[urbanrealtor]

Vetting your own membership does not a monopoly make.
Every skilled profession requires peer-review admission to be legitimate.
I don’t see anything that suggests monopolies in any of the examples you have given.
I am not sure I can think of a who would be better for reviewing…say doctors.

The DOJ runins with the NAR were focused around 2 primary issues of contention.

1: It is unreasonable to require strict membership to actually read listings on the MLS.
(Pretty reasonable IMO)

2: It is unreasonable (and arguably price fixing) to require that membership in local Realtor boards and in the MLS be predicated on a specific fee schedule and service selection.
(This was because Help-U-Sell and other discounters were gaining market share and more established agents wanted to push them out of the market for RE services. Also, a very reasonable position by the DOJ).

In both cases, it was determined that the NAR was acting unfairly.

However, I am not aware of it ever being established (or even imputed outside blogs) that the NAR was a functioning Monopoly. The fact that competition exists means that if the NAR were a single business (Its not. Its a trade organization.) it would have an arguable hegemony but not a monopoly.

[urbanrealtor]

Vetting your own membership does not a monopoly make.
Every skilled profession requires peer-review admission to be legitimate.
I don’t see anything that suggests monopolies in any of the examples you have given.
I am not sure I can think of a who would be better for reviewing…say doctors.

The DOJ runins with the NAR were focused around 2 primary issues of contention.

1: It is unreasonable to require strict membership to actually read listings on the MLS.
(Pretty reasonable IMO)

2: It is unreasonable (and arguably price fixing) to require that membership in local Realtor boards and in the MLS be predicated on a specific fee schedule and service selection.
(This was because Help-U-Sell and other discounters were gaining market share and more established agents wanted to push them out of the market for RE services. Also, a very reasonable position by the DOJ).

In both cases, it was determined that the NAR was acting unfairly.

However, I am not aware of it ever being established (or even imputed outside blogs) that the NAR was a functioning Monopoly. The fact that competition exists means that if the NAR were a single business (Its not. Its a trade organization.) it would have an arguable hegemony but not a monopoly.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=drboom][quote=urbanrealtor]And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.[/quote]

No, we’re done here.

You’re not the first blowhard who got carried away after a few too many drinks and soiled their professional reputation in a forum.[/quote]

I am stone cold sober.

I don’t regret anything I have said here.

I am regularly very direct with clients about relying on clearly observable evidence.

If that makes people feel stifled then it is probably best that they find another agent.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=drboom][quote=urbanrealtor]And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.[/quote]

No, we’re done here.

You’re not the first blowhard who got carried away after a few too many drinks and soiled their professional reputation in a forum.[/quote]

I am stone cold sober.

I don’t regret anything I have said here.

I am regularly very direct with clients about relying on clearly observable evidence.

If that makes people feel stifled then it is probably best that they find another agent.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=drboom][quote=urbanrealtor]And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.[/quote]

No, we’re done here.

You’re not the first blowhard who got carried away after a few too many drinks and soiled their professional reputation in a forum.[/quote]

I am stone cold sober.

I don’t regret anything I have said here.

I am regularly very direct with clients about relying on clearly observable evidence.

If that makes people feel stifled then it is probably best that they find another agent.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=drboom][quote=urbanrealtor]And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.[/quote]

No, we’re done here.

You’re not the first blowhard who got carried away after a few too many drinks and soiled their professional reputation in a forum.[/quote]

I am stone cold sober.

I don’t regret anything I have said here.

I am regularly very direct with clients about relying on clearly observable evidence.

If that makes people feel stifled then it is probably best that they find another agent.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=drboom][quote=urbanrealtor]And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.[/quote]

No, we’re done here.

You’re not the first blowhard who got carried away after a few too many drinks and soiled their professional reputation in a forum.[/quote]

I am stone cold sober.

I don’t regret anything I have said here.

I am regularly very direct with clients about relying on clearly observable evidence.

If that makes people feel stifled then it is probably best that they find another agent.

[urbanrealtor]

And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.

[urbanrealtor]

And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.

[urbanrealtor]

And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.

[urbanrealtor]

And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.

[urbanrealtor]

And I will bet 10 bucks there is nothing but more nuance in your next post.

[urbanrealtor]

Dr Boom,
You flap a lot in that last post but say very little other than you value your privacy too much to back up what you say.

Okay then.

And by definition, you are not required to pay for services you don’t need.

You have expressed that there are lots of poorly informed people in the FSBO world.

This implies that the Realtor-structured market is the one you find preferable.

Ergo, it seems that you really are complaining that you can’t work in the Realtor world with out dealing with Realtors.

Like I said, show some results in your alternative version or step off.

And no, I didn’t misread anything you wrote.

You are just too much of a coward to defend your position when challenged and now you want to “nuance” it (seriously, data vs evidence?) to seem like less of a fool.

At a personal level, you don’t know crap about me except that I find your assertions and reasoning retarded beyond words.

Again, just show me some actual evidence (or data) in support of your position and I will acknowledge it.

You suggest stepping up the game when someone comes down to your level of discourse and yet you are at a total loss to defend your position.

I am truly wowed by your insights.

[urbanrealtor]

Dr Boom,
You flap a lot in that last post but say very little other than you value your privacy too much to back up what you say.

Okay then.

And by definition, you are not required to pay for services you don’t need.

You have expressed that there are lots of poorly informed people in the FSBO world.

This implies that the Realtor-structured market is the one you find preferable.

Ergo, it seems that you really are complaining that you can’t work in the Realtor world with out dealing with Realtors.

Like I said, show some results in your alternative version or step off.

And no, I didn’t misread anything you wrote.

You are just too much of a coward to defend your position when challenged and now you want to “nuance” it (seriously, data vs evidence?) to seem like less of a fool.

At a personal level, you don’t know crap about me except that I find your assertions and reasoning retarded beyond words.

Again, just show me some actual evidence (or data) in support of your position and I will acknowledge it.

You suggest stepping up the game when someone comes down to your level of discourse and yet you are at a total loss to defend your position.

I am truly wowed by your insights.

[urbanrealtor]

Dr Boom,
You flap a lot in that last post but say very little other than you value your privacy too much to back up what you say.

Okay then.

And by definition, you are not required to pay for services you don’t need.

You have expressed that there are lots of poorly informed people in the FSBO world.

This implies that the Realtor-structured market is the one you find preferable.

Ergo, it seems that you really are complaining that you can’t work in the Realtor world with out dealing with Realtors.

Like I said, show some results in your alternative version or step off.

And no, I didn’t misread anything you wrote.

You are just too much of a coward to defend your position when challenged and now you want to “nuance” it (seriously, data vs evidence?) to seem like less of a fool.

At a personal level, you don’t know crap about me except that I find your assertions and reasoning retarded beyond words.

Again, just show me some actual evidence (or data) in support of your position and I will acknowledge it.

You suggest stepping up the game when someone comes down to your level of discourse and yet you are at a total loss to defend your position.

I am truly wowed by your insights.

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