{"id":461,"date":"2006-12-14T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-14T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2006-12-14T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-14T15:48:00","slug":"drinking-the-kool-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/14\/drinking-the-kool-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinking the Kool-Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is just too (unintentionally?) funny for me to pass up. On Tuesday, Ardell over at RCG<\/a> made a post about the online alternatives to “full service” brokers<\/a> that are available in increasing numbers to help people buy and sell houses. Here’s the part that I got a good chuckle out of (emphasis hers, as usual):<\/p>\n

Redfin, Zillow, Zip Realty, For Sale by Owner in the MLS companies, these all represent the newer \u201calternative\u201d business models… Why should \u201cTraditional Brokers\u201d HELP the Alternative Business Models to succeed?<\/b> Because WE NEED them, now more than ever, all of us. The consumer needs them. The industry needs them. We need a whole lot more flavors of Kool-Aid out there.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s right, you read it straight from the agent’s keyboard: traditional brokers, real estate websites, discount brokers, FSBO tools… they’re all just different flavors of Kool-Aid<\/a>! So drink up, consumers. Drink up!<\/p>\n

In other RCG-related news, contributor Galen Ward has finally launched his fancy real estate search site ShackPrices.com<\/a>. I have to admit, it’s got a sharp interface on top of zippy functionality and lots of nice features. I could definitely see it becoming my favorite real estate search tool.<\/p>\n

Now if only there were some real estate out there worth searching for…<\/p>\n

(Ardell DellaLoggia, Rain City Guide<\/a>, 12.12.2006<\/i>)<\/p>\n

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