Author: Bill

Is the For Sale Sign Dead?

  It seems that everyone is always trying to improve on the poor old “For Sale” sign. I was reading a recent Blog at Sellsius which speaks about  Custom Fit Realtyin Wisconsin who  is using Matrix codes on its house…

Thoughts of a Housing Recovery – From LA to Philly!

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…

Unrepresented FSBOs Can’t Be Listed on REALTOR.COM

Image via CrunchBase 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…

The Law of The Mind – Marketing 101

I love the book “The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing“. I like it because it doesn’t try to be more than it is, it makes sense, its a quick read, and each time I read one of the 22 laws,…

Who Lives in Your Blogosphere?

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…

What are the Fundamentals of Real Estate?

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…

The Growing Blogosphere

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Technorati recently published their report on the “State of the Blogosphere / 2008” , the newest version of an annual study which has been digging into trends in blogging since 2004. I’ll actually be…

Business or Pleasure

business or pleasure 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…

The Internet is NOT for Porn

Originally uploaded by gillyberlin Long the leading search item on the Internet, porn has fallen on hard times (no pun intended), as Social Networking trends to become one of the hottest searches on the web. Bill Tancer,a self-described Geek, in…

Making the Most of Your Marketing

A year ago I had a vague understanding that there was something out there called Blogging that was creating a stir in the real estate world. I’m a pretty techie type of guy so I found Blogger and created a…