Discount Brokerage

1. The Discount Realtor Rain Dance

By Russell Shaw on February 24, 2009 | 5 Responses

I believe that the success of a rain dance has more to do with timing than the quality of the dancing. A few short years ago the discount real estate companies were being heralded as the wave of the future. "Traditional brokerage" was all…

Posted in Discount Brokerage, Marketing, Realtors | Tagged Brokerage, Discount Brokerage | 5 Responses

Paging David Bixby …

By Jonathan Dalton on February 23, 2009 | 6 Responses

Hypocrisy …
EXTERIOR, DAY … MILD-MANNERED BRUCE BANNER’S SHIRT BEGINS TO RIP APART AS HE TURNS A GREEN HUE. EXTRAS SCRAMBLE FOR COVER …
“That does not mean, however, that we should avoid having the conversation just because there are those who would take…

Posted in Discount Brokerage, Realtors | 6 Responses

Brad Inman and Realtor Commissions

By Russell Shaw on February 23, 2009 | 4 Responses

Daniel Rothamel, Inman Community Manager responds to my post.
I can’t ever think of a time that Brad, personally, or the Inman organization, have ever taken the position that real estate professionals are overcompensated.

I can.
In fact, if there is anyone in the…

Posted in Discount Brokerage, Realtors | Tagged Brokerage, commission | 4 Responses

Thrive – Survive – Thrive

By Russell Shaw on May 18, 2008 | 26 Responses

Pushing the River
It is sometimes amazing how it lightens one’s load to find out that you weren’t alone in having a particular problem. The downside of course is if one is seeking agreement on having that problem the people they find in agreement…

Posted in Discount Brokerage, Real Estate, Realtors | Tagged Discount Brokerage | 26 Responses

Commission justification?

By Ines Hegedus-Garcia on March 21, 2008 | 54 Responses

There’s a post on Active Rain right now that is getting bombarded by the people at housing panic. The post is about an agent that will not cut her commission and the comments are worth taking a look.

When we blog, our goal is…

Posted in Discount Brokerage, Real Estate | Tagged real estate commissions, real estate reputation | 54 Responses

Watching The Real Estate Revolution is Like Watching Grass Grow

By Benn Rosales on August 8, 2007 | 5 Responses

… watching real estate vc vultures fight over scraps is where the action reallyis, oh, and let’s not forget the subprime mini-series.
In my opinion it all started with HGTV, TLC, and others that brought about shows like Property Ladder and others where do it yourselfers…

Posted in Discount Brokerage, Public Relations, Real Estate, Realtors | Tagged Tech | 5 Responses