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1. 1. Pensacola Information

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   Published on: 5/19/2008   Last Visited: 5/19/2008

   Pensacola Information.com Realty LLC Exclusive Buyer Agents Phone: 850-458-7727 Dan Berube Broker

2. 2. Contact information and map to office for Pensacola Real Estate

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   Published on: 3/7/2007   Last Visited: 12/9/2007

   Agent Cell Phones: Dan Berube (Broker) 850-341-7727 Shorty Kolb 850-341-9005
   
   Pensacola, Fl 32506
   
   > Receive New Listings Daily Click Here

3. 3. Charlie Laurens & Associates - Benefits

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   Published on: 9/2/2003   Last Visited: 12/23/2004

   Licensees can now present themselves as transactional brokers, single agents and non-representation brokers, according to Dan Berube, broker-owner of Pensacolainformation.com, a virtual real estate office.
   
   Transactional brokerage has created some unique opportunities, he says, as well as some problems.
   
   Single agency and non-agency relationships can be offered consumers, says the new statute, if they are offered in writing. Otherwise, the presumed form of service will be transactional brokerage, a kind of limited agency, says Berube. While it does away with sub-agency, he says, it also opens the door for newer business models like his to come through.
   
   Berube and his partner Shorty Kolb advertise themselves as exclusive buyer's agents, but thanks to the new law, they can serve as single agents to the buyer while serving as a non-broker to the seller. In other words, they can provide limited service to the seller such as listing a seller's home in the MLS and preparing a few documents for a limited service fee, while representing the buyer will full fiduciary duties.
   
   "This is the way real estate should be practiced," says Berube. "It is the buyer who needs representation."
   
   He says, "I wouldn't give you five cents for the services most listing agents provide a seller once they get the listing. We don't provide any services either. Only we aren't asking three percent of the commission to do it. We just charge a flat fee."
   
   Berube, however, is sensitive, to the feelings of his fellow brokers. Their business models are based on charging a commission for listing services. He just simply believes that charging a commission, and then turning around and modifying representation to the seller after they have agreed to the commission is not the way he wants to do business.
   
   "I don't care if listing broker is transaction broker, it helps me look at them and see how I'm going to attack that person, just like an attorney," he explains.
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   "They want to sell the house," Berube explains. "They know that I have lots of buyers."
   
   Berube worries that the new VOW policy allowing broker opt-out will cause some brokers to backlash against virtual brokers like himself. "Some of these large companies have as much as 35 percent market share," says Berube, "so if they were to pull their listings so I couldn't use them, I'd be out of business."
   
   MLSs around the country have not reported broker opt out with Internet Data Display, but he isn't so sure that wouldn't happen with VOWs.
   
   The reason is that the Internet has allowed aggressive new companies to proliferate, that aren't even in the area. At least he's local competition, says Berube, but how do you fight "lead generation" and referral companies that are coming from other places?
   
   "I'm tired of computer geeks from Chicago coming into the business," he says, "or somebody good at the computer who wants to get into real estate, going after a market they don't have a right to.
   
   One new company, describes Berube, suggests to sellers that they get on the MLS.
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   Berube is taking the moderate road, and not pushing his services in the faces of his peers, but he isn't turning down opportunities either.
   
   "As long as you can provide expert advice, and sellers want to sell homes, I'll never be out of business," he says.