doj: Is your income below $12,000? - Important update from Mark Nadel
- 08/13/07 12:49 PM
A few days ago I published a post "Is your income below $12,000 per year?" As Caleb decided not to feature it because it might weaken AR's chances to be acquired by Realtor.com in the near future (just joking Caleb - I know that you don't select featured posts - it is all done by "NAR controlled AR establishment" - OK, just joking again), I decided to post reply from Mark Nadel separately. The real reason is a reply from Mark Nadel the author of "A Critical Assessment of the Traditional Residential Real Estate Broker Commission Rate Structure" to my post. … (14 comments)
doj: Is your income below $12,000 per year?
- 08/11/07 10:02 PM
Jim Walker (look up also his Trulia Voice profile) published the following question/request on Trulia Voice earlier today: Agents! Do you know what Nadel's 4 questions are? Read his 66 page polemic to learn to defend yourselves. For those who don’t know, Mr. Nadel is an attorney/policy adviser with the federal government who published a paper on real estate commissions. Jim sees it as a must read for those who “want to understand the attempts to undermine real estate brokerage, in order to understand the rate cutters arguments, or to defend your profession”. I agree with Jim on the “must … (17 comments)
doj: GOOD and BAD about NAR: Can we fix NAR?
- 07/14/07 10:50 PM
Reading Instructions: If you are a NAR member, please take your “NAR hat” off and read this post as an individual. This post does not intend to offend anyone. Many of you feel strongly on this subject on either side of the issue and I certainly respect it. I will tell you when it is time to put your NAR hat back. Recently the he U.S. District Court in Chicago allowed the Department of Justice (DOJ) suit against NAR to proceed. The key point – DOJ alleges that NAR discriminates against brokers using non-traditional business models, “denying them the full benefits … (50 comments)
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