real estate advertising: CONFESSIONS OF A REAL ESTATE JUNKIE/MOMENTUM
- 05/13/10 06:37 AM
A quick post today to talk about the power of momentum. It can be a wonderful thing, but not always. Almost by definition, momentum can never really be nailed down, as it is always moving, with us or against us. Even though we can't touch it, we can certainly feel it. If you've played any sport you've likely experienced it. You're in the lead for a while and feeling good; confident that if you continue this level of performance, you'll win. Then slowly but consistently, for a period of time, every point, every call, anything close, seems to go against you. At first you discount it as a weird … (0 comments)
real estate advertising: CONFESSIONS OF A REAL ESTATE JUNKIE/CANADIAN GOLD
- 03/03/10 03:23 AM
The Winter Olympic Games that just finished up this past week, were by most reasonable measures, a big success. I had the opportunity to be in Toronto last week in a meeting with about sixteen of our Canadian Publishers of The Real Estate Book. The excitement and pride associated with hosting the games was very evident. I remember personally experiencing that same sense of "pride of place" and "pride of Country" when the games were here in Atlanta, where I'm based, in the summer of 1996. But the Olympic games aren't the only good news going on in Canada these days. I … (1 comments)
real estate advertising: CONFESSIONS OF A REAL ESTATE JUNKIE/REBOUND
- 02/08/10 12:09 AM
Rebound. Now that's a word many of us in and around the real estate industry have been waiting to hear. Well, it's here and it's real. In 2009 NAR reports there were about 300,000 more resales than in the previous year and the forecast for 2010 is for sales to increase again, this time by about 500,000 homes. And sales of brand new homes will kick in too, rebounding from 377,000 homes in 2009 to 529,000 in 2010. Prices, which contracted in 2009, will stabilize and maybe increase slightly in 2010. From a marketing point of view, there is another type … (0 comments)
A quick post today to talk about the power of momentum. It can be a wonderful thing, but not always. Almost by definition, momentum can never really be nailed down, as it is always moving, with us or against us. Even though we can't touch it, we can certainly feel it. If you've played any sport you've likely experienced it. You're in the lead for a while and feeling good; confident that if you continue this level of performance, you'll win. Then slowly but consistently, for a period of time, every point, every call, anything close, seems to go against you. At first you discount it as a weird … (0 comments)
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