Flat Fee's Rob Foley is a contributing source to a story in Reader's Digest. Click here to learn the 13 Things Other Real Estate Agents Won't Tell You.

Earlier this week one of the principal real estate brokers of the largest firm in Burlington suggested that my company's Radon Addendum "incorrectly states that 2 pCi/L is the US EPA recommended acceptable level for radon. The actual level recommended by the US EPA is 4.0 [...]

Most agents that represent buyers require the buyers to pay them a percentage of the purchase price as their fee for assisting in the purchase of a new home. There is an inherent conflict in this [...]

Because of the emotional aspects of homeownership, it is natural when selling a home to believe that your house is better than any other comparable property on the market and as a result is worth more than any other comparable [...]

Way too often these days I hear real estate agents tell prospective clients that their firm "aggressively markets" its listings.

Agents use the term "aggressive" when referring to their services because it is a buzz word. Agents want to invoke images in the prospective client's mind of a fast paced "wheeler and dealer" type that can get [...]

While the internet has made the process of buying and selling homes much more efficient, there have been a few drawbacks associated with the ability of buyers and sellers to easily access volumes of property information [...]

Have you ever wondered how the oil industry has been able to maintain its monopoly of selling gasoline in the United States when advances in technology have led to cheaper and more efficient alternatives? Not only are the alternatives cheaper and more efficient, the overwhelming majority of Americans support these alternatives because they [...]

There was a day where a real estate agent would distinguish the quality of their services based upon their knowledge and experience in real estate transactions.

Today most agents no longer even attempt to distinguish their services upon substance. Instead they rely upon style to try to win over clients.

While there are many agents who do [...]

It always amazes me when someone says to me, "well, that is not the way we do it here." The implication, of course, is that their way is correct and my way is incorrect.

While I can respect a person who believes their method is the correct way, people who say, "well, that is not the way we do it here" typically do not respect any other [...]

Why do real estate firms continue to run traditional print ads of their listings in newspapers and other circulations?

A common immediate response is that they do so to help market their clients' properties. However, this is not true.

Since the proliferation of the internet, buyers no longer wait for print ads to find homes. Buyers are [...]