Comments on: The Carnival of Real Estate #51 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/23/the-carnival-of-real-estate-51/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/23/the-carnival-of-real-estate-51/#comment-8417 Jim Duncan Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:28:23 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/23/the-carnival-of-real-estate-51/#comment-8417 Oh, no - I absolutely agree that we must disclose. I think that adding that signature - <blockquote> Jane Doe, GRI, licensed salesperson in the Commonwealth of Virginia Happy Daze Realty 1500 Sunshine Circle Richmond, VA 23225 804-999-9999 Office 804-222-2222 Cell </blockquote> to the end of every single form of communication is silly. I'm with you on the anonymous comments as well, but it'll probably take 5 years for us/them to work through the the right law/rules and by then, the "professional" bloggers will have (hopefully) already sorted things out their way. Oh, no – I absolutely agree that we must disclose. I think that adding that signature –

Jane Doe, GRI, licensed salesperson in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Happy Daze Realty
1500 Sunshine Circle
Richmond, VA 23225
804-999-9999 Office
804-222-2222 Cell

to the end of every single form of communication is silly.

I’m with you on the anonymous comments as well, but it’ll probably take 5 years for us/them to work through the the right law/rules and by then, the “professional” bloggers will have (hopefully) already sorted things out their way.

]]> By: Ardell DellaLoggia http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/23/the-carnival-of-real-estate-51/#comment-8416 Ardell DellaLoggia Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:23:41 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/23/the-carnival-of-real-estate-51/#comment-8416 Jim, Any licensed real estate agent must make that fact clear, when spouting about real estate on a blog. There we disagree. How else is the public to know that the Bubble Blog advices are not from licensed people, if they can't distinguish between who is licensed and who is not? Licensees should also NOT be permitted to be "anonymous", whether they are the the blog host, or someone commenting on a blog. The whole point of licensing is being able to track people who impact consumers. Blogs are no exception, and no agent should be able to hide behind an anonymous comment. Jim,

Any licensed real estate agent must make that fact clear, when spouting about real estate on a blog. There we disagree. How else is the public to know that the Bubble Blog advices are not from licensed people, if they can’t distinguish between who is licensed and who is not?

Licensees should also NOT be permitted to be “anonymous”, whether they are the the blog host, or someone commenting on a blog.

The whole point of licensing is being able to track people who impact consumers. Blogs are no exception, and no agent should be able to hide behind an anonymous comment.

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