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You Made Us Sound Like a Worthless Bunch of Hooligans!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Grants Pass, OR 199909023

You Made Us Sound Like a Worthless Bunch of Hooligans!Shame on SmartMoney and MSN for posting an article on MSN's homepage today called "17 Real Estate Secrets Revealed - (find out what industry insiders don't want you to know)."  You Made Us Sound Like a Worthless Bunch of Hooligans! 

According to SmartMoney, Real estate agents, home inspectors, home builders, contractors, landscapers, and architects are out to cheat the consumer.  Here are just a few quotes from the SmartMoney article posted on MSN's homepage today.  You can read the article yourself, but I warn you, your blood might curdle afterwards.

 

  1. Real Estate Agent - I know zilch about zoning.
  2. Home Inspector - Your idea of a home inspection isn't necessarily mine.
  3. Home Builder - I'll build your house on a marshmallow.
  4. Contractor - My license is laughable.
  5. Landscaper - Don't expect a refund if your garden croaks.
  6. Architect - My drawings aren't really builder-ready.

Shame on you SmartMoney and MSN for posting a very unflattering picture of a large majority of hard working professionals who are trying to make a decent living by helping others realize their dreams.  You made us sound like a worthless bunch of hooligans!  So, thanks to your article, this "Hooligan" has decided to change her homepage to Google.  

Posted by

Mel Peterson

 Melinda Peterson, ABR, CRS

 Oregon Principal Broker

 Real Estate Cafe LLC

 541-659-1620

 TheOregonDream.com

 

 

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Comments (7)

Renée Donohue~Home Photography
Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI
Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

Nice!  I do know zilch about zoning because stuff is always re-zoned here.  I always share that information with buyers because I got stung by an agent here who informed me about zoning and made it sound so matter of fact.

After I read that I came back to say "uh WOW".  They took everyone down and I don't even know where to start with the objections.  If selling your house was as easy as "putting a sign in the yard and putting it on the internet" I guess everyone would do it :)

Jul 02, 2010 09:28 AM
National Security Delaware Security Systems Free
Home and Business Alarms, Camera Systems 24 Hour Monitoring - Wilmington, DE

MSN-  This is another great reason to not use Bing.  I think yahoo posts the fairest stories out there compared to all the search engines

Jul 02, 2010 10:25 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

I hate it when a major publication or web site stereotypes a whole industry because of a few bad apples. Good for you for not putting a link to the article here Melinda.

A mass boycott of MSN by all who were tarnished wouldn't be a bad thing to encourage if they are going to continue to publish drivel like the article you quote from.

Jul 02, 2010 10:43 AM
Jane Peters
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles real estate concierge services

Good catch, Melinda.  Hopefully there will be a ton of rebuttals to this.  I don't use anything but Yahoo and Google.  I also like Yahoo best.

Jul 02, 2010 12:33 PM
Christine Bohn
RE/MAX Professionals - Gainesville, FL
The Bohn Team, Gainesville FL

Sounds like the MSN article just might me "fighting words"  - I'll be curious to see if anyone has called MSN on it??

Jul 02, 2010 01:34 PM
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

You know I may change my home page to Google because of that article! We do work hard and we certainly do not need such naysayers putting out this kind of erroneous information Melinda.

Jul 02, 2010 03:47 PM
Gerry Michaels
Glasswork Media Arts - Gettysburg, PA
GettysburgGerry Social Meida

I have never had any love for MSN, I have removed Bing from my home page thanks for the heads up, now i will be following up with a well thought letter to Smartmoney, have a great 4th

Jul 02, 2010 03:54 PM