Those crazy real estate professionals

[Pndscm]

Those people over there are the most ill-tempered, misguided fruitcakes anywhere. Sorry they were so successful with their "career" during the bubble, but get over it and move on. I really can't believe I continue to waste my time reading that blog, but it's such a slow-motion train wreck I can't stop!

And I'm so sorry that Mack won't be around anymore to "educate"...

NOT!

It's hard to believe that he still thinks he going to win the interweb by shouting down anyone who doesn't agree with him. Shouts go out to Amused, Per Se and the rest who still converse rationally with that nutjob.

[The Tim]

[rose-colored-coolaid]

[The Tim]

Yeah, I realized after exchanging a few comments with him on his blog that what it really boils down to is that he hates Redfin (challenging the 6% model) and isn't too fond of me either (encouraging consumers to think instead of just swallowing realtor sales pitches), and the combination of the two just got him all riled up.

[Notorious A.R.T.]

This pretty much sums up what he doesn't like

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disintermediation

The RE industry(ie agents like Tom L) is making the same mistakes the Music industry made. You can't stop technology innovation from happening. Furthermore, the RE industry should embrace change and evolve with the times otherwise, well, you know the story.

[rose-colored-coolaid]

[cheapseats]

Ref Tom Layson; Judging by how many people responded to his blog comments, I am guessing that your nod on SB was probably the best thing for his numbers in a while...

I was also interested that it was not obvious on his site anywhere that he has any affiliation with RE.

[The Tim]

[perfectfire]

[davidlosh@davidlosh.com]

He's Tom Layson, and he came and got you.

He made a good point and followed it up with considered response. radfun is a huge corporate enterprise. You are schilling for Prudential, Coldwell Banker, or RE Max, when you start selling radfun.

Big business has wanted the radfun model for years and now it's here. Those snippets of code for searches and interactive real estate play will be bought by some one, or maybe not. It has been for sale, from what I hear for about a year and a half. They may have missed the window of opportunity.

[WestSideBilly]

[kpom]

Remember, the 6% commission to real estate agents is the backbone of our economy! No other payment in our economy really creates jobs! (Well, real estate agent jobs...)

[Lake Hills Renter]

Wow, reading the comments on that RCG post, it sounds like the old Ardell is back. She apparently doesn't give an RA about the economy or anything outside her area again.

[kpom]

RE: Ardell. Yeah, wow.

She has suddenly gone from being pretty reasonable to drinking pure, fortified, 100% real-estate KoolAid. I suspect it's personal - she probably is in big trouble if she can't sell her house at something close to asking, so the market is about to rapidly recover because it has to, from A's point of view.

One thing that explains the bitterness that a number of real estate agents are manifesting lately is that a lot of RE agents plowed all their profits during the bubble back into highly leveraged RE investments. It's not just that their incomes have gone to zero, but they suddenly find themselves feeding unsalable alligators, and are running out of resources to do so. No wonder they're cranky and think that the entire economy revolves around them.

[The Tim]