I never intended to have a property management department. Then my Mother-In-Law got laid off when her company closed, and I wanted to help her with a little additional income. I owned a few properties, and some clients were asking if I would manage properties for them, so I opened a property management department in my...
I’m in San Francisco for the third ReBarCamp. As a result I got to hang out this weekend with my friend and partner Ginger Wilcox, and spend time with her children and my friends Todd Carpenter and Andy Kaufman. While we were having breakfast this morning Ginger asked me to read the latest post...
Image by Xtreme Xhibits via Flickr In January I returned from the Inman Connect Conference and the ReBarCamp in New York City and had the opportunity to talk to people from all over the country about the real estate industry. As is the case in a lot of conferences, there was substantial social interaction as...
Its the middle of a really busy work day, so obviously I need to check out what my friends are doing on Facebook (I am after all an American). And there is the lovely Brandie Young on my live feed Asking Like this? Want to do something about homelessness in Austin, San Antonio, New...
In a recent search, I noticed a post by another brokerage firm about a relationship with RealtyTrac that was promulgated by their national franchise. . It reminded me why I hate salespeople sometimes. This post would indicate to a real estate consumer that the agent and firm had some benefit through the publication of...
Image via Wikipedia If you follow me in the world of social media, you know that I am a Twitter person. I listen, I comment, and I enjoy watching the stream This morning someone wrote “If Realtors are really successful, why are so many homes on the market. Either you can sell or you...
Image via Wikipedia Maybe I’ve been around the real estate industry for too long.Or maybe I’m just not bright enough to get the economics “du jour” – in any case, when I saw an Inman News article entitled “A new set of real estate fundamentals” I was annoyed. When I look at the current...
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...
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