real estate professionals: Are you selling, or just bait? - 08/06/09 12:53 PM
Representing best interests does not entail catering to a client's every whim, want and desire. And sometimes the conflict between those two competing interests means refusing to work with someone. It's curious that a system like that of Real Estate, where the service provider (Realtor) and the person serviced (buyer or seller - aka "client") both want the same thing, should run into so many conflicts over how to assess value. But it happens, in some places in particular, quite often. When I show up to a listing appointment, I assume at least 50% of the time, even when the market
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real estate professionals: The value of a web site... - 09/30/06 07:59 AM
I was recently asked by one of Toronto's top real estate professionals, a person using the same web-site service and template that I use, if I was getting much business from the site. She was having her doubts about its effectiveness. I resonded that yes, I am in fact getting some business opportunities directly as a result of people finding my web page by searchin online and liking what they found. But I realized after sleeping on it for a while that to compare our experiences is as rediculous as comparing a Ford Focus to a Ferrari (and yes, I'm the Ford). For
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