<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>518795-00026</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Received Date:</b></TD> <TD>10/19/2005 11:46:28 AM</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Organization:</b></TD> <TD>Prudential Carolina Real Estate</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>Commenter:</b></TD> <TD>Rentz, Alton</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><b>State:</b></TD> <TD>SC</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/> For anyone to think that the real estate industry is not competitive, he would really have to be out of touch with the business.In the last five years my local real estate association has grow from 1500 members to close to 5000. Try slicing that pie to feed your kids. There aren't that many more homes on the resale market, it's just that the price is inflated. And the politicians love the fact that my real taxes increased $1,000 last year. </body> </HTML>