CREOBA Resorting to Shilling
This is getting out of control. The highly credible (cough) Commercial REO Brokers Association (CREOBA) has resorted to shilling as a counter to the negative press they have been receiving. If you read the comments to this post you can see the evidence for yourself.
I wonder if these guys really thought that I wouldn’t call them out on this. Maybe they just don’t know me very well.
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I've been following this closely to see how much traction they get. particularly after the first time I heard about them through your blog and looked into them some more – and blogged about them myself. The comment trail on some of your other posts, not to mention your certificate you posted is pretty funny to say the least.
I've talked to others about CREOBA, and nobody of consequence has heard of them, and the ones which have, indicated they would not pick a service provider through an association as such, they'd rather go to CCIM or something. Seems like a lot of residential players looking to move onto the next carcass really.
The most important thing the people in the industry seem to be looking for is experience, not some certificate. If you have the experience, perhaps signing up won't help you, but signing up for the assoc. alone is probably futile. The dilemma of course for is that those that have the experience, are probably at places in their careers where they probably don't have any interest in CREOBA.
BTW, search for CREOBA in Google and it seems people are branding themselves with the name. Just look at the fine members, all of which clearly have lots of commercial experience!!
http://activerain.com/reidrealtyteam
http://www.bessieblaze.com/
No kidding. This organization is a total joke. They are probably doing pretty well in the membership fee department though. Thanks for the compliment on my draft of the commercial REO certificate – some of my best work!