By Benn Rosales on November 14, 2009
The Infamous SIX Percent Realtor Commission
So after several years of disruption within the real estate industry, a heated bubble, and now a flaccid economy, we’re wondering if agents are actually doing less work? If it’s a fact that agents are doing less work,…
Posted in Opinions | Tagged disruption, Real Estate, Realtors, six percent, traditional
By Benn Rosales on November 2, 2009
… Says an FTC Ruling.
In a 4-0 ruling today, the FTC says Realcomp II acted to restrict consumers access to discounted listings through it’s websites, thus harming competition.
In its opinion announced today, the Commission found that “the practices at issue improperly limit…
Posted in News | Tagged Discount Brokerage, disruption, FTC, MLS
By Benn Rosales on August 9, 2009
originally published May 19, 2008
Open minded, but not distracted
In this 2.0 versus 1.0 world of disruption, confusion, chaos, I want to lead my business forward. Even though I am a great agent, I must continue to find new ways of demonstrating my…
Posted in Coaching, Realtors | Tagged 1.5 agent, 2.0, disruption, Social Media, web2.0
By Benn Rosales on August 12, 2007
This past week I wrote about NAR and how fed up many Realtors are becoming:
As technology advances it seems NAR and the Boards bicker over a way forward and I for one see no end in sight. I think if something doesn’t change in the…
Posted in News, Opinions | Tagged disruption, MLS, NAR, re.net
By Benn Rosales on June 18, 2007
A lot of Realtors around the blogosphere love to beat up on NAR. They call them out on their talking points and basically use them to bash NAR over the head. I have no problem with that, but what it leaves me to wonder is…
Posted in New Media, News, Opinions | Tagged disruption, DOJ, MLS, NAR, Reltors, Venture Capital
By Benn Rosales on May 21, 2007
Over the past seven years, we’ve watched our nation become polarized on many political levels. Liberal or Conservative, we are a nation divided, and it appears that some in Real Estate have taken a strategy directly from the political playbook of a particular party.
POLITICAL…
Posted in Marketing, News, Opinions | Tagged disruption, political, Real Estate
By Benn Rosales on May 20, 2007
Russ breaks down the law regarding Seller Privacy vs. the Connected Web as it relates to the recent dust up over RedFin employees blogging about current MLS Listings…
“Sellers and listing agents claim foul. How can someone have the right to post negative comments about…
Posted in News, Opinions | Tagged disruption, Redfin, Sweet Digs
