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Another profession going down the drain

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Deal Addict
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Dec 13, 2016
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Another profession going down the drain

Just picked this up from ZH

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Deal Addict
Jul 14, 2002
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Rex's demise when encountering TREB members.

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Penalty Box
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This is good news.
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Deal Fanatic
Jan 15, 2017
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The technology push to eliminate realtors is embraced by realtors. Realtors who believe that they simply need to post a listing to MLS, Facebook and Twitter and their own website that no one visits and simply sit back and wait for it to sell are doomed. This is the WalMart approach to selling ~ put an item on the shelf, put up a sign, put the item in a flyer and on its website and have a cashier handle the transaction. The underlying premise is that the item will sell itself. A human doesn’t add value by “selling” the item by pointing out its attributes, comparing it to similar items and overcoming objections. Realtors who have embraced this approach and do not demonstrated added value to the transaction will be eliminated from the transaction.
Deal Guru
Feb 9, 2009
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skeet50 wrote: The technology push to eliminate realtors is embraced by realtors. Realtors who believe that they simply need to post a listing to MLS, Facebook and Twitter and their own website that no one visits and simply sit back and wait for it to sell are doomed. This is the WalMart approach to selling ~ put an item on the shelf, put up a sign, put the item in a flyer and on its website and have a cashier handle the transaction. The underlying premise is that the item will sell itself. A human doesn’t add value by “selling” the item by pointing out its attributes, comparing it to similar items and overcoming objections. Realtors who have embraced this approach and do not demonstrated added value to the transaction will be eliminated from the transaction.
To be frank it's a race to the bottom -- a robot could do anything soon. Who needs a human surgeon with a robot one could do it better. Who needs a human lawyer with legal assistants when a robot can have every book at his disposal in seconds to do a case. Why have an accountant to do your books when a robot could do it in seconds. Why have overpaid gov't workers doing simple tasks when a robot will do it with no benefits. Why have maids when a robot one can do it. Why have Starbucks Baristas when a robot could make your coffee.

So essentially every profession from top to bottom will be disposal.

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