I want to respect you. Really.

I want to respect your energy and enthusiasm for changing the schlock associated with transacting real estate but you are not making it easy with rot like this.

Totally agree 2 photos is pathetic.

However…….

Homeowners are the decision makers – they decide to buy

Homeowners are the decision makers – they hire a broker to help them sell

Homeowners are the decision makers – they price the home. They receive input from multiple sources and multiple brokers and make decisions.

… and they decide to stick it out in a down market for 6 months. Lotta dummies own 7 figure real estate and good for them. But they are still dummies.

Howz this:

- anybody can bring suit against anyone else and they often do. Welcome to America. Not agreeing with it. Hate it in fact. Damn Jon Edwards…

- that said, Mr. Homeowner is in foreclosure. … for whatever reason… feel bad for him and his. Truly I do. But even if was hit by a drunk and lost his job and had no "oh s#%# fund" or other provisions HE and ONLY HIS ACTIONS ought to be the focus.

- since when did brokers become responsible for other homeowners personal crisis brought about by the homeowners actions / inactions / previous decisions prior to broker entering the realm of the homeowner? When?

- "fire his ass?" Really?

… fire the broker or his manager first who reviewed this listing when it first came across one of their desks. They DID review a new 7 figure listing by their brokerage did they not?

The suggestion that "fire his ass" and "there-there don't cry mr. broker; lawsuits aren't so – have a tissue." is pure rot.

Davison, if you could rewind the tape of history your step by step would be what? You continuously suggest change, out with the old in with the zeitgeist… but you rarely fill in the vaccuum with concrete suggestion.

It happends in businesses, personal relationships, marriages. People need to be constantly reminded.

We need to be on everyday, or almost every day. If we slip a few days, days become weeks, weeks become months and next thing you know you are doing things all wrong all the time.

And Marc, you really ruffled some feathers with this one. I'm even receiving the outrage!!! Hahaha.

I thought privacy options don't allow spiders to crawl the video and let this video show up in search results.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JVw9v4rpQ6s

Here's the video.

-Ron

Cannot access the video on youtube. You need to send me a consent to view.

This story stands on it's own and is meant to be a simple slice of the whole pizza pie story that required no pepperoni topping of tips, or sausage advice for agents on how to list, market and sell a house.

There's a plethora of that content all over the web.

I hear you guys – the issues run deeper than the surface I scratched. The focus in on the one issue. The Broker. Facing his demons. His errors. His omissions. And the moment, after a panel he attended that brought it all to the surface.

But, instead of looking to me for what I would do or what tips I have, I put this out in hopes that commenters would offer up what they would do. Clearly, I don't have all the answers. No one does. But collectively, I think that's where the prize is.

But you've all given me an idea for a part two to this piece. It may not be any prettier and might generate a greater rise, but last time I checked, I think that's a good thing.

Surprising no comments on the homeowner himself. Your vignette boils down to agents bad, broker screwed, decision making homeowner ???

- a victim maybe?

I don't think anyone comes to your blog to get filled up. But I do know this, you offer much critique at how things get done currently. Much of it is a bullseye. But you really do not suggest alternative. I can say yours is the only blog I've read nearly every page and word and attachment of and, well I don't see it.

That may be your intent but why stop short?

Why don't highlight your vision for the 7 figure homeowner marketing his home? Why not spotlight further your personal agent whom you've indicated practically walks on water?