Comments on: HOMEDEPOTPHOBIA http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2006/07/30/homedepotphobia/ A San Diego Real Estate Web Log Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:03:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The San Diego Home Blog » Blog Archive » How Many Agents Does It Take… http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2006/07/30/homedepotphobia/comment-page-1/#comment-379 The San Diego Home Blog » Blog Archive » How Many Agents Does It Take… Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:55:04 +0000 http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2006/07/30/homedepotphobia/#comment-379 [...] Greg at the Blue Roof blog (Salt Lake City) in a recent post expressed his frustration with the proliferation of licensed real estate agents, and I couldn’t agree more. I’m all for free enterprise, but the ease with which one can obtain a saleperson’s license and the delusion of guaranteed riches promulgated by our many years of active resale activity has resulted in an industry which is bloated and teeming with less than stellar “professionals”. All too indicative of what our profession has become, I was at Home Depot a couple of months ago buying my client a washer and dryer (a story for another time), and the helpful appliance department guy points out what a coincidence it is that he too is a real estate agent. Coincidence? I think not. Show me someone who isn’t, and it is someone who is considering it. [...] [...] Greg at the Blue Roof blog (Salt Lake City) in a recent post expressed his frustration with the proliferation of licensed real estate agents, and I couldn’t agree more. I’m all for free enterprise, but the ease with which one can obtain a saleperson’s license and the delusion of guaranteed riches promulgated by our many years of active resale activity has resulted in an industry which is bloated and teeming with less than stellar “professionals”. All too indicative of what our profession has become, I was at Home Depot a couple of months ago buying my client a washer and dryer (a story for another time), and the helpful appliance department guy points out what a coincidence it is that he too is a real estate agent. Coincidence? I think not. Show me someone who isn’t, and it is someone who is considering it. [...]

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