Comments on: Flat Fee MLS and Consumer Choice http://www.andysalo.com/2009/04/21/flat-fee-mls-and-consumer-choice/ Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Real Estate 2.0 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:23:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Shanks http://www.andysalo.com/2009/04/21/flat-fee-mls-and-consumer-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Mike Shanks Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:06:15 +0000 http://andysalo.com/?p=97#comment-46 We are experiencing competitive issues as a Private Sale company in Canada. Everything from agents coercing vendors to not allow us (lawyers, newspapers, stagers) to writing offers that are conditional upon sale of the buyers home specific to them listing their home on the MLS. These types of practices are deceitful and take away the rights of consumers to make choices. See my blog post regarding some of their tactics. http://pgww.blogspot.com/2009/05/angry.html Mike We are experiencing competitive issues as a Private Sale company in Canada. Everything from agents coercing vendors to not allow us (lawyers, newspapers, stagers) to writing offers that are conditional upon sale of the buyers home specific to them listing their home on the MLS.

These types of practices are deceitful and take away the rights of consumers to make choices.

See my blog post regarding some of their tactics.

http://pgww.blogspot.com/2009/05/angry.html

Mike

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