[quote=sdrealtor]
But the system in place is there because it works.
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You’re going to make that assertion in this forum? Have you lost your mind?
If the last ten years have taught us anything at all, it’s that the system is FUBAR. Saying the system “works” for anyone but the RE industry doesn’t pass the laugh test, and lately it doesn’t seem to be working very well even for the RE industry.
Not all (or even most) of the blame falls on RE agents, brokers, and their various lobbying organizations, mind you–there’s plenty of blame to go around. But don’t delude yourself into thinking you occupy some kind of anointed place and do things mere mortals can’t. People bought and sold real estate for thousands of years before the current system came along, and for most of that history the systems they used didn’t result in economic distortions that threatened to take down the entire economy.
I’m sure you’re good at what you do, but you’re part of a failed system. Get used to it. My wife feels the same way about public schools, but she goes and teaches her students the best she can under the circumstances. Both systems are likely better than they would be without people like you and her in them, but they are failed systems all the same.
[quote]As for going direct why dont you call up the contract manufacturer in China to get your next iPod. Let me know that goes.[/quote]
I expect better from you than retarded redcutio fallacies.
