I felt
bad for the other agent and his buyers because his insensitivity cost him about 9k that evening, and it meant his buyers would have to search out further listings, (back to the drawing board for him), and likely he would scratch his head when the actual sold price was revealed in the MLS system.
Not exact matches
Too
bad they couldn't come up with anything more interesting
for the shattered,
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. confederacy to do besides battling each
other.
That's one of the reasons I have a detailed article on one of our
others websites
for authors, warning them about
bad literary
agents and writing scams.
Are there
other times of year that are better or
worse for agent responses?
Worse, authors are social networking to connect with book designers, literary
agents, publishers, and
others in the book publishing industry to move forward their book publishing project when, unfortunately, their books aren't ready
for publication.
As I read on, things got
worse, one person claiming to be an
agent said, that several of his clients paid
for reviews only to have them put in a newsletter squished between 50
other reviews.
Prohibited acts.A credit services organization, a salesperson,
agent, or representative of a credit services organization, or an independent contractor who sells or attempts to sell the services of a credit services organization shall not: (1) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or
other valuable consideration before completing performance of all services,
other than those described in subdivision (2) of this section, which the credit services organization has agreed to perform
for the buyer unless the credit services organization has obtained a surety bond or established and maintained a surety account as provided in section 45 - 805; (2) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or
other valuable consideration
for obtaining or attempting to obtain an extension of credit that the credit services organization has agreed to obtain
for the buyer before the extension of credit is obtained; (3) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or
other valuable consideration solely
for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is substantially the same as that available to the general public; (4) Make or use a false or misleading representation in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization, including (a) guaranteeing to erase
bad credit or words to that effect unless the representation clearly discloses that this can be done only if the credit history is inaccurate or obsolete and (b) guaranteeing an extension of credit regardless of the person's previous credit problem or credit history unless the representation clearly discloses the eligibility requirements
for obtaining an extension of credit; (5) Engage, directly or indirectly, in a fraudulent or deceptive act, practice, or course of business in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; (6) Make or advise a buyer to make a statement with respect to a buyer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity that is false or misleading or that should be known by the exercise of reasonable care to be false or misleading to a consumer reporting agency or to a person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying
for an extension of credit; or (7) Advertise or cause to be advertised, in any manner whatsoever, the services of a credit services organization without filing a registration statement with the Secretary of State under section 45 - 806 unless otherwise provided by the Credit Services Organization Act.
You'll pick from such shows as Found, Breaking
Worse and
Agents of S.H.A.M.P.O.O., hire amazing stars like Serial Award Winner, Cult Sci - fi Actor and that Comedian Your Parents Like and air ads
for potatoes, yachts and
other junk to earn piles of cash.
When the information / feedback environment is not as conducive to evaluating
agent success or failure, and / or when the people paying the bills (or giving status) rewards care about things
other than accurate and useful predictions, then «skin in the game» is a
bad thing
for truth and usefulness, because the incentives may point in
other directions.
Other immunities may still apply, however: such as a city or county being immune from liability
for the intentional
bad acts of its officers or
agents.
In
other words, right or wrong, it's less money the broker / operator has to help manage their cash flow, and it's
worse for brokers in Western Canada where only a very small percentage of an
agent's annual gross goes back into the brokerage compared to (the business models in)
other parts of the country.
To compete with
other news aggregators on the market, Lumentus» technology was created to remove
bad data, ensuring that the information presented to
agents for consideration is extremely relevant and shareable.
And they show respect
for other agents and real estate firms by not «
bad mouthing» them.
When home buyers bring low offers with
bad terms in hopes of starting a negotiation along with their knowledge that it is a weak offer, they are opening themselves not only
for rejection but to the Seller's
agent using that offer to generate
other interested Buyers to write a contract on the same property, since obviously the home is popular if it is getting shown and also has an offer.
In
other words, it's against the law
for a real estate
agent in the United States to discuss what areas are «good», «
bad», «quiet», «safe» or to discuss the demographics of any particular area.