Comments on: NATIONAL MLS PART DEUX

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By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:00:20 +0000

Brendan, I just came across your blog and think it’s great! I totally agree with you on Zillow. And, also with Keven’s comment. Keep the good information flowing.

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By: Brendan King

Brendan King — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:31:04 +0000

Thanks guys for the comments. Kevin I agree with you (so far) on Zillow. Ducan, I have heard so many stats on FSBOs I would be crazy to comment. That number is really a moving target; it depends on what, where and how you are measuring.

By: Duncan Fremlin

Duncan Fremlin — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:00:04 +0000

Brendan: I just returned from Inman and unfortunately, I didn’t have the opportunity to meet you. I’m sitting here checking out blogs that I learned about and yours is terrific.

I’m new to blogging so I attended the conference to learn more about it, and that I did. I wrote yesterday (and I will expand on this in the days to come) that I came home with a new appreciation for the MLS we have here in Toronto. I had no idea that you had to fight so hard for your commissions and your leads. I’ve been selling for 19 years and only once have I had to share my commission with a lead gererating company. I sometimes have to pay out referral fees to relocation companies and other Re/Max agents across the continent but thats about it.
That’s not to say that we don’t have to work hard to protect what we have but our business doesn’t seem to be in jeopardy like it is in the U.S.
I heard at the conference that 17% of the sales are FSBO’s. Is that correct? I don’t know what it is here but they’re very rare.

By: Kevin Boer

Kevin Boer — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:55:00 +0000

Brendan, glad to have met you at Inman, and glad also to have been introduced to your blog. This post is lengthy & meaty & provides much food for thought.

A comment on Zillow — As I see it, they have no intention of becoming, or even trying to become, a “national MLS.” They are, quite simply, an Internet media company (a la Yahoo and Google) that focuses on the real estate vertical. As a media company, their first season’s shows included “Zestimate” and “Modify your home’s listings.”

By: Norm Fisher

Norm Fisher — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:40:56 +0000

Brendan, great post. I can’t find a single point I would argue with. “Organized real estate” is terribly disorganized right now and having the kind of control you propose would be a welcome change for me.

Jim, I think you must have meant to say “REALTOR®”

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:31:12 +0000

Personally, I feel the world is constantly changing and evolving. Heck, when I started in real estate 13 years ago, we had NO Internet for listings, MLS or no MLS. We had a bi-monthly printed book, like the phone book. Many ‘old thinking’ Realtors (won’t get into the prior argument over the term realtor) fought against the change to the Internet. They have since retired, or at least 60% or so. The rest have found as I do, what a blessing, having the net to share the info, the pics, the tours, with the world. Are we still needed? As never before. Our value is not is keeping the info to ourselves. Our value is getting the client from point A to point B in the best possible way for them with the least possible trauma. Does our experience come into play? You betcha! That’s why we are essential. That’s why I have no fear of the future growth spurred on by the net. Let’s embrace this, I gave up the phone book years ago.

By: Point 2 Launches the “NLS” at The Phoenix Real Estate Guy

Point 2 Launches the “NLS” at The Phoenix Real Estate Guy — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:15:00 +0000

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By: Brendan King

Brendan King — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:28:38 +0000

Thanks Jim,

You are exactly right. I was hoping that it would be clear that I understand that (which I do) by the rest of my post. The example you use is apropos. Many people interchangeable use coke, cola, and coca cola. Another example is Kleenex – which is clearly a brand of tissue and not the tissue itself. Have you ever said, “pass me a Kleenex” ? In case you haven’t made that mistake let me give you a few more examples. Band-aids are really plastic bandages, Jell-O is gelatin dessert, Q-Tips are cotton swabs, Scotch Tape is cellophane tape, Styrofoam is plastic foam, Vaseline is petroleum jelly, Velcro is a hook and loop fastener, Walkman is a portable cassette player with headphones and finally Xerox is a photocopier! I know it is not right, but it happens.

For me it is Realtor and real estate professional. I likely do it simply because typing real estate professional is so much longer. I know it is wrong but this is blog and I outright stated that I know it is wrong. Please forgive me. 