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I found this fascinating quote today in a blog published by ELYAC Realty Los Angeles Real Estate Agent, Home Loans, Mortgage Brokers:
Here’s a surefire way to start an argument: Suggest that the housing market has reached bottom. To be sure, the near-term outlook is still grim, and nobody is forecasting a rapid nationwide rebound. But [...]

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A Couple of days ago, a press release was sent out that said , in part
NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2008 – ForSaleByOwner.com today announced that it has become the nation’s first “by owner” real estate website to enable home sellers to advertise their home on Realtor.com without appearing on a local Multiple Listing [...]

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Book cover via Amazon

I’m tough to buy gifts for. It drove my wife and son nuts. But they have always racked their brains and come up with some outstanding things for birthdays or Father’s day. This year my son and daughter-in-law got off easy.
Knowing how involved I had become in Blogging and social media, they [...]

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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 market, I see [...]

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Originally uploaded by Will Lion

I had a conversation recently with my son Hal, President of BuzzBuilderz, our Social Marketing Company.
He had just met with a Commercial real estate broker about using Social Networking as part of their marketing plan. Hal had explained to him the benefits of building an on-line identity, acquiring a [...]

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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 (after all Estate [...]

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I love being from Philadelphia. It is a place of opportunity. As an example, when I was kid I touched the Liberty Bell. Like uncounted Philadelphia children before me, I walked right up to it, and stuck my little fingers in the crack, below the bolt holding the crack from widening. I still remember the [...]

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Climbing the Property Ladder
Years ago, consumers (and REALTORS) were taught that buying a house or a real estate investment was a relatively long term move.  People bought homes to live in, and raise families, and fix their housing expense (as opposed to rising rents).
Conventional wisdom was that if you bought a home, you should anticipate being [...]

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I got an email earlier this week from one of my Partners.
“Would you suggest defending our listing? Check out Philly Blog – the blog is 2040 St Albans. The blog poster was a previous buyer in a failed transaction. The home inspection revealed defects. The seller was willing to correct most but [...]

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There are lots of directions that real estate professionals take in their blogging efforts. And even more conversation in the blogosphere about blogging. It may be a narcissistic trend. Or maybe we just want others to validate our direction or the business benefit of this , as yet unquantified activity. But I think [...]

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