The Mirror Effect

Do you ever wonder how to deal with someone else’s opinion of you –especially if it’s negative? Not how to handle a negative or even rude opinion;early on you should have learned that politeness is how we handle almost any situation. No,I’m asking if you have a mechanism or coping skill for [...]

Killer Real Estate Videos That Won’t Kill Your Budget

Yesterday I put up a post on Marketing Videos and Real Estate. My plea was for more creativity and less facts. My point? An agent who gets creative and starts using video wisely might just take down the Goliath agent in their neck of the woods. Later that day,in answer to a question by [...]

A Scary Thought on the (Non-Existent?) Shadow Inventory

The shadow inventory has been a topic of interest with almost every agent I talk to lately. Most believe it is large and few understand why it isn’t in the marketplace rather than held by the banks. Russell Shaw recently wrote about the shadow inventory being gibberish. It is an interesting article and one I [...]

On Mortgages and Moral Compunction

What would it take for you to walk away from your mortgage?

Kenneth Harney,in his column Nation’s Housing,reports on an interesting study recently done by the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. This study took a look at homeowner’s attitudes toward mortgage defaults,specifically what’s [...]

A Poke (in the eye) From Facebook

You know,they say it isn’t wise –when you visit the Wizard of Oz –to look too closely behind the curtain. Might not like what you see. In Australia we were recently treated to a quick look behind Facebook’s curtain and I have to tell you:the king ain’t wearing any clothes!

Seems [...]

Social Media Marketing and Real Estate

Earlier this month I spoke at the Social Media Marketing National Conference in Orlando. The conference itself was over twelve hours of real estate marketing ideas you can implement right now. Each speaker was a recognized expert in their field and I left with my head spinning. This post is part of a series in [...]

Real Estate Marketing is Greek to Me

Earlier this month I spoke at the Social Media Marketing National Conference in Orlando. The conference itself was over twelve hours of real estate marketing ideas you can implement right now. Each speaker was a recognized expert in their field and I left with my head spinning. This post is part of a series in [...]

God Save Me From Another Real Estate Flyer

Over the past couple weeks I have been reading every real estate flyer I could find. I am sure many of you are asking why I would submit myself to such torture…and you would be right to ask. If I had to guess,eight out of every ten flyers I read were sheer torture. [...]

Tiger the Caddie?

Last Monday Tiger Woods returned to Torrey Pines in beautiful San Diego,but not to golf. Instead he caddied for John Abel,winner of the “Tee Off With Tiger”online sweepstakes sponsored by Buick. This is such a great picture that I can’t help but fill in some dialogue. Mine is below. What do you [...]

Point / Counter-Point

Michael Cook wrote a thought provoking post earlier entitled What Happens to the Early Worm. So thought provoking that I found my comments drifting to post length. So how about a little point/counter-point?

Michael,a very detailed and thoughtful post. I would not disagree with you that cautiousness is a safe strategy (although not always [...]