tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984540994215932351.post8925672903392820695..comments2009-03-17T10:08:31.714-05:00Dan Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04688546448200211118news@lakehomes.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984540994215932351.post-74732071500175242622009-03-17T09:53:00.000-05:002009-03-17T09:53:00.000-05:00

It's good to see that there are strong opinions out there. I've always enjoyed stirring up a little controversy, because I think it is healthy to do so. <BR/>Don't get me wrong on the new agent thing; I was a new agent once myself and I made a 100 cold calls every day for months to get going in this business. Sandy and I also spent up to $50,000 per year in marketing to build our business when

Dan Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984540994215932351.post-71174935570400707102009-03-17T09:12:00.000-05:002009-03-17T09:12:00.000-05:00

That's the easy way out to blame new agents, good sales pitch though for you well seasoned agents. I found a lot of the agents that have been around for some time, mad that the gravy train had stopped and that they had to now provide a service, rather than an order taker.<BR/>People saw an industry that seemed to be strong and secure so trained for that industry. You can't blame someone for

Neal Sampsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984540994215932351.post-41179284581331417042009-03-11T14:44:00.000-05:002009-03-11T14:44:00.000-05:00

Don’t be so quick to lay any of the blame on New Agents, While you rode the inflation train and still got your 6% for doing the exact same thing year after year. There is a lot of blame to go around and to pin it on new agents; Inflating "possible" sale price to get a listing is less than minute to the rest of the greed that occurred. Thanks for throwing fellow agents under the bus.<BR/><BR/>So

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984540994215932351.post-64165668602971381262009-03-09T20:46:00.000-05:002009-03-09T20:46:00.000-05:00

Funny blog this week Dan. Maybe your other job could be a song writer. Just kidding! Very true words though, I am seeing that all over especially in Western WI. I think the people who remain agents are the ones committed to providing more responsive and professional service to buyers and sellers than the casual agents who did this as a side job.<BR/><BR/>Chris

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2984540994215932351.post-48774165592567181272009-03-09T11:54:00.000-05:002009-03-09T11:54:00.000-05:00

and here I was hoping somebody would re-write KodaChrome for the digital age... nice job (on the song)!<BR/> Mark-To-Market could improve things; we can only hope

rusty wryczahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12834026969265079464noreply@blogger.com