Robert's Luxury Real Estate Blog

I would like to share a confusation with you. What's a confusation? It's a mixture of confusion and conversation. I'm all for preserving the English language and avoiding the addition of new and pointless slang terms. But, at the same time, I enjoy having a little bit of fun with ideas and rules ...

Every year, Ultimate Homes magazine lists the top 1,000 most-expensive homes in the United States, and in the recent issue the competition between the different luxury-broker networks isn't even close. LuxuryRealEstate.com has more than twice the number of luxury properties on the list as the clo...

I was looking through Google News a few days ago, and a Reuters story caught my eye. The story is entitled "Mortgage broker, lender plan too little too late." It's a somewhat dreary article, describing the hopelessness of our situation and the inability of the current plan devised by U.S. Treasur...

I found a fun little article in The Seattle Times today entitled "Get your green on: ‘Tis St. Paddy's Day." Not only was the article lighthearted and fun to read, but it also included a nice photo of John Harvey Losh, the father of LuxuryRealEstate.com President John Brian Losh. The elder Losh lo...

Woodinville, a suburb of Seattle, suffered a sad event on Monday, March 3, 2008, according to an article I found in Yahoo! News. Three luxury homes were burned and two others were damaged in a case of arson. Thank goodness the homes were unoccupied and so no one was injured.These homes were part ...

It seems like an oxymoron, but I believe there is a right way to make mistakes. In fact, I think that I'd like to see more luxury real estate professionals and other people making mistakes because that means that they're moving beyond their comfort zones and trying new things. It's scary to put y...

I am not a particularly pessimistic person. I believe that good eventually triumphs. I put my trust in "old-fashioned" values, such as honesty, saving for a rainy day, avoiding harmful substances and risks, and being kind to all people. Some or all of these things might be out of style right now,...

Ben Stein, the famous actor, economist, lawyer and author, announced that he will be the keynote speaker at the 6th Annual Luxury Real Estate Spring Retreat, which will be hosted in San Diego from Tuesday, April 15 to Friday, April 18, 2008.Mr. Stein indicated that he plans to speak, in large par...

Remember in my Mission Statement when I mentioned that I would sometimes use this blog to talk about LuxuryRealEstate.com news? Well, this is one of those times. I'm happy to report that the 3rd Annual Luxury Real Estate European Conference was recently held Thursday, January 24th to Friday, Janu...

I've been talking a lot about the media lately, but my thoughts just keep dwelling on this topic. When I see headlines talking about how many people believe we might be in a recession, I start to wonder if that is simply reflecting the fact that everyone hears and reads predictions of future down...