Looking at Real Estate Websites From Both Sides Now

Here is another chapter of if I could change the world. I woke up this morning with Judy Collins on my brain. Strains of bows and flows and angel hair and ice cream castles in the air suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Probably because we have tickets to see Judy Collins at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento this November. I don't think I've ever seen her in concert, although I did buy her album Wildflowers in 1967. This was back in the day when you could have one hit song on an album and people would buy it.

I suppose I was subconsciously thinking about Both Sides Now because yesterday I was looking at homes to buy in Hawaii. When you're looking at a website as a consumer and not as a Sacramento real estate agent, you see things with different eyes. For example, I see some agents rank very high in Google but that doesn't necessarily make them a good real estate agent. In fact, they might be a brand new agent, and I don't want to hire a new agent. I've been in this business long enough to know that an experienced agent, an agent who is passionate about her job, is the kind of agent I want to do business with.

Yes, before you say it, everybody has to start somewhere but that doesn't mean I have to help them get started. Those agents can go practice on somebody else.

I am also not interested in registering to look at property online. I registered at one site, and if that agent ever calls me, I'll hang up on him. I don't like him because he made me register to look at homes in Hawaii. I don't like him for other reasons, too. Because he's a keyword hog without substance. I don't mind agents who rank high for keywords because I am one of those agents. What I do mind are agents who didn't earn it because they have little to offer.

Presently, I'm working on changing and upgrading my own website. I will be adding an IDX, too. One of the reasons I'm changing is because Agent Achieve has gone haywire too much lately, and I don't have a lot of patience. A great way to choose an IDX is to look at the way other agents maintain property searches. I've picked up a lot of useful information by searching as a buyer. I've also looked at how agents present themselves, their company and their performance.

I'll tell you something else, too. Switching gears here. You know what the most important button is on a remote? On a remote that you're holding in your hand to watch a movie? My husband is in Chicago, so I have to operate the TV remotes by myself. That's something I don't ordinarily do. Now, you might say it's the On / Off button or the Power button. That's for neophytes. It's kind of stupid that each remote manufacturer manages to switch the Up / Down volume buttons and the Higher / Lower change channels buttons. On one remote, the volume might be located on the left and the channel changer on the right. On another remote it's the opposite. So you can find yourself watching World Wrestling Allstars instead of Dancing with the Stars and the volume is still too low.

The most important button on a remote is buried in the middle somewhere. It's not a big or obvious button. If you're a woman with long fingernails it's hard to depress. Who designed these remotes? Probably some guy with little tiny fingers. The most important button on a remote is hard to reach, hard to find and it's in the wrong place. It's the pause button.

I really don't know remotes at all.