Does listing a property in the MLS prevent any other Realtors from talking or writing about the properties? Spurred by this (very) wide-ranging conversation on RCG (archived: 2012), and this comment in particular,
The reality is that talking about someone else’s listings steals their business. It’s true. If I write posts about the best properties out there, it is likely some people will call me to buy them. … Lacking a client relationship, I have no authority to have an opinion about an individual’s home to the general public.
I wondered … and as I was wondering, Greg goes off and steals my thoughts before I can type them (although his are a bit more eloquent, and he uses bigger words)
Kevin has even more here. The more Realtors hold fast to their archaic practices, the more it will appear that they are tilting at windmills from times past.
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