http://soundbiteblog.com/2008/04/12/choosing-your-real-estate-agent-one-size-doesnt-fit-all/ Bite Me! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:38:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://soundbiteblog.com/2008/04/12/choosing-your-real-estate-agent-one-size-doesnt-fit-all/#comment-11518 » Choosing Your Real Estate Agent: “One Size doesn’t fit All” Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:09:04 +0000 http://soundbiteblog.com/2008/04/12/choosing-your-real-estate-agent-one-size-doesnt-fit-all/#comment-11518 [...] Rich Jacobson once again delivers unbelievable content. Choosing Your Real Estate Agent: â [...] [...] Rich Jacobson once again delivers unbelievable content. Choosing Your Real Estate Agent: â [...]

]]> http://soundbiteblog.com/2008/04/12/choosing-your-real-estate-agent-one-size-doesnt-fit-all/#comment-11517 Manny Camacho Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:19:13 +0000 http://soundbiteblog.com/2008/04/12/choosing-your-real-estate-agent-one-size-doesnt-fit-all/#comment-11517 ‘One Size’ doesn’t fit All'. Quite true. Because of the stiff competition, almost all real estate agents were brain-washed by their brokers that they're the "MERLIN of the trade". If you know what I mean. Keep up your blogs, Companero... ‘One Size’ doesn’t fit All’. Quite true. Because of the stiff competition, almost all real estate agents were brain-washed by their brokers that they’re the “MERLIN of the trade”. If you know what I mean. Keep up your blogs, Companero…

]]> http://soundbiteblog.com/2008/04/12/choosing-your-real-estate-agent-one-size-doesnt-fit-all/#comment-11516 Matt Thomson Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:54:54 +0000 http://soundbiteblog.com/2008/04/12/choosing-your-real-estate-agent-one-size-doesnt-fit-all/#comment-11516 We've been having this very discussion on the Tacoma News Tribune's real estate blog. A new discount brokerage is touting itself as the new wave of real estate, change is coming, real estate as we know it is over...blah, blah blah. Myself and a few other agents have attempted to congratulate him on his new model, asserting that there is indeed room in this industry for multiple models of business, and have been met with nothing but dissention in return. According to him, one size does fit all, and he has found the size. Your notion of interviewing the potential client as well is nearly verbatum from Gary Keller's training books. Agents and buyers/sellers alike have to be willing to cordially part ways if they're not a good fit. We’ve been having this very discussion on the Tacoma News Tribune’s real estate blog. A new discount brokerage is touting itself as the new wave of real estate, change is coming, real estate as we know it is over…blah, blah blah.
Myself and a few other agents have attempted to congratulate him on his new model, asserting that there is indeed room in this industry for multiple models of business, and have been met with nothing but dissention in return. According to him, one size does fit all, and he has found the size.
Your notion of interviewing the potential client as well is nearly verbatum from Gary Keller’s training books. Agents and buyers/sellers alike have to be willing to cordially part ways if they’re not a good fit.

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