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…
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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,…
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…
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…
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…
What Were They Thinking About?
Photo courtesy of creativecommons.org and wellzee 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,…