CNN news about Real Estate Blogs

**billnad** · 04-26-2008, 09:13 PM

I know that this post has really gone off topic but I have to agree with most posters, Realtors are still going to be around 10 and 20 years from now.

If I want to buy or sell a house I do not think that there is really any choice but to have a specialist deal with it. We all use specialists in many parts of our lives and if your read the book "The world is Flat" you will also see the idea that although people are becoming more and more global in the way that they relate to their services, it is the specialist that makes the deals.

Also we are looking at a big contraction right now throughout the industry. After this shakeout all of the Realtors in my opinion will be deal makers and very social business people. This will raise the respect of the industry.

**soldbychris** · 07-15-2008, 06:18 PM

Does CNN or other media ever know what they are talking about. They step out of their glass bubble, ask a few questions go back and write a story to help ratings.

**TubeMyHouse.com** · 08-23-2008, 05:57 AM

Many of the websites offering free listings and valuation only aid in marketing the property. Nothing will take the place of a good agent.

As an example, people have been trading stocks online for years now and stockbrokers are still in business.

**Lenard Marvyn** · 11-05-2008, 11:05 PM

"Blogs are telling it like it is at the street level," said Brad Inman of Inman News, a large real-estate news service. Inman said real-estate blogging began in the Bay area, took hold in New York and has now spread nationally.