Comments on: How Do You Find Real Estate Success in Disbrokeration? http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/ A Real Estate Renaissance Firm Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sean Purcell http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-106 Sean Purcell Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:27:59 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-106 Joshua, Thanks for the kudos and thanks for the head's up. I took care of it immediately. Joshua,

Thanks for the kudos and thanks for the head’s up. I took care of it immediately.

]]> By: Joshua Dorkin @ BiggerPockets http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-105 Joshua Dorkin @ BiggerPockets Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:08:16 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-105 Nice article Sean. I'm glad that Mike linked to this from his article on BiggerPockets. I wanted to let you know that a SPLOG that stole our blog's feed is listed as a trackback here on your post, and I wonder if you could remove it. (you'll see it comes from getarticlesfree.com) Note that their host has already shut down the site as they like copyright violators as little as folks like us do. I'd appreciate it if you could do that and not give them the attention they desperately want. Nice article Sean. I’m glad that Mike linked to this from his article on BiggerPockets.

I wanted to let you know that a SPLOG that stole our blog’s feed is listed as a trackback here on your post, and I wonder if you could remove it. (you’ll see it comes from getarticlesfree.com)

Note that their host has already shut down the site as they like copyright violators as little as folks like us do.

I’d appreciate it if you could do that and not give them the attention they desperately want.

]]> By: Investment Team - A Real Investment Team | Real Estate Investing for Real Blog http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-103 Investment Team - A Real Investment Team | Real Estate Investing for Real Blog Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:59:55 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-103 [...] and a little futuristic. On Bloodhound Blog, my blog, Bonzai, and several other blogs, such as, A Life That POPS, lately, there has been talk about changes in the real estate field, and one of those changes, the [...] [...] and a little futuristic. On Bloodhound Blog, my blog, Bonzai, and several other blogs, such as, A Life That POPS, lately, there has been talk about changes in the real estate field, and one of those changes, the [...]

]]> By: Sean Purcell http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-93 Sean Purcell Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-93 Rick, Great to hear from you! "No economic model survives in the long run if it allows non-productive assets to hold critical positions" I cannot agree with you more. The problem has been "the long run". As long as someone has a stranglehold on information or trade (by law or position) they can hold their position. But the greater the dissemination of information, the more "dis" the intermediaries become. :) > "...did the job descriptions just get reshuffled?" I don't think so. I think one whole layer of job just got eliminated. The broker in the current model is simply obsolete. The new form of broker (which I differentiate by calling "the named agent") has a job description so different from what we now call a broker that the two are unrecognizable standing next to each other. The latter was charged with maintaining profits and compliance. The former is charged with making rain. Rick,

Great to hear from you! “No economic model survives in the long run if it allows non-productive assets to hold critical positions”

I cannot agree with you more. The problem has been “the long run”. As long as someone has a stranglehold on information or trade (by law or position) they can hold their position. But the greater the dissemination of information, the more “dis” the intermediaries become. :)

> “…did the job descriptions just get reshuffled?” I don’t think so. I think one whole layer of job just got eliminated. The broker in the current model is simply obsolete. The new form of broker (which I differentiate by calling “the named agent”) has a job description so different from what we now call a broker that the two are unrecognizable standing next to each other. The latter was charged with maintaining profits and compliance. The former is charged with making rain.

]]> By: Rick Hagen http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-92 Rick Hagen Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:39:40 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-92 How'd we get here? I believe you hit the nail on the head Sean. Once the Brokers "retired in place," (i.e. without closing their offices) the role of the agents had to evolve in order to keep putting food on the table. I ask, did the model really change that much? Or, did the job descriptions just get reshuffled? The Brokers that are being pushed out are the same ones that allowed themselves to be marginalized. No economic model survives in the long run if it allows non-produvctive assets to hold critical positions. How’d we get here? I believe you hit the nail on the head Sean. Once the Brokers “retired in place,” (i.e. without closing their offices) the role of the agents had to evolve in order to keep putting food on the table. I ask, did the model really change that much? Or, did the job descriptions just get reshuffled? The Brokers that are being pushed out are the same ones that allowed themselves to be marginalized. No economic model survives in the long run if it allows non-produvctive assets to hold critical positions.

]]> By: The Odysseus Medal competition — Voting for the People’s Choice Award is open | BloodhoundBlog: Real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-86 The Odysseus Medal competition — Voting for the People’s Choice Award is open | BloodhoundBlog: Real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:19:18 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-86 [...] Lussier, Zillow creates the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fineSean Purcell, How Do You Find Real Estate Success in Disbrokeration?Brian Brady, Mortgage Complaint? Welcome to The World Of Consumer-Policing at Zillow MortgageBrian [...] [...] Lussier, Zillow creates the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fineSean Purcell, How Do You Find Real Estate Success in Disbrokeration?Brian Brady, Mortgage Complaint? Welcome to The World Of Consumer-Policing at Zillow MortgageBrian [...]

]]> By: Sean Purcell http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-85 Sean Purcell Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:22:32 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-85 Vance, "Looks like a mirror, to me." You say it so much better than me... and in one sentence (damn you) :) Vance,

“Looks like a mirror, to me.”

You say it so much better than me… and in one sentence (damn you) :)

]]> By: Sean Purcell http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-84 Sean Purcell Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:20:15 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-84 Teri, If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, you must blush each and every day. Teri,

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, you must blush each and every day.

]]> By: Vance Shutes http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-83 Vance Shutes Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:55:35 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-83 Sean, In this brief post, you've captured the history of RE brokerage for the last quarter century, and pointed us in the direction of the future. Looks like a mirror, to me. Sean,

In this brief post, you’ve captured the history of RE brokerage for the last quarter century, and pointed us in the direction of the future. Looks like a mirror, to me.

]]> By: Teri Lussier http://lifethatpops.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-do-you-find-real-estate-success-in-disbrokeration/#comment-82 Teri Lussier Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:30:18 +0000 http://lifethatpops.com/?p=80#comment-82 >My hat is off to you, sir. Well done. What he said... Someday Greg Swann, I'll get there ahead of you! ;-) >My hat is off to you, sir. Well done.

What he said…

Someday Greg Swann, I’ll get there ahead of you! ;-)

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