7 reasons to make sure your agent can read well… July 16, 2007
I’m not addressing whether or not your agent has dyslexia or if they are perhaps illiterate. No, I’m putting out there that there can occasionally be a lack of reading on the part of an agent when it comes to documents that may be very important to purchase of a property. Rather than focus on [...]
Do YOU have a durable power of attorney? March 29, 2007
So, I haven’t been on RCG for a while because I am gone from Seattle to Wichita, KS where I and my siblings are on hospital watch. My parents were hit by a drunk driver on Monday night and so I caught a flight here immediately since both of them were in the hospital with injuries. My [...]
Whose client is it, anyway January 23, 2007
Scenario: buyer says that they will be buying in 3 months. You say, perfect, let’s get you pre-approved so you’ll be ready by then. You believe the buyer until they call you 5 days later with the great news that they just bought new construction from a site agent! Aren’t you happy for them?
But before [...]
It may be broken, but here’s a plan to fix it! August 27, 2006
Ah, finally get to catch up on reading some RCG posts. What a prolific group this is! Makes you wonder just how important a degree in creative writing might become to the average agent in the future. I’ve been busy cuz I’ve been doing alot of recruiting these days. So, when Eric, in a recent post wonders about the mega agent [...]
Why I do not support the use of Buyer Agency Agreements July 25, 2006
For many years I have been at loggerheads with most of my peers around the country, regarding the use or lack thereof, of Buyer Agency Agreements.
After eight years of “ad nauseum”, insider agent forum discussions on this topic, I continue to feel that buyers are most often, better off without them. Most often [...]
“Disguised” FSBO Market Share July 16, 2006
Some big news happened last week in Texas which I discuss on my blog. In a nutshell, the FTC obtained a Consent Order from the Austin Board of Realtors to eliminate a rule that treated Exclusive Agency Listings different from Exclusive Right to Sell Listings, at least with respect to the publishing of those listings [...]
California realtors make a call for higher standards… March 17, 2006
There was an interesting article (requires a subscription) on Inman yesterday about the California Association of Realtors (www.car.org) pushing for higher licensing standards. CAR’s president noted that currently in California someone who cuts hair requires more training than real estate agents to obtain a license for their profession.
I applaud the fact that the industries own [...]
Lots More than Just the Sexiest Real Estate Agents March 15, 2006
It’s been a while since I had a real “ramble” post, but considering the occasion, hopefully people will forgive me for trying to cover a lot of ground in one post.
Happy Birthday to Rain City Guide!!!
It’s been one year since I wrote my first post (Hello World, of course) on Rain City Guide. I [...]
What do real estate industry people talk about? March 14, 2006
My 10-12 weeks of “blogging” have been quite interesting for me, in that for 15 years I mostly have talked about the real estate industry with other industry people, and talked about local real estate with my own clients and local agents. Blogging opens up talking to consumers generally about the industry, which is [...]
Are real estate agents an endangered species? — upcoming article March 3, 2006
Heard an interesting interview with economist Steven Levitt on NPR this morning. He co-wrote an article that will be coming out in the New York Times Magazine titled Endangered Species - The future of real estate agents. He dicusses all of the innovations going on right now in real estate and how like travel agents [...]
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