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Comment on The Commission-Based Fee Structure: it’s Bad for Buyers by ARDELL
April 30th, 2008 Uncategorized

James,

Degrading is in the eye of the beholder. You are so not on the same page as this conversation, that it is hard to address your comment.

The main issue is that YOU do not get to decide, your client does. You getting the whole thing and you “giving to” the buyer’s agent is technically correct, but THAT conversation is degrading to the buyers and sellers of the world.

I know we’re turning the world upside down, and you want to think you run the show once the seller gives you a total commission contract. But that is not the way the World is going to work in the future…or now for some of us. You don’t get to hold all the cards irregardless of your buyer client’s or someone else’s buyer client’s negotiation.

Yes, you are technically correct and it’s been that way for 100 years. But if you are not willing to open your mind up to a different way, then this conversation will appear “degrading” to you, and your response will appear “degrading” to “us”.


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