ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2008
5
Comments
Do you Mind Map? Ever heard of it? Recently I had a long conversation with Debra Harris, who is a good friend, and also happens to be the Professional Development Manager for Royal LePage Canada, which I believe to be the largest real estate company in that country (or state, as I might say, in a...
10/25/2008
0
Comments
HOME PRICES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE THROUGH LATE 2009 WARREN BUFFET'S "BUY NOW" CALL GETS LUKEWARM RECEPTION. SARAH PALIN WILL APPEAR ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE So much news, so little time to absorb. All this big stuff happening and all I can do in the little town of Paradise, California is sip my m...
10/18/2008
5
Comments
Back in the day, all of the MLS listings were updated in print. Several times per week, all of the new sheets would come out and the more organized agents would replace the old listing sheets with new listings and updated items, solds would be pulled, etc. Obviously the internet has changed all t...
10/12/2008
5
Comments
As I read my E-mail Monday morning, I came across a "Request For More Info," which is the result of a person taking the time to fill out a form on my website and asking a question about a certain property. This person had been up late Sunday, as the time stamp read 11:30 P.M. I opened the mail ab...
10/09/2008
1
Comments
I am in the process of preparing for my weekly meeting with the agents of my firm. At this time, our financial world has been battered repeatedly and with the help of the wonderful media, the end result is a nation, state, town and in our case--an office-full of fearful real estate agents. A num...
10/09/2008
10
Comments
Ah yes, Listings. "The name of the game," "It's your bread and butter," "The key to making money in real estate," etc. etc. Is that still true? Has anything changed in this volatile real estate market? Well...yes it is still true--listings are the way to make money in real estate. Certainly thin...
10/06/2008
6
Comments
Do you remember the old Tootsie-Pop commercials where the question was, "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center?" Never could any of the kids, owls or other cartoon characters answer the question. Just as I did back then, they always bit through the hard candy shell to get ...
10/03/2008
3
Comments
Wow, Anne Hathaway and her boyfriend problems seemed to get more press this morning than the pending bail out vote. Are the news feeds giving us dessert before the entree? With all of the focus on the economy, unemployment, natural disasters, plunging home prices and the like, I wonder how the av...
10/02/2008
3
Comments
This new environment we find ourselves in has been a challenge. From REO sales that batter the values, to tighter standards of credit and all of the recent hubbub over the bail-out bill, which some fear will freeze (albeit temporary) most of the market activity. I did not grow up on a farm, but m...
10/01/2008
