There is a lot of conversation in the real estate industry about print advertising being overtaken by on-line alternatives. There are surveys that show that most buyers start their search for homes on th Internet, and obviously it is better for the consumer to see more photos,in color, with amps and statistics,then it is...
Photo courtesy of creativecommons.org and wellzee I just read an article about an estate agent at Jackson-Stops & Staff estate agency in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, who listed a house for 650,000 pounds (roughly $1,300,000) owned by two women, Suzanne Richards and Sarah Dobinson. The couple obviously expected professional service from their agent...
Hopefully, if you’re reading this post, you read my earlier post from Inman Connect in San Francisco earlier this week. That was sort a neat tech moment, written on my phone, a Treo 755, during the conference in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. It was just one of several exciting moments for me,...
Yesterday I got to meet a number of the people that I have been conversing with, arguing with and agreeing with for several months. In an very limited structure these people gathered together from all over the country to talk about what they do and how they can do it better. Tagged on to...
Photo courtesy of creativecommons.org I read a recent rant in a blog written by a well known blogger who shall remain nameless (because I don’t feel like promoting him). In the post there is a lot of rhetoric about doing how this blog is the only place where the truth is spoken without...
Photo Courtesy of ResPres and Creativecommons.org For years I have avoided going to Inman Connect. I go to Century 21′s International Convention. I attend two NAR meetings , and several committee meetings. I attend REOMAC conferences because I am a member, and I generally have two brainstorming group meetings a year. Its a lot...
Photo Courtesy of Shapeshift at Creativecommons.org Since you’re reading this you know we’re committed to being on-line as a company. We Blog, we twitter (follow me @billLublin or this blog @c21agvoices), we maintain the “normal” websites for people to look for properties, we publish our listings to century21.com, and we syndicate our listings to...
Photo courtesy of Creativecommons.org As the FDIC takes control of IndyMac bank after the third largest bank failure in History, the Wall Street Journal wrote an article in which they announced that they would be halting foreclosures . While I understand the political necessity of doing something perceived as positive by the public, and...
Photo courtesy of Glutnix at Creativecommons.org I am amazed at the amount of misinformation that floats around RE.net. People don’t know the role or function of their local state or national associations. They aren’t clear on the prupose and function of their blogs, or relationship with the public. This is my opportunity to make a couple...
I already did a version of this post on AgentGenius which turned into a rant on service. But the nice thing about posting to more then on place is that I can take a single idea and expound on it from different perspectives. This perspective is the resistance I believe the majority of people have...
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