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Have you Made a Reality Check Lately!

March 29th, 2010 · No Comments

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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 well as business [...]

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Tags: Real Estate · economy

Why Salespeople Make Me Hate Them

August 17th, 2009 · No Comments

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 their third party [...]

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Tags: Foreclosures · Opinion · Real Estate · economy

Thoughts of a Housing Recovery – From LA to Philly!

November 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Opinion · Real Estate

It Started in Philadelphia

July 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Opinion

C21AgVoices – Blogging Philadelphia Real Estate

July 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

As people in the real estate industry talk about blogs, it seemed to me that agents would find it easier to start blogging about who they are and what they know if they didn’t have to learn it all on their own, and maintain a rapid pace of writing from the very start. In a [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Real Estate · Social Media