Competition is good but for consumers, they need to take the time to hire the best not just the biggest,.

Honest competition has never hurt anybody, as far as I'm concerned. And in reality in this business I pretty much feel I don't compete with anyone but myself.

ABSOLUTELY

 Good Tuesday morning Eric. I do agree.

Good morning Eric. If used as a motivator to improve, then it is good.

Of course competition is good.

Without competition, service levels sink to that of the typical government worker. 

The push is good for us, and so is cooperation.

Good for everything.

Yes, competition is always good.  It helps keep Agents/Companies fair and honest.

Scott Godzyk nailed this one perfectly.

Bring it on!  I think good competition can make us greater.  

Compteition is good in all industries.

Competition is good in any business as long as it is not government backed!

Eric Kodner Competition is always good. There is always enough business to go around.

There will always be good competition, and good for us.  Makes us step up and be even better! 

Most definitely!

DISAGREE.

ALL real estate transactions should go through me.

Seriously, competition is good, however, the prevalent environment of DECEPTION, supported by the dollars many real estate professionals, creates a perversion in the marketplace where the spirit of competition is sacrificed at the alter of convenience.

ADD to that perversion the overt action of NAR and local real estate boards and the suggestion of competition melts away.  The competition you suggest applies only to the sand box NAR has defined. We now have the fox guarding the hen house, and call it competition.

Agree!! Good for the consumers and good for the agents.  

Eric - I would have to agree that competition keeps us all on our toes.

I think it is good.  Hopefully it will  keep us on the cutting edge of our profession..

They keep you on your toes and make you work harder

Agree, for those that stive to provide the best standard they will always have business. It just pushes a few to succeed at a higher level without government or someone else messing it up to make it better.

As long as the clients are taken care of, sure.  We recruit agents from other companies so I guess that's competition.  

As far as agent to agent, it's all in what you want.  One guy in our downtown office is super competitive.  It's what drives him and he is successful.  I'm not as competitive but just as successful.  If beating other agents drives you, so be it.  

Good question.  It made me think.   

Yes, keeps everyone on their toes and prevents complacency.

I agree with what Scott Godzyk said.  Competition is great, but can be confusing to consumers when there are so many choices.  The consumer, for the most part, doesn't know how to do their due diligence in hiring a competent agent. Too many choices is tough.  Have you tried to choose a paint color lately.?  Hardly a good comparison, but you get the drift.  Too many choices is sometimes a crap shoot.   

Eric,

No question about it.  It keeps everyone on their toes.  A

competition is what keeps us fueled.... without competition, there's no urgency to perform....the fun would be gone.... real estate agents feed on competition....

Agree to a point...not so when over saturated