The travel sounded like fun, but not this time! Looks like someone else got on the plane.

In fairness to Glenn Kelman, he put this idea out there without making much of a value judgement. I did not get the sense he was promoting it. He did want to see what the public thought.

I think there is a place for different business models. Different things work for different people.

However, in this market, sellers need to pull out all the stops with marketing, photography, staging, and pricing. From my point of view, this requires someone who is market savvy and experienced.

Your point about providing service is well taken. All Realtors need to do that, no matter what the business model.

I agree with your point that nobody wants to give financials or any personal info to see a home (except when required for certain palaces). That is probably another thing that Glenn overlooked.

The main thing that Glenn has not learned yet (I believe all of his RE experience is in the last two years) is that not everyone wants to do sell and/or buy their own properties. There are still many more who don’t want to make the largest purchase of their life online – they want and need personal service.

That said, there is a growing segment of people who would be happy to do the extra work to save some of what have become huge commissions. Glenn is still really trying to make it so the agent doesn’t have to work (or get to?) – I suggest concentrating on providing MORE service and lowering commissions.