realtor: What can the NAR do for you? This is your chance to tell them and know they'll hear it. - 01/25/09 02:25 PM
Next week I will be speaking to the NAR Strategic Planning Committee in Washington DC.  The committee consists of all of the NAR top brass and other influential leaders.  I am putting together my presentation this weekend and I want to reach out to our membership to see what types of … (114 comments)

realtor: NAR: It's time to make a move on Move - 08/01/08 07:12 AM
History of REALTOR.com (Excerpted from Realtor.org website)"In November 1996, the Board of Directors of the National Association of REALTORS® approved an agreement between the REALTORS® Information Network (RIN)—NAR’s wholly-owned subsidiary--and RealSelect, Inc. to take over the operations of NAR’s official Internet site, REALTOR.com. At the time, many business models were considered … (99 comments)

realtor: NAR Mission: To be the gatekeepers of listings, and protectors of commissions.* - 02/28/08 01:15 PM
Recently I stumbled upon a group of user reviews for Redfin.com. What was most interesting about the reviews was not the opinions expressed of Redfin, but of traditional real estate agents.
Here are a few of the choice comments:
"For me a real estate agent is like one of those disposable plastic … (32 comments)

realtor: "This is the best market in years..." NAR 2008 TV ad. - 02/28/08 11:55 AM
And we wonder why we have a public perception problem?
I came across a 2008 National Association of Realtors TV ad today and felt a little dirty after watching it. To say it did more damage than good is an understatement.
Consumers are not stupid. In fact they are quite smart. They can … (124 comments)

realtor: The ORIGINAL RealtorĀ® value proposition - 01/11/07 04:52 AM
Disintermediation has become a heated topic among real estate agents in the past few years. For some/many, disintermediation is synonymous with the apocalypse experienced by the travel industry. Seemingly almost overnight, travel agents across the nation and the globe saw their livelihood dwindle to embers in a field that had seemed … (40 comments)

 
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