Zillow’s own David G is stirring the shitake over at Zillow.com with a poll asking readers to answer the question: “What’s the difference between a Realtor and an agent?” Go vote.
Seems RealtorGenius blog has gotten a nasty letter from the National Association of Realtors to cease and desist using their trademark “realtor”. […]
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Zillow Gets a Realtor Poll as RealtorGenius Gets the Shaft
Published by October 2nd, 2007 in NAR, Real estate, Realtor, Sellsius Real Estate Blog, trademarks and zillow.com. 7 CommentsCan the Realtor Trademark Fall into the Public Domain?
Published by October 2nd, 2007 in NAR, Realtor, Sellsius Real Estate Blog and trademarks. 16 Comments Original Realtor trademark on a decal
“I need a realtor.” ” I’m a Realtor.” Has the term “realtor” become generic for real estate agent and thus fallen into the public domain? Let’s take a lookie look see at the subject.
The once protected trademark “aspirin“, originally registered to the Bayer company in 1899, […]
Housing Decline Causing Real Estate Blogging Surge?
Published by February 17th, 2007 in Blogging, NAR, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate News, Real estate and Sellsius Real Estate Blog. 6 Comments The Scream (E. Munch 1910)
The widest housing decline in the history of its surveys was reported by NAR in its 4Q 2006 report. According to the statistics, housing sales fell in 40 states and the median sales price dropped in 49% of 149 metropolitan areas, also the largest decline in the report’s 27 […]
Agents Are #1 Source of Information When Buying Real Estate
Published by December 14th, 2006 in NAR, Residential Real Estate and Statistics. 4 CommentsOur friend Christine Forgione over at NY Houses 4 Sale has a great post for those considering buying and selling real estate. In her post, Just the Facts Ma’am, Just the Facts, she reveals some fun & interesting new statistics provided by the NAR as well as some solid tips for agents.
Information Sources Used in […]
2007 NAR Code of Ethics Prohibits Deceptive Meta Tags
Published by November 19th, 2006 in Brokers & Professionals, Ethics, Hot News, Legal, NAR and Residential Real Estate. 15 CommentsNAR’s Code of Ethics has new changes effective 1/1/07. Here is one to Article 12 we found interesting:.
So, if Zillow was a NAR member it would have to remove this meta tag:
For more Code changes visit Monika McGillicuddy Presents…Real World Real Estate. (link here)
For those who think meta tags are SEO bunk read Revenge […]
Live From NARdi Gras: Hold My Calls, I’m Busy Blogging II
Published by November 9th, 2006 in Blogging, NAR, NarDiGras, Residential Real Estate, active rain, flickr and nardigras06. 5 CommentsThanks to Angus Woodbury, a RE/MAX agent blogging on Active Rain for posting the story and the pic. Read entire article here.
In order for everyone to find the most relevant 2006 NARdi Gras articles and pictures on the search engines and via our feed readers, maybe we should “tag” our posts “nardigras06″.
More NARdi […]
Genius Realtor Comment of the Day
Published by Joseph Ferrara October 3rd, 2007 in Comment of the Day, NAR, Realtor and Sellsius Real Estate Blog. 14 CommentsIf you don’t poke the poop, it won’t stink — author unknown
The National Association of Realtors has really stuck a stick in it. They have selected RealtorGenius blog as its latest trademark infringer. The RE Blogdom is pissed. Holy crapola! There have some heated posts on the subject. But I […]