market: Just Say NO! - 09/25/10 02:46 PM
 
          This blog was inspired, of course, by actual events.  If this were fiction, I'd add: "She said with a sigh!"  However, it's not fiction, it is reality, which is even worse. A new listing just came on the market in my small community. It's a highly visible house, located along one of the main streets. It's been impeccably cared for, has an addition at the rear, new windows, interior pictures show lots of upgrades. It's in the 80 to 100 year old range, and it is on the busiest, dirtiest street in town. It also has a very steep … (3 comments)

market: Tolstoy and Real Estate - 12/22/08 09:19 AM
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Chapter 1, first lineRussian mystic & novelist (1828 - 1910)
To paraphrase, all happy real estate markets are alike; each unhappy real estate market is unhappy in
its own way.  That may be a stretch, but I've been to the two biggest conventions for REALTORS® that
there are in the US during the past two months-NAR in Orlando, FLA, and Triple Play in Atlantic City New
Jersey. I was privileged to be a speaker at both conventions; I taught ABR as a pre-convention … (0 comments)

market: Tolstoy and Real Estate - 12/22/08 09:18 AM
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Chapter 1, first lineRussian mystic & novelist (1828 - 1910)
To paraphrase, all happy real estate markets are alike; each unhappy real estate market is unhappy in
its own way.  That may be a stretch, but I've been to the two biggest conventions for REALTORS® that
there are in the US during the past two months-NAR in Orlando, FLA, and Triple Play in Atlantic City New
Jersey. I was privileged to be a speaker at both conventions; I taught ABR as a pre-convention … (0 comments)