a large impact on our industry.

RJ
4MySales.com Agent Tools

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11189 ARDELL Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:40:19 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11189 Hi Alisa, nice to see ya! Actually, as much as technology has been a Godsend, in many ways, technology, generally speaking is also the culprit, to some extent. No victims...no villians, as they say. There are some very good reasons why the industry is "in the state it is in", and none of it has to do with people not caring enough. It is time to fix it, if possible, and I will post more on how we can do that this week...but "Never on a Sunday!". Hi Alisa, nice to see ya!

Actually, as much as technology has been a Godsend, in many ways, technology, generally speaking is also the culprit, to some extent.

No victims…no villians, as they say. There are some very good reasons why the industry is “in the state it is in”, and none of it has to do with people not caring enough.

It is time to fix it, if possible, and I will post more on how we can do that this week…but “Never on a Sunday!”.

]]> By: Alisa Hagner http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11186 Alisa Hagner Sun, 13 Aug 2006 14:17:23 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11186 I wish I could say that this situation was thrust upon us. But playing the role of the victim, now is....the real estate agent. But the cold reality is, that, we allowed it to happed to us. How does that speak to the public? What about those nice folks not yet in our business? Somewhere we lost our focus and our vision. How, pray tell, so we get it back? I wish I could say that this situation was thrust upon us. But playing the role of the victim, now is….the real estate agent.

But the cold reality is, that, we allowed it to happed to us.

How does that speak to the public? What about those nice folks not yet in our business?

Somewhere we lost our focus and our vision.

How, pray tell, so we get it back?

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11117 ARDELL Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:18:38 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11117 OMG, bobb0, If I am in any part responsible for what you have just said up there, then Sellsius http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/?p=1664 may have been closer than I originally thought :-) OMG, bobb0,

If I am in any part responsible for what you have just said up there, then Sellsius

http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/?p=1664

may have been closer than I originally thought :-)

]]> By: bobb0 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11111 bobb0 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:41:19 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11111 Ardell, this really hits home with so much emphasis on the CYOB aspect of our business. I now am doing what I think is right instead of worrying about being sued. Ardell, this really hits home with so much emphasis on the CYOB aspect of our business. I now am doing what I think is right instead of worrying about being sued.

]]> By: Thogek http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11103 Thogek Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:39:33 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/10/heres-how-i-really-feel/#comment-11103 BTW, there are some possibly related comments and points -- about how the real estate service industry should evolve with the advent of increasingly available information -- in an interview with Roger McNamee, managing director of Elevation Partners (which invested $100M in Move last year), at http://www.rismedia.com/index.php/article/articleview/15423/1/879/ BTW, there are some possibly related comments and points — about how the real estate service industry should evolve with the advent of increasingly available information — in an interview with Roger McNamee, managing director of Elevation Partners (which invested $100M in Move last year), at http://www.rismedia.com/index.php/article/articleview/15423/1/879/

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