The cult of professional specialists

[sdduuuude]

[quote=njtosd]

sdduuuude – I think someone needs to adjust your medication.[/quote]

I can add my own rum, thanks.

[drboom]

Lotta ground to cover here. I understand and agree with your points about the idiot consumers out there, possibly because I am also a code monkey.

I want to do the job because I want it done right, and I won’t know exactly what I want until I’ve done my homework. I can’t delegate it and get the result I want. As far as negotiation, I’ll take my chances since I have the experience and skill to do it.

[quote=sdduuuude]
You would be wise to acknowledge the value that good agents bring to the table – not necessarily for you, but for the population in general – not the least of which is removing a remarkable number of buyers and sellers out of the process who would otherwise be impossible to do business with.[/quote]

I have repeatedly acknowledged the value that my agent brought to my deal.

[drboom]

Lotta ground to cover here. I understand and agree with your points about the idiot consumers out there, possibly because I am also a code monkey.

I want to do the job because I want it done right, and I won’t know exactly what I want until I’ve done my homework. I can’t delegate it and get the result I want. As far as negotiation, I’ll take my chances since I have the experience and skill to do it.

[quote=sdduuuude]
You would be wise to acknowledge the value that good agents bring to the table – not necessarily for you, but for the population in general – not the least of which is removing a remarkable number of buyers and sellers out of the process who would otherwise be impossible to do business with.[/quote]

I have repeatedly acknowledged the value that my agent brought to my deal.

[drboom]

Lotta ground to cover here. I understand and agree with your points about the idiot consumers out there, possibly because I am also a code monkey.

I want to do the job because I want it done right, and I won’t know exactly what I want until I’ve done my homework. I can’t delegate it and get the result I want. As far as negotiation, I’ll take my chances since I have the experience and skill to do it.

[quote=sdduuuude]
You would be wise to acknowledge the value that good agents bring to the table – not necessarily for you, but for the population in general – not the least of which is removing a remarkable number of buyers and sellers out of the process who would otherwise be impossible to do business with.[/quote]

I have repeatedly acknowledged the value that my agent brought to my deal.

[drboom]

Lotta ground to cover here. I understand and agree with your points about the idiot consumers out there, possibly because I am also a code monkey.

I want to do the job because I want it done right, and I won’t know exactly what I want until I’ve done my homework. I can’t delegate it and get the result I want. As far as negotiation, I’ll take my chances since I have the experience and skill to do it.

[quote=sdduuuude]
You would be wise to acknowledge the value that good agents bring to the table – not necessarily for you, but for the population in general – not the least of which is removing a remarkable number of buyers and sellers out of the process who would otherwise be impossible to do business with.[/quote]

I have repeatedly acknowledged the value that my agent brought to my deal.

[drboom]

Lotta ground to cover here. I understand and agree with your points about the idiot consumers out there, possibly because I am also a code monkey.

I want to do the job because I want it done right, and I won’t know exactly what I want until I’ve done my homework. I can’t delegate it and get the result I want. As far as negotiation, I’ll take my chances since I have the experience and skill to do it.

[quote=sdduuuude]
You would be wise to acknowledge the value that good agents bring to the table – not necessarily for you, but for the population in general – not the least of which is removing a remarkable number of buyers and sellers out of the process who would otherwise be impossible to do business with.[/quote]

I have repeatedly acknowledged the value that my agent brought to my deal.

[urbanrealtor]

DB:
Again, we are just repeating ourselves.
The California Bar is was described as acting like a union in a 1981 lawsuit ruling in 1989. So while there are 20 and 30 year old complaints, that does not make it something other than a government body (and the justices actually just said they had to act like it–not that they were something else).

The NAR has acted in unfair and anti-competitive ways but you have still not made a strong case that they are a monopoly.

Like I said, most people licensed to do this work don’t belong to said trade organization.

My grandad founded one of the earliest Midwest regional boards (this was shortly after the NAR, which my family business predates, had started existing). The benefit for him then is the same as it is for me now. It creates a more integrated environment and some common standards for doing business (eg: ethics complaints are taken much more seriously by CAR and SDAR than the DRE).

The downside is obvious though. While still not a monopoly, it does have a tendency to become insular and for members to not want to do business outside their comfort zone.

[urbanrealtor]

DB:
Again, we are just repeating ourselves.
The California Bar is was described as acting like a union in a 1981 lawsuit ruling in 1989. So while there are 20 and 30 year old complaints, that does not make it something other than a government body (and the justices actually just said they had to act like it–not that they were something else).

The NAR has acted in unfair and anti-competitive ways but you have still not made a strong case that they are a monopoly.

Like I said, most people licensed to do this work don’t belong to said trade organization.

My grandad founded one of the earliest Midwest regional boards (this was shortly after the NAR, which my family business predates, had started existing). The benefit for him then is the same as it is for me now. It creates a more integrated environment and some common standards for doing business (eg: ethics complaints are taken much more seriously by CAR and SDAR than the DRE).

The downside is obvious though. While still not a monopoly, it does have a tendency to become insular and for members to not want to do business outside their comfort zone.

[urbanrealtor]

DB:
Again, we are just repeating ourselves.
The California Bar is was described as acting like a union in a 1981 lawsuit ruling in 1989. So while there are 20 and 30 year old complaints, that does not make it something other than a government body (and the justices actually just said they had to act like it–not that they were something else).

The NAR has acted in unfair and anti-competitive ways but you have still not made a strong case that they are a monopoly.

Like I said, most people licensed to do this work don’t belong to said trade organization.

My grandad founded one of the earliest Midwest regional boards (this was shortly after the NAR, which my family business predates, had started existing). The benefit for him then is the same as it is for me now. It creates a more integrated environment and some common standards for doing business (eg: ethics complaints are taken much more seriously by CAR and SDAR than the DRE).

The downside is obvious though. While still not a monopoly, it does have a tendency to become insular and for members to not want to do business outside their comfort zone.

[urbanrealtor]

DB:
Again, we are just repeating ourselves.
The California Bar is was described as acting like a union in a 1981 lawsuit ruling in 1989. So while there are 20 and 30 year old complaints, that does not make it something other than a government body (and the justices actually just said they had to act like it–not that they were something else).

The NAR has acted in unfair and anti-competitive ways but you have still not made a strong case that they are a monopoly.

Like I said, most people licensed to do this work don’t belong to said trade organization.

My grandad founded one of the earliest Midwest regional boards (this was shortly after the NAR, which my family business predates, had started existing). The benefit for him then is the same as it is for me now. It creates a more integrated environment and some common standards for doing business (eg: ethics complaints are taken much more seriously by CAR and SDAR than the DRE).

The downside is obvious though. While still not a monopoly, it does have a tendency to become insular and for members to not want to do business outside their comfort zone.

[urbanrealtor]

DB:
Again, we are just repeating ourselves.
The California Bar is was described as acting like a union in a 1981 lawsuit ruling in 1989. So while there are 20 and 30 year old complaints, that does not make it something other than a government body (and the justices actually just said they had to act like it–not that they were something else).

The NAR has acted in unfair and anti-competitive ways but you have still not made a strong case that they are a monopoly.

Like I said, most people licensed to do this work don’t belong to said trade organization.

My grandad founded one of the earliest Midwest regional boards (this was shortly after the NAR, which my family business predates, had started existing). The benefit for him then is the same as it is for me now. It creates a more integrated environment and some common standards for doing business (eg: ethics complaints are taken much more seriously by CAR and SDAR than the DRE).

The downside is obvious though. While still not a monopoly, it does have a tendency to become insular and for members to not want to do business outside their comfort zone.

[sdrealtor]

DrB
Just curious as to what it is you do for a living?

[sdrealtor]

DrB
Just curious as to what it is you do for a living?

[sdrealtor]

DrB
Just curious as to what it is you do for a living?

[sdrealtor]

DrB
Just curious as to what it is you do for a living?

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