Comments on: Cry-Baby Board of Realtor Associations and MLS’s Continue Desperate Rule-Making http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/ Blog About Real Estate, Salt Lake City, Technology, and Other Stuff Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Craig Davidenko http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-30710 Craig Davidenko Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:41:04 +0000 http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-30710 Denial, some people think that certain things last forever. however those people eventually learn the plain and simple truth. Many many years ago the dinosaurs roamed the earth alongside real estate brokers and agents who held the "holy grail". "The MLS book" but then came along came the world wide web. Dinosaurs extinct and brokers and agents wondering when people would notice that they in fact did not hold the "MLS" anymore. If you are an agent or broker and are in denial-WAKE UP! Denial, some people think that certain things last forever. however those people eventually learn the plain and simple truth. Many many years ago the dinosaurs roamed the earth alongside real estate brokers and agents who held the “holy grail”. “The MLS book” but then came along came the world wide web. Dinosaurs extinct and brokers and agents wondering when people would notice that they in fact did not hold the “MLS” anymore.

If you are an agent or broker and are in denial-WAKE UP!

]]> By: Stephen Rush http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-29735 Stephen Rush Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:25:24 +0000 http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-29735 Greg- I completely agree with you. Our brokerage works with NWMLS of Washington quite a bit and I believe that their philosophy is something like this.... The World revolves around them, They will return your phone calls IF they feel like it, and any problems you (the brokerage) have with data feeds will be resolved by the end of the fiscal year. Jon- Your disclaimer should be printed in bold letters on every MLS/IDX application. Greg- I completely agree with you. Our brokerage works with NWMLS of Washington quite a bit and I believe that their philosophy is something like this…. The World revolves around them, They will return your phone calls IF they feel like it, and any problems you (the brokerage) have with data feeds will be resolved by the end of the fiscal year.

Jon- Your disclaimer should be printed in bold letters on every MLS/IDX application.

]]> By: Jay Thompson http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-28855 Jay Thompson Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:15:51 +0000 http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-28855 **sigh** **sigh**

]]> By: Kris Berg http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-28825 Kris Berg Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:29:13 +0000 http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-28825 Of course the party line is that the MLS searches provided through IDX arrangements may not include the entire MLS, as brokers have the ability to opt out. I suspect the real reason for wanting to restrict the use of the term is so as not to imply that the consumer actually has access to what "we" do, thereby diminishing our value. It's a bunch of garbage, really. If we worried more about providing value beyond being a human search engine, this whole issue would go away. Conversely, the longer we publically imply that MLS access is our primary (or only) value, the sooner we will all looking for other work. How can we expect the public to value our services if we don't seem to recognize our own real value? (Rhetorical question.) Of course the party line is that the MLS searches provided through IDX arrangements may not include the entire MLS, as brokers have the ability to opt out. I suspect the real reason for wanting to restrict the use of the term is so as not to imply that the consumer actually has access to what “we” do, thereby diminishing our value. It’s a bunch of garbage, really. If we worried more about providing value beyond being a human search engine, this whole issue would go away. Conversely, the longer we publically imply that MLS access is our primary (or only) value, the sooner we will all looking for other work. How can we expect the public to value our services if we don’t seem to recognize our own real value? (Rhetorical question.)

]]> By: john harper http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-28790 john harper Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:23:07 +0000 http://blueroof.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/cry-baby-board-of-realtor-associations-continue-desperate-rule-making/#comment-28790 Greg - It should be mandatory for these idiots to publish the following disclaimer - "I am a closed-minded and small-minded individual that believes life and business should not evolve with the times." You must have gotten hammered with the storm that just moved through here??? Greg – It should be mandatory for these idiots to publish the following disclaimer – “I am a closed-minded and small-minded individual that believes life and business should not evolve with the times.”

You must have gotten hammered with the storm that just moved through here???

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