The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

visionary" where hard cash is to be
planted.
There is wretched system, cumber-
some. burdensome and inconvenient both
to buyers and sellers of real estate, that
some of our brainy lawmakers should
try to alleviate.
The system of requiring one hundred
or more page abstracts covering all pro-
ceedings back to the Indians (enough to
fill a good size flour barrel in some
casesl. on small lots in the suburbs, some
of which We're not worth few years
ago the cost of am abstract. works a
hardship both to buyer and seller
If we could once get every title straight.
just for one time, and adopt a properly
safe guarded plan by which tender of a
certificate of record and transfer land no
papers allowed to go on record unless
the title presented was good. so that
the certificate of record would be an en-
dorsement of the title. it would save many
a wearisome, unnec essary delay, and re-
lieve the present system of burdensome
abstracting and hairsplitting examina-
tions and a tedious red tape, that renders
the lives of buyers, sellers, brokers and
agents at times an unreasonable and I'M
necessary burden; but then-douhtless If
mankind did not have "trials and tribu-
lations' in this life. maybe he would not
be able to enjoy himself when he went to
heaven.
OF course the latter place is not referred
to in connection with real estate agents.
Who could expect them to get use to
that state after their present affections?
The system of listing property for sale
loosely with hundred different agents,
none of whom knows where he stands is
an injury both to the brokers, buyers
and sellers.
Nine out of ten. of all responsible brok-
ers would only be too glad if he has a
purchaser, to cooperate and sell through
his fellow broker if he has a buyer, pro-
vided that broker is vested with a known
presentable showing of exclusive author
ity to transact the business, and will not
be met with the statement when sale
is made that his sale is repudiated be-
cause something else has been done some
where else, at some other time, in some
other way, the Lord only knows how
where or when, except the party who Sc
cures the service and disregards all equi-
ties as to its compensation.
Where property is properly listed at this
office, so that | can guarantee delivery
mail to nearly every broker in this city
list of properties thus listed.
Birmingham should have a thoroughly
organized real estate exchange, and this
exchange should be sustained and fos-
tered by the buyers and sellers of real es-
tate, whose interests would also be ad-
vanced by an intelligent course adopted in
the listing of real estate for purchase OF
sale.
We have a good town; the present con-
ditions are good. and we should all pull
together to aid in making it better and
remove as far as united action renders
possible the rough places out of the road
to a general forward, progressive move
ment along practical. safe lines.
Archin fhP.. great mat hpnna tictan
said If he were given fulcrum on which
to rest he could move the world in
telligent. practical. energetic. wholesome,
united effort is that Fulcrum in the bet
terment of human affairs. Very truly,
b. f. EBORN.