Real Estate Referrals Gone Wrong - 09/28/10 07:13 AM
Many Business People like referrals, including Real Estate Agents.  We typically make referrals to Agents that we know, or that have a good reputation.  I made one the other day to an Agent I have worked with several times-but it went completely wrong.
 

I have written before about Agents that try to sell in areas they aren't familiar with, and how the prudent thing would be to refer the client out.  I have also written about Buyers that call Agents to show them properties but never mention that they are working with another Agent (usually a friend or family … (21 comments)

Laurie Manny Memorial Fund - 09/02/10 02:27 PM
Giving.....this is one of the common threads all of us share with Laurie. She gave to all of us-time, expertise, humor and whatever she could. 
If you can't make it to Long Beach or New York.. this may be of interest to you.
Via Manhattan Beach CA/ e-PRO..... Kaye Thomas... (Real Estate West):

 
 
Many of Laurie's friends have been chatting and realized that if we all sent flowers to her service in New York or to her Memorial Gathering in Long Beach there wouldn't be much room for people.  We have set up a Laurie Manny Memorial Fund for … (2 comments)

An Almost Wordless Wednesday: When what you do just isn't good enough - 09/02/10 02:21 AM
In any job or any activity we try to do the best we can.  But what happens when we mess up?
I love photography, looking through a lens and trying to capture just the right moment, or just the right scene. There are so many variables in choosing what is good, what is best or what we will settle for. Photography can teach this lesson, the lesson that things don't have to be perfect to be enjoyable or acceptable.
The picture here was supposed to be of a wild raspberry.  But as you can see the raspberry didn't turn out … (18 comments)