Comments on: Highly Entertaining: Realtors Suing Other Realtors

By: Greater Raleigh Realty

Greater Raleigh Realty — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:42:18 +0000

While every industry has its bad apples I fell for Active Rain. I definitely believe it is a step in the right direction and it goes to show that the big guys are scared.

They’ll keep on trucking and they’re slowing catching up to Move.com in regards to ranking.

By: Charlotte Realtor

Charlotte Realtor — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:34:45 +0000

There are many good Realtors and people out there like myself. I will definitely admit that there are way too many bad ones, but is not because they are smart and manipulative or clever or self-dealing… like most other industries there are a lot of just plain not smart and dishonest people and when you are dealing with complex and personal transactiuons like real estate, then there is no where to hide these shortcomings.

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By: Austin_Realtor

Austin_Realtor — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:01:17 +0000

There are lots of shady businesses. It is a shame that some nice people like the ones at ActiveRain got ripped off by a bigger company. I had the same experience with my last company Guiltless Gourmet. Frito Lay said they wanted to buy us ( we were the first baked chip in the universe) and we showed F.L. how we did it and POOF! They dropped us like a hot potato and launched Baked Lays a couple months later. Big companies always run over the little guys.

By: Mr. Arrington, Please Stick To Your Knitting : Domus Test Test Test

Mr. Arrington, Please Stick To Your Knitting : Domus Test Test Test — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:55:36 +0000

[...] Michael Arrington, founder and editor of tech blog TechCrunch, piles in on the Move.com vs. Active Rain dustup in a highly entertaining post entitled Highly Entertaining: Realtors Suing Realtors. [...]

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By: Windham

Windham — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:03:46 +0000

another realtor that just wants to hear/see his own words. i’ll defend some agents as they are just like every other person out there trying to serve customers with a service… but way to go tim jones (above) $30M for a collection of 20,000 crappy blogs and a website that looks like it was designed by a third grader?? $100 per user.. what?… somethings out of whack with the banks and vc’s…
and micheal…that’s always so awesome that you make sure to include the document links.

By: Reuben Moore

Reuben Moore — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:15:00 +0000

Robert (No. 31 above) said:

“@Marlow, Takes guts for a realtor to stick their nose in this discussion asking that the term be capitalized while being compared to used car salesmen.”

You guys have no idea just how telling the whole REALTOR® vs. realtor discussion is. In an industry with major problems and major disruption, the leading trade group and it’s sheep, focus on the trivial and and simply avoid the substantive. See here: http://www.real...nius.com/?p=148 for another example.

More generally, Brandon (No. 28) is correct. The best source for what is really going on in the market is: http://www.bloo...BloodhoundBlog/

By: Jim Crawford

Jim Crawford — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:39:51 +0000

Great post, and I placed my comments on a blog that I wrote about what I see some of the issues are:
http://activera...ain-Vs-Move-Com

By: John Michailidis

John Michailidis — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:58:48 +0000

Serge: You make a blanket statement based on what? Your comment sounds bigoted to me.

Mathew Johnson: You must be related to Serge — full of hate, devoid of facts, prone to unsubstantiated hype — you must be either a repulicrat, or a demublican . . .

Dr Koop: More screwed up than politics? Than public education? Than the banking system? Than foreign aid? Than the legal system? Stop smokin’ that shit Dr Koop and learn the facts before spouting off.

Gilltots: Since you have it all figured out, I eagerly await your Web 2.0 company that will make you a very rich man . . . call me when you’re ready to put your money where your mouth is.

iHero: Apple stole the idea from Xerox . . . Apple is scum . . .

Kevin: Are you the only one posting on this subject who isn’t a crack addict?

Tradewhat: What?

David: Love your sentiment, but you are dead wrong here . . .

Brandon: You are a breath of fresh air!

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:22:30 +0000

If what AR charges is true, it’s a shame to see a site get hosed like that.

By: alquint

alquint — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:23:13 +0000

somebody said “….and a website that looks like it was designed by a third grader?? ”

this must have been the same third grader that designed myspace

….feel bad for these guys, they probably partied it up thinking they hit the jackpot.

By: Greg Tracy

Greg Tracy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:37:58 +0000

Ah Yer,

BlueRoof.com is not about widgetry, rather it’s about giving consumers a vehicle to search for property. It’s not about a killer app- it’s about the clients and what they want and as difficult as it is for many people to believe- not everyone gives a crap about killer apps. Many just want good help from good people, whether it’s in real estate or landscapers or their doctor.

ActiveRain is a simple blog network for the real estate industry and Move.com is a large corporation who screws anyone they can to get more profit for their investors- just like every other large corporation in the world.

I agree- what is the basis of damage to ActiveRain? Creating a blog network is not that difficult and getting member names is easy for Move.com- they have access to every MLS in the country, which includes every Realtor and thier contact info.

This is not a case or Realtors suing Realtors any more than TechCrunch is a gossip site.

By: Teresa Boardman

Teresa Boardman — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:03:53 +0000

oops for got to say . . I quite agree the real estate industry is indeed screwed up.

By: Teresa Boardman

Teresa Boardman — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:02:24 +0000

Active Rain is not owned by Realtors. In this case the Realtors are the poor shcmucks that have been giving content to active rain, trulia and zillow and others as these companies give out information about Realtor members and fight amongst themselves. There really is no fight among Realtors in this case.

By: rob

rob — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:01:43 +0000

Google Homestore Executive Sentenced.

BTW Homestore Owns Move.com, Realtor.com
Realtor.com is not a REALTOR web site it is a seperate company.

By: Ah Yer!

Ah Yer! — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:42:39 +0000

OK I see now that the squabble was between ActiveRain and Move.com not ActiveRain and Redfin. Hey, I tend to get a little dyslexic after about 6 beers. (Past midnight here.) But whatever. Move.com, A/R, Redfin, Trulia, boring boring boring! I’m kinda glad though that it was Redfin and A/R that got the shout-outs, if TechCrunch had featured a really good site, that woulda been a major blow for us, and I’d have to down another six-pack just to feel right. Or maybe a bottle of vodka.

By: Ah Yer!

Ah Yer! — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:15:57 +0000

Neither ActiveRain nor Redfin are very exciting. Highly entertaining post, with lots of juicy tidbits, but what it boils down to is a squabble between two alley cats.

Redfin made exactly the same mistake as all the other real estate startups, from Trulia to ShackYack to BlueRoof to Terabitz, they totally went bananas over widgetry, and that is why there is no single killer app for real estate, and nor will there be for the foreseeable future.

Actually, there is one startup who do get it – the only competitor we are sort of worried about – but they aren’t getting much coverage either (from the blogs who love widgetry as much as the misguided startups), so I suspect we’ll continue to see a messy situation in the real estate arena for a while yet.

By: EJ

EJ — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:37:18 +0000

Used car sales are shadier than real estate. Evenlevel.com is like the Redfin.com of the used car industry; it brings transparency and efficiency to the sales process, lowering prices and giving a better experience.

By: Jonathan Washburn

Jonathan Washburn — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:16:16 +0000

Michael,
“realtor. realtor. realtor.” That is the funniest comment I have read in a while!

Marlow, What do you mean when you say “Neither party are Realtors, … Neither company are, by definition, professionals…” Are you saying that one must be a Realtor in order to be considered professional?

Being the CEO of ActiveRain, I am a bit biased, but I believe ActiveRain presents a good step forward for the industry. Our profession is filled with many great agents, and also some not so great. By giving real estate agents a voice through blogging, consumers now have the benefit of selecting an agent using much more relevant, viable criteria (other than just a picture in a home magazine).

By: Agent Scoreboard

Agent Scoreboard — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:08:52 +0000

Its really funny to read this all over the internet. Wholly crap, the VC laden group here should recognize the “peek and go” as business as usual.

I’m just suprised that with $30M at stake, AR didn’t have someone represent them in the sale… they shouldn’t have done it FSBO they should have called a realtor!

I don’t think real estate is the most screwed up industry, people have many options, FSBO, Flat Fees, etc… wait until you have universal health care, ala Queen Hillary… then you will see what a screwed up industry is really like..

By: sam

sam — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:12:17 +0000

real estate industry is screwed up because it’s had so much government interference. Simple. Government can screw up any indsutry.

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:24:53 +0000

marlow: realtor.

realtor. realtor. realtor.