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Get Cash Back At Closing…Legally!

States shown in white indicate that rebates are allowed and states in yellow indicate states where they are not allowed. Now that we all know this, there are three quick questions that need to be asked before we go any further. (see large map blow)

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Have We Reached The End Of Discourse With Realtors?

  I wrote this post over 2 years ago. (on February 21, 2008)  I’m kicking it back to the top given the reason that things have gotten WORSE with Realtors…not better. If there is a telling sign that the real estate business model is nearing a possible demise, you need to look no further than [...]

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Don’t You Just Sometimes Want To Hide The Fact That You’re An NAR Member?

[flv:http://www.realestateradiousa.com/videos/beck.flv 300 250] 1 million plus members, many of whom do a good enough job on their own being fodder for the media, do you really need to be paying dues to an organization which continues to be the horse’s ass of trade unions?

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AgentGenius Contributors And Readers Conclude That The Conventional Real Estate Business Model Is Flawed

Over at Agentgenius there has been some discussion lately about the rumor that Buyside Realty has gone out of business. The thought that this was reality brought cheers from the AG faithful.

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Do You Consider An 11% Conversion Rate Successful?

On May 27th Coldwell Banker announced a special 10 Day Sale of nearly 1,000 homes. These homes were selected because their owners agreed to reduce prices by as much as 10%. Was this promotion successful?

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Mass Media and Real Estate Must Completely Change Their Business Models

Any reader to Transparent Real Estate will understand that I believe the media business and the real estate industry are intimately connected because marketing a home requires local, sometimes national, media exposure.

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The War Against The MLS Continues | The MLS Must Fall!

  As the real estate industry awaits the long anticipated trial pitting the Department of Justice vs. The National Association of Realtors, another Multiple Listing Service has been targeted by the DOJ.

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Irreplaceable You?

  The graveyards are full of indispensable men. -Charles De Gaulle

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Stay the same, differently

Our own dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time: what we really want is for things to stay the same but get better. -Sidney J. Harris In December of 2006 we began to see the party coming to a close. Easy mortgages, multiple offers and monster commissions began to [...]

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I Hate Realtors!…What A Marketing Slogan!!!!!!

Marketing as defined in Wikipedia: “Marketing is a societal process that is needed to discern consumers’ wants; focusing on a product/service to those wants, and to mold the consumers toward the products/services. Marketing is fundamental to any businesses growth. Essentially, marketing is the process of creating or reorganizing an organization to be successful in selling [...]

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