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Marian Bennett

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I love helping people with their real estate needs. I work in and around the San Mateo County coastal communities. My network is very important because I take referrals seriously; those resources are wide-spread and growing. Bay Area native, Coastside resident since 1989, sales/marketing/business background, began real estate in 2003, blogger since 2007, Senior Real Estate Specialist (2009) and Real Estate Collaborative Specialist-Divorce (RES-D) (2009). I also love to learn new technologies and apply them to my work to make my and my clients' lives and transactions easier.

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  • I just finished an e-copy of
    By Marian BennettFebruary 5, 2011 - 6:47pm

    I just finished an e-copy of "Real Estate un-leashed" by Carole Rodoni & Shashank Shekhar due out in early 2011. This is a book written for seasoned and new Realtors who want a clear overview of the historic 'big picture' perspective on economic, real estate ownership, and real estate finance issues that contributed to where we are today, and their thoughts and recommendations on how Realtors move our businesses forward in 2011 and beyond. Must read for those of us serious about our RE careers right now. Marian http://mariansbennett.com http://BreakingCoastsideNews.com

  • Marian http://mariansbennett.
    By Marian BennettAugust 26, 2010 - 7:06am

    Marian http://mariansbennett.com http://BreakingCoastsideNews.com This continues to be an emotionally charged topic in our industry. I believe that is due to the lack of consistent interpretation (not clarity). It is very clear to me, as it is to Guy and others here.

  • Dual Agency in its current
    By Marian BennettFebruary 22, 2010 - 3:21pm

    Dual Agency in its current language needs to be understood by buyers and sellers. I suspect some agents do not explain this disclosure (see accompanying NAR Code of Ethic 1-12(3)) with enough clarity, but I’d like to be wrong on that. I, too, have never represented both parties in a transaction because I’m in the same boat as Boyd. I’d love to get paid for both sides of a transaction, I just haven’t figured out how to represent both principals adequately. It seems like it’s an innate conflict of our fiduciary duty to listen to and then advise our sellers, and then take on a new buyer prospect who is asking us for unbiased guidance in the purchase of the same property. Currently I receive referrals from listing agents who meet a prospective buyer on one of their listings, and I have done the same. This is an interesting topic and I will be interested to read how others handle this. Marian http://mariansbennett.com http://twitter.com/mochamaniac http://homescopes.com