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Old Nov 13, 2003 | 2:21 pm
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Arcolaio99
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fastflyer:
This process is called disintermediation.

Real estate agents are probably next on the chopping block. BearX220 is absolutely right: agency transactions can be handled programatically. People do not add a lot of value as "agents."
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Simple real estate transaction might work. I doubt commerical real estate will go this way anytime soon.
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