I recently wrote a post on my experience at a realtor.com seminar. The following is a comment that was emailed directly to me instead of entered as a comment on the post, but I decided to reprint it here. If you commented on that post, you may be interested to read the comment below where the writer calls those who are in disagreement with his point of view Dingbats among other things.
I chose not to respond to this email and hoped that some of my AR friends might respond to Wideloan for me by way of a comment on this post. I'm sure Wideloan will find them! Thank you.
Fran,
"There are two ways to have the tallest building in town. One way...is to build the tallest building in town. The other way...is to tear down all the other buildings."
I had the unfortunate opportunity to run across your blog this morning and read your gibberish about REALTOR.com, which by the way...is the official web site for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Why would you focus on the lame comments of 280 "unsuccessful" realtors that still haven't figured out that they don't have what it takes to make it in the real estate industry? Sounds like sour grapes to me. Did they expect REALTOR.com to negotiate the sales contract and close the deal...or...just provide additional exposure of their listings through the Internet? Hhhmmm...let's talk about value for a minute.
Where's the value in a dingbat realtor that makes 3% commission on a $1,000,000 property? $30,000 commission for what? To be late on appointments, to not understand a property inspection, to screw up the escrow from start to finish, to find lousy appraisers and lousy mortgage broker, etc. I'm sure you see my point now. Where is the value there? How about a flat fee of $500 for selling a house whether it's a $1M or $100K? The work is the same. The paperwork is the same. I don't see the value! Most realtors don't have a clue how to market themselves or build their business. REALTOR.com is the #1 real estate web site in the world and the most cost effective form of advertising on the market for realtors. They received over 11 million unique users this month. For most realtors...this is their best bet. Paying for calendars to hand out at a Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast is the not he best use of their advertising dollars.
Using methods from the 70's to sell homes in the high tech society of 2009 is a joke. (By the way, I have a calendar on my cell phone.) I imagine if you talked to 100,000 Mercedes owners, you would find 280 that were not happy with their vehicle and didn't see the value. The best car on the road...and yet 280 people don't see the value after owning one. Yet the other 99,720 do see the value and keep buying a Mercedes year after year. D'oh! So...in conclusion...you have no credibility and are far from being any kind of an expert in real estate based on your decision to write and promote the impressions of a small group of unsuccessful realtors as fact. The 100's of thousands of successful realtors that continue to renew their contracts with REALTOR.com year after year...you don't write about them. Interesting. Actually...silly. Just like your web site and blog.
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Sincerely,
Very Satisfied REALTOR.com Customer & Successful Realtor - Wideloan @aol.com
It is the readers right to disagree with me and comment. Name calling is a bit juvenile, however. Do you think Wideloan has an interest in realtor.com?! Duh!
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