https://realestatetomato.com/agents-handcuffed/ Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:47:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://realestatetomato.com/agents-handcuffed/#comment-21 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:47:55 +0000 http://realestatetomato.com/2006/08/21/agents-handcuffed/#comment-21 Our association just completed a portal that will display all our MLS listings.
http://www.viewhomes.com/
We own it and we control it to be used strictly for teh benefit of our membership.
There are also lots of film clips of local interest items that can be linked to member or broker websites; no cost to them.

]]> https://realestatetomato.com/agents-handcuffed/#comment-20 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:57:14 +0000 http://realestatetomato.com/2006/08/21/agents-handcuffed/#comment-20 Looks to me like the MLS Book is making a comeback! I’d sure hate to be an agent for that brokerage. Could you imagine going out on a listing presentation… Hi, I’m Ron and you need to list with me because…our marketing program??….our company??….we’ll maximize your exposure by??….I GOT IT!!! OUR BROKER DOES BUSINESS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, LITERALLY. Now let me just slide some carbon paper in between these pieces of paper and we’re ready to sign the contract.
Talk about being thrown into the lion’s den.

]]> https://realestatetomato.com/agents-handcuffed/#comment-19 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:04:13 +0000 http://realestatetomato.com/2006/08/21/agents-handcuffed/#comment-19 Oh dear God. “Agents Handcuffed” is an understatement.
“Agents Throat’s Slit” might be more appropriate.
Were my broker to demand this insanity, I’d find a new broker. Like by noon.
Every single one of these 1,000 agents needs to give this agency the one-finger salute and just walk, no run, away.
My broker shakes his head sometimes at what I put on PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com, and he tells me I offer too much information on ThompsonsRealty.com. But at the same time he comes to me and says, “Please put all the office listings on your web site”. He’s no dummy. A little “old school” at times, but at least he has a basic comprehension on what needs to be done to succeed in today’s on-line world.
These dolts (and I *will* find out who they are!) are hopelessly stuck in the dark ages!

]]> https://realestatetomato.com/agents-handcuffed/#comment-18 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:03:31 +0000 http://realestatetomato.com/2006/08/21/agents-handcuffed/#comment-18 This is why I could never work for a large broker. In fact I’ll become a broker if my broker ever tried anything like this.

]]> https://realestatetomato.com/agents-handcuffed/#comment-22 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:21:40 +0000 http://realestatetomato.com/2006/08/21/agents-handcuffed/#comment-22 Want innovation in real estate? Get rid of the Brokers . . .
The trouble with cops is that they make you feel safe when youre not. Instead of attending to your own security on your own dime, you expect Officer Vengeance to swoop in and save you, like Batman with a beer-belly. Never happens, but we never s…

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