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…
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Heading Back to Chicago
I spent several days last week teaching the SMMI CSM course to a group of top agents in Chicago. I left there Saturday to attend the wedding of my best friend’s daughter in Sarasota Florida, but I find myself in…
MisGuided Pride: Facbook and the Holocaust Deniers
Image via Wikipedia I know that this is my platform for writing about the real estate industry, bt today I just want to use this for a quick rant. In his blog TechCrunch, Michael Arrington recently wrote a great post…
To Our Military: Thanks for Your Service
Image via Wikipedia September 11, 2001 – was a world changing day. I remember going to work in my car listening to the Howard Stern show on the radio, when Howard started talking about a plane running into the World…
In This Corner…Two Attorneys & One Broker
Image via Wikipedia Tomorrow morning I fly out to Atlanta for ReTechSouth. The conference has grown into a pretty substantial it event describing itself as; A place where agents, brokers, lenders, builders and many other real estate industry practitioners could…
Are Bloggers Journalists or Not?
Image by concrete_jungler101 via Flickr I was recently reading an interesting article; The New York Times City Room Blog reports that that Rafael Martínez Alequin, Ralph E. Smith and David Wallis filed a federal lawsuit when each of them were…
Reporter or Expert? What Are You?
Image via Wikipedia I found this fascinating quote today: There are basically two types of bloggers in the world – reporters and experts – and some people perform both roles (usually the experts, it’s hard for reporters to become experts,…
Twitter PR Strategy
Twitter PR Strategy, originally uploaded by ogilvyprworldwide. With the limited budgets of many real estate brokers and agents, Social Media is bcoming a place where you need to be if you want to increase your sphere of influence and obtain…
2009 HAS to be Better
Image by reeltor99 via Flickr 2008 was a tough year. And its not one I’m sorry to see leave. The challenges we face in business are just part of our business, which is now and has always been cyclical. But …
What Use is a Real Estate Saleperson?
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,…