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To: bobby is sleepless in seattle who wrote (25185)	11/10/2004 11:30:46 AM
From: ild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Internet is profit margin killer. I don't see how they are shielded from competition.

To: bobby is sleepless in seattle who wrote (25185)	11/10/2004 11:48:45 AM
From: Tradelite	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

<<Agents and clients benefit from this relationship>> The only way a client could benefit from this third-party "relationship" is if he/she goes into it with knowledge and acceptance of the fact that an estimated 25-35 percent of the agent's fee will be paid not to the agent, but to the referral firm--and with the knowledge that the same type of real estate service could have been found at no cost at numerous other sites on the internet without this third-party referral baggage. Any money that an agent must pay out in a referral fee to third parties usually--or at least OFTEN-- results in a net cost and loss to the customer/client.