Bugged by NAR reports on Market Trends ? - 07/25/09 01:44 PM
Are you bugged by NAR and the way they are reporting market trends?
This week, they report things like:
Existing home sales SHOT UP 3.X Percent in June of '09...
Third month of increases 
when the exact same study and press release also says
June '09 sales are still behind those of June of '08?
Oh - I get what they are saying...  
April was better than March
May was better than April
June was better than May
OH.... No Kidding?  THAT'S TRUE EVERY YEAR.  It's not news.
What is news is that NAR is SPINNING a continuing decline … (6 comments)

Toledo Ohio Real Estate Market Report - 07/24/09 12:58 PM
Toledo Real Estate Market Continues Slow with average sales price and volume continuing below one year ago.
An a national level, things are getting better - with RISMEDIA and NAR reporting sales voume in total units sold up 3.6 % overall.
While they say this is the third month of improvement, they note that sales are still below June of 2008.
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RISMEDIA, July 24, 2009-Existing-home sales rose for the third consecutive month with inventory easing and home prices declining less sharply in June, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Existing-home sales-including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops-increased 3.6% to a seasonally … (1 comments)

Real Estate Marketing - Pour It On Before You Run Dry and Can't Turn It Around - 07/22/09 09:06 AM
 
Real Estate Marketing Is it Time to Pour it On Before You Run Dry and Cannot Turn It Around?
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Seth Godin's blog today says it very well.
"You can't shrink your way to greatness," said Tom Peters. Yet that's what so many dying businesses try to do. They hunker down and wait for things to get better, but they don't. This isn't a dip, it's a cul de sac. It's over. Right this minute, you still have some cash, some customers, some momentum... Instead of squandering it in a long, slow, death spiral, do something else. Buy … (8 comments)

These are THE BEST OF TIMES! - 07/21/09 09:41 AM
Apparently, These are the BEST OF TIMES in Real Estate : )
 
From Seth Godin's Blog today:  
"The best time to do great customer service is when a customer is upset.  The moment you earn your keep as a public speaker is when the room isn't just right or the plane is late or the projector doesn't work or the audience is tired or distracted... And everyone now knows that the best time to start a project is when the economy is lousy."
Seth Godin (read the rest of his blog post on this, or subscribe at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/07/winning-on-the-uphills.html
DO YOU … (1 comments)

Google Chrome ? - 07/17/09 09:58 AM
Just started using Google's "Chrome" Browser.  
IT'S FAST !!! 
Have you found anything it won't do?  
 
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Toledo OH New Home Builders, Marketing Tips: New Home Construction - 07/15/09 09:50 AM
From Twitter:
lonndugan > Wondering why New Home Builders in Toledo don't have web sites like this to market New Home Construction: http://www.lennar.com - see Their TV Page... especially, (also on youtube) 
 
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Speaker Available - 07/06/09 04:20 PM
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Moving Online Market Makes Moving Marketing Target - 07/06/09 09:23 AM
It is a mistake to approach today's online communities the same way you approached them one or two years ago. 
THIS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHANGED. 
Read that again.  A rapidly moving group discovered the Internet, and then....... WHAT? 
FROZE?  STOPPED THEIR ENDLESS QUEST TO LEARN MORE & DO MORE?   
HARDLY!
AR's early days were more "engaging" as far as I was concerned.  But then again, this was true for ARPANET, as well as COMPUSERVE, and AOL, and MySpace, to name a few...  
Here is $.02 that is worth a Million Bucks:  (I am preaching to myself as much as anybody)
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