When Was The Last Time You Saw One Of These - 09/14/09 09:06 PM
While conducting an unintended archeological dig in what used to be my son's room, tucked away in the hollow space under the headboard I found this relic of the real estate business.  To think we used to do business carrying these things around and dog earing pages of favorite listings as we waited for the latest update to come out.
So much about the business was different then.  We (at least most of us) had no presence on the developing web.  There was no Facebook, Twitter, Linked In or any of the other social media avenues to interact with our consumers or each … (19 comments)

The Way It Was - 9/11/01 - 09/11/09 11:27 AM
As many of you I'm sure, I remember exactly what I was doing when I heard the news of the first crash, turning on the tv to witness the second one live. It was incomprehensible. We lost so many lives that day to the insanity that is terrorism. For the rest of us who watched in horror, we also lost a little of our innocence.On a personal level, my son's best friend who worked in a building close to the attack, had to run, covered in a milky white dust as fast as he could to escape the area. He wound … (2 comments)

How Attached Do You Get To Your Sellers? - 09/09/09 06:52 PM
I find myself sitting here, feeling profoundly saddened by the move of one of my homeowners.  She called me just a short while ago to say the moving truck had loaded up her belongings, her lifetime of memories and was headed out of state to deposit her stuff in the her new house.  Though her foot is set on a path that will take her away from her long time and much loved home on Long Island, and closer to her daughter, I feel as if I'm losing a friend. 
This is an intimate business we're in.  Though purveyors of the proverbial happy … (40 comments)

 
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