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For many real estate executives who have participated in strategic andscenario planning sessions over the last decade, one "what if" scenariothat has come up from time to time has focused on the remote possibility ofa large retailer, specifically Walmart, deciding to leverage theirconsiderable customer traffic to enter the residential real estatebrokerage space. To the surprise (and perhaps fear) of many, thispossibility has quietly come to pass very recently, though currently at avery small scale.