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2010
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Have you got on the Yelp bandwagon yet? If not you are missing out on 27 million visitors per month and up. Like most social media it is free. I have posted a picture of the Yelp widget that you can download to your blog or web site. I think everyone here can sing the benefits of localism.com, an...
02/28/2010
Tony, has put together a great post that explains the real value of upgrades. No longer can appraisals reflect the old bubble upswing with added values that distort the real market. When homeowners who are listing a house want more for it by telling me but we just put in new carpeting, I reply di...
02/26/2010
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I have written a couple of post about my frustration with BPO agents. I praised the good ones, and for the rest I recommended that you always meet the agent at the listing on short sales. Renee Burrows took exception to that, and we ended up in a long comment section dialogue, which I found to b...
02/26/2010
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To say that Realtors have a lot of negative press is an understatement. Sometimes the negative press is within our ranks. I am sure that a day on Active Rain is never a day without a rant about some unethical Realtor, or Realtors that don't answer their phones. It stands to reason that any indust...
02/22/2010
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I have been thinking a lot about social marketing and networking lately. I am going to be on a panel at an Oklahoma City Realtor Association tech fair. One of the points about the cost effectiveness of social media will be Active Rain. When I started blogging and commenting here for real it was N...
02/21/2010
Yes I am doing a difficult thing. I am trying to blog about an Oklahoma backwards movement, but not spill my Argentinian Malbec on the keyboard. It aint easy when you are angry. See, I love Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's, and Central market. Those supermarkets add to the quality of life. When i wa...
02/20/2010
I didn't get to meet everybody I wanted to meet, but I thought I would do a different take on what was significant to me, and this is a pictureless post because so many good pictures have been posted already. I was talking today through email with Lori Cain of Tulsa, Oklahoma who I did get to mee...
02/18/2010
I started selling real estate in Oklahoma City in late 1989. We had already been in a deep recession since 1982 with the collapse of the energy industry. We had the unemployment and foreclosures so familiar to larget parts of the country, and to a great extent most of the sales were foreclosed pr...
02/17/2010
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There will be a lot of post today about Raincamp Dallas. What I wanted to share is my iPhone Panorma of the event using Autostitch. Wjhat was most impressive to me is any event like this where you can get over 300 people in a room paying attention. I see this at Inman News Real Estate Connect, an...
02/17/2010
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Today is Valentines Day, and the greatest day for florist throught the country. For me it is an unoffical day that honors love and passion. I have blogged alot about loving this business, having a passion for what you do, and as The Beatles once said, all you need is love. I wake up everyday than...
02/14/2010
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We want to inform you of economic and demographic information in Oklahoma, as well as alert you to unique investment opportunities in both residential and commerical real estate. We also will step outside of our state to comment on important news and events as they shape our real estate world. This blog has opinions but is not dogmatic. We hope for open dialogues that make us all better Realtors that give exceptional service to our communities.