<HTML> <HEAD> <title>WebForm1</title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 7.1"> <meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" content="Visual Basic .NET 7.1"> <meta name="vs_defaultClientScript" content="JavaScript"> <meta name="vs_targetSchema" content="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5"> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content='text/html; charset=UTF-8'> </HEAD> <body > <TABLE id="Table1" cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="1" width="100%" border="0"> <TR> <TD><b>Comment Number:</b></TD> <TD>518795-00336</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Received Date:</b></TD> <TD>11/10/2005 8:01:40 PM</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Organization:</b></TD> <TD>Windermere Real Estate</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Commenter:</b></TD> <TD>Secrest, Mary</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>State:</b></TD> <TD>WA</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Agency:</b></TD> <TD>Federal Trade Commission</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Rule:</b></TD> <TD>Competition Policy and the Real Estate Industry</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Docket ID:</b></TD> <TD>To Be Added</TD> </TR> <TR> <td colspan='2'>No Attachments</td> </TR> </TABLE> <hr/> <b>Comments:</b><br/><br/> To Whom it May Concern: I have been a Real Estate Agent for over 26 years. Today more than ever, the competition in the industry is fierce. We already have negotiable commission structures and several companies offer various fee plans with different types of service. There are often 3 or more agents or companies competing for the same listing. Our listing forms offer a choice of whether or not to have your property listed on other companies websites, or on public websites. I feel my client has the right to choose where I post thier listings and where I do not. Please do not take away the right to choose where a private party has thier home posted for public display. Some people do not want photos and other information about thier PRIVATE home published on national PUBLIC websites, while other have no issue with it. I think making it a requirement that listing must be share with the entire world is unconstitutional. Mary Secrest </body> </HTML>