REALTOR® repsonds to IBJ editorial

We didn't post specifically on the IBJ's recent off-base editorial since we had just written about HEA 1339 (click here), but we just had to link to the terrific response from REALTOR® Joe Shoemaker. Under the heading "New law not unfair to discount brokers", Mr. Shoemaker writes in the newest issue of the IBJ:

"I have been very disappointed over the last two weeks with items I've read published in your paper regarding changes in Indiana's real estate license law. The first article, written by Tracy Donhardt [in the July 10 issue], implies that the new minimum-duties law is designed to protect full-service real estate brokers and squeeze out limited-service brokers.

No part of HB 1339 prevents limited service brokers from providing such services, as suggested by Donhardt. Just because Broker A decides to raise his fees or change his business model doesn't mean that the state forced him to do so. That's a business decision he made."

Way to go Joe! Click here to read the full letter. IAR had hoped we had set the record straight back in March (click here to read what we wrote back then), but we think that the recent spate of news has been generated by marketing departments rather than real consumer advocates.