[Note: To follow is an excerpt of an interview with Lori Snider of Creativity for Rent, a professional speaker, author and marketing strategist. To listen to, or download the show archive MP3, go to www.IncomePropertyInvestmentTalk.com/102208.]
When I first started out in real estate, buyers and sellers hired real estate agents primarily because agents held the keys the information vault. Knowledge is power, and because agents had exclusive access to the MLS and other sources of information, consumers had to hire agents in order to buy or sell a home.
In full settlement of the lawsuit, CBS has agreed to change the sign to remove any likeness to the RE/MAX yard sign in future broadcasts of the episode. CBS said any similarities to the RE/MAX sign were inadvertent and any negative reflection on RE/MAX was unintentional.