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| 77976 | FMT has been a tremendous stock to own long in the past few mos. With this move | Lizzie Tudor | 5/22/2007 |
| 77975 | You mentioned how hard it is to sell a house yourself in another state. How abou | Tradelite | 5/22/2007 |
| 77974 | <<The sites share a common national database they maintain, possibly by su | Tradelite | 5/22/2007 |
| 77973 | Fremont General Corp. (NYSE:FMT - News), said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell i | Travis_Bickle | 5/22/2007 |
| 77972 | I agree that for most residential transactions, a RE agent seems superflous. Ho | saveslivesbyday | 5/22/2007 |
| 77971 | I think the problem is that selling and buying houses is, for most people, a rar | Tommaso | 5/22/2007 |
| 77970 | I am seeing a potential shift from realtor offices all over the country to a mor | Think4Yourself | 5/22/2007 |
| 77969 | you forgot to mention the stamps expense like that realtor on 60 minutes........ | Lizzie Tudor | 5/21/2007 |
| 77968 | no not saying that but I think you get the gist of it which is the transaction f | Lizzie Tudor | 5/21/2007 |
| 77967 | I have never heard anyone on this board say being a real estate agent was easy, | Think4Yourself | 5/21/2007 |
| 77966 | I'm not sure I have a fiduciary obligation to point out the existence of a F | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77965 | but here it is, tho. We're just supposed to "fill in the blanks" | bobby is sleepless in seattle | 5/21/2007 |
| 77964 | <but no way do I feel obligated to intrude on a FSBO who doesn't want to | bobby is sleepless in seattle | 5/21/2007 |
| 77963 | <<should not the testing requirements be as stringent as that of becoming | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77962 | <<Yet, the selling agent represents the buyer and not the seller, but the | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77961 | Please, Please, Please...Make it mandatory!!!!! The hours alone is a time commi | bobby is sleepless in seattle | 5/21/2007 |
| 77960 | I have one simple solution for everyone that thinks being a successful real esta | Broken_Clock | 5/21/2007 |
| 77959 | Routine, no. A nice inclusion, you bet for the agent, stinks for the buyer. Mo | bobby is sleepless in seattle | 5/21/2007 |
| 77958 | Continuing education requirements for Virginia brokers and salespeople are incre | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77957 | Without a doubt, it does cost a bunch more as an agent. How often have I heard | bobby is sleepless in seattle | 5/21/2007 |
| 77956 | Bobby, one question...do you all routinely enter into buyer-agency agreements sp | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77955 | <<(and yes, an agent does have a responsbility to show a fsbo if the agent | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77954 | This is not a misconception, not an urban legend, and is a result of greed. It | bobby is sleepless in seattle | 5/21/2007 |
| 77953 | No, you don't HAVE to have a college education to become a Realtor. But you | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77952 | This is the first year I have made the prediction. I have also been aware for q | Think4Yourself | 5/21/2007 |
| 77951 | You're saying the seller only get 10% of the sales price? | Broken_Clock | 5/21/2007 |
| 77950 | 1% or $5,000 | Broken_Clock | 5/21/2007 |
| 77949 | I would think that is a rare event. I know there's a high turnover, especial | Smiling Bob | 5/21/2007 |
| 77948 | I think that 1% question is a bit of a fallacy. It isn't 1% of the actual a | Lizzie Tudor | 5/21/2007 |
| 77947 | Believe me, sometimes an agent might only net about 75 bucks in the end. Depend | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77946 | My mistake Forgot the agent splits the 3% with the broker. Either way, I would h | Smiling Bob | 5/21/2007 |
| 77945 | <<What frosts me is when agents show clients only the homes with the large | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77944 | It doesn't add up because you're not doing the math right. But don' | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77943 | Listing agents are not going to spend a dime unless the agent is happy.. | Pogeu Mahone | 5/21/2007 |
| 77942 | If each one of us had $100 for each year that your prediction about the demise o | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77941 | 1%??? A selling agent closes a 500k house. Gets his 3% or 15k gross. And only ta | Smiling Bob | 5/21/2007 |
| 77940 | I wonder how many would be in the stock market if 1% returns was the norm. After | Broken_Clock | 5/21/2007 |
| 77939 | <<I had my realtor refund me $500 of their fee because I wasn't going | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77938 | High paid real estate agents will very soon go the way of the dinosaurs. The l | Think4Yourself | 5/21/2007 |
| 77937 | <i>Have Goldman Sachs and Citicorp and Bank America effectively offshored | GraceZ | 5/21/2007 |
| 77936 | It was more the BS and runaround on the phone that just made it not worth it. I | Smiling Bob | 5/21/2007 |
| 77935 | Oh come on? You just didn't go high enough up the ladder to get the bs fees | BWAC | 5/21/2007 |
| 77934 | I attempted to take adavantage of a zero interest CC loan with BOA. They have a | Smiling Bob | 5/21/2007 |
| 77933 | All I can say is, thank God I stuck with my stoploss on that one when it jumped | Perspective | 5/21/2007 |
| 77932 | Are you saying that I was less than ethical? You know, that might hurt my feeli | TheStockFairy | 5/21/2007 |
| 77931 | Now there's an idea! Offer 7% in the beginning and then when a lowball comes | damainman | 5/21/2007 |
| 77930 | I had my realtor refund me $500 of their fee because I wasn't going to accep | TheStockFairy | 5/21/2007 |
| 77929 | I have a modest bet in against Chinese stocks, using puts on FXI that don't | Tommaso | 5/21/2007 |
| 77928 | <I>It shows, as I believe, that many cities such as Foster City even now h | gpowell | 5/21/2007 |
| 77927 | yes, from what I've been hearing lately too, you've gotta offer the buyi | damainman | 5/21/2007 |
| 77926 | yeah somebody posted later that that 60 minutes piece was a re-run. I didnt' | Lizzie Tudor | 5/21/2007 |
| 77925 | I agree with this blog that Les posted. It shows, as I believe, that many citie | Lizzie Tudor | 5/21/2007 |
| 77924 | Yeah, imagine all the M&A they could with the extra day we're going to g | damainman | 5/21/2007 |
| 77923 | <I>If you recall I thought N Ca real estate was falling in the beginning o | gpowell | 5/21/2007 |
| 77922 | Time to party like it's 1999?<G?> | patron_anejo_por_favor | 5/21/2007 |
| 77921 | Market rising on cheap cost of capital, falling dollar and spread of US consumer | John Vosilla | 5/21/2007 |
| 77920 | Amazon parabolic.. I don't know how much further they can take this.. Puts | John Vosilla | 5/21/2007 |
| 77919 | 10:36AM WCI Communities: Icahn confirms tender for WCI Expires (WCI) 20.39 -0.05 | Travis_Bickle | 5/21/2007 |
| 77918 | <<This piece said the justice dept is suing NAR over the MLS over essentia | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77917 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Troubles in the U.S. housing market will weigh on economi | saveslivesbyday | 5/21/2007 |
| 77916 | WAY OT: Your "society being unfair" comment struck a chord with me. W | Think4Yourself | 5/21/2007 |
| 77915 | <<and the divide between rich and poor in the USA is starting to look like | Tradelite | 5/21/2007 |
| 77914 | Amazing to check in on the frothy Shanghai Composite Index every night. Opened | jcole05 | 5/21/2007 |
| 77913 | Asking price is presumably what is in the MLS alongside the inventroy figures. Z | Moominoid | 5/20/2007 |
| 77912 | Ron Paul is Here! "Three Shoes Posse" Reggae Jam! youtube.com Must se | roguedolphin | 5/20/2007 |
| 77911 | Has anyone noticed in those charts that inventory started climbing and prices st | Think4Yourself | 5/20/2007 |
| 77910 | Re: <i>its usually some event that occurs like a series of late payments & | Dan3 | 5/20/2007 |
| 77909 | Have you already forgotten our discussion from last weekend? One missed payment | Think4Yourself | 5/20/2007 |
| 77908 | maybe you can go on the disabled list...and still get your pay. | 10K a day | 5/20/2007 |
| 77907 | yeah but I don't know what a "median asking price" chart really me | Lizzie Tudor | 5/20/2007 |
| 77906 | This don't look too good: housingtracker.net | Moominoid | 5/20/2007 |
| 77905 | I'd like to know what set of circumstances led to that 32% interest rate on | Lizzie Tudor | 5/20/2007 |
| 77904 | <I>Considering I am a UC Berkeley alumnus and lived in what 99.99999999999 | Lizzie Tudor | 5/20/2007 |
| 77903 | well, they made some silly mistakes, but it doesn't help that so much easy c | Wyätt Gwyön | 5/20/2007 |
| 77902 | Official inflation masks reality for retirees dailypress.com | Les H | 5/20/2007 |
| 77901 | First of all, how the hell are we supposed to figure out your definition of the | SouthFloridaGuy | 5/20/2007 |
| 77900 | <I>Have you actually been outside of the state of California? I mean, ever | Lizzie Tudor | 5/20/2007 |
| 77899 | <<I'm thinking the bay area is the strongest real estate market in the | SouthFloridaGuy | 5/20/2007 |
| 77898 | Not too great, but since it's an activist play being manipulated, I'll h | SouthFloridaGuy | 5/20/2007 |
| 77897 | Actually from all indications these people are actually very hard working and no | jrhana | 5/20/2007 |
| 77896 | <pre>Inventory Tracker 08/14 2005 05/18 2007 Phoenix AZ | 10K a day | 5/20/2007 |
| 77895 | yeah- who lets a credit card dupe you into paying 32% interest. At some point, p | Lizzie Tudor | 5/20/2007 |
| 77894 | Those are two very self-indulgent people. They have a chapter 13 to look forwar | Travis_Bickle | 5/20/2007 |
| 77893 | The unspoken assumption here is that the market is rising on long buying. The ma | GraceZ | 5/20/2007 |
| 77892 | High gas cost won't drive away buyers of big SUVs After 2-year slump, demand | Live2Sail | 5/20/2007 |
| 77891 | realestatedecline.com | Smiling Bob | 5/20/2007 |
| 77890 | Couple Learn the High Price of Easy Credit By JOHN LELAND YPSILANTI, Mich. — On | Smiling Bob | 5/20/2007 |
| 77889 | Without a doubt the Silicon Valley economy is strong for white collar employees. | Live2Sail | 5/20/2007 |
| 77888 | I don't know Campbell very well, but MLS shows only one home for sale under | Live2Sail | 5/20/2007 |
| 77887 | <i>Do I have to be the one to dip my toes into unfamiliar waters first?< | Paul Kern | 5/20/2007 |
| 77886 | Lizzie, I think it all depends on your income level. The article below would s | Lee | 5/19/2007 |
| 77885 | typical post earnings news release from Rummel...after the analysts have gone ho | Broken_Clock | 5/19/2007 |
| 77884 | You are right, I am not your typical Californian. In the first place I am defin | Drygulch Dan | 5/19/2007 |
| 77883 | I am just starting to see foreclosures and auctions in high end communities arou | Think4Yourself | 5/19/2007 |
| 77882 | I'm thinking the bay area is the strongest real estate market in the country | Lizzie Tudor | 5/19/2007 |
| 77881 | <I>Are you SURE no one pays PMI? </i> No I'm not- I'm kind | Lizzie Tudor | 5/19/2007 |
| 77880 | low end is dead? really? Whats low end here. Maybe it isn't really " | Lizzie Tudor | 5/19/2007 |
| 77879 | 4800/mo. will get you a very nice place in the best neighborhoods. It won't | Live2Sail | 5/19/2007 |
| 77878 | It's a story of the haves and have-nots in the Bay Area. High-end is white h | Live2Sail | 5/19/2007 |
| 77877 | Sounds like you have a good plan. You probably realize you are in the minority, | Think4Yourself | 5/19/2007 |
