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 [...]
The “BIGGER” news on Zillow.com December 7, 2006
I was intrigued by Kevin Boer’s comment on Galen’s post predicting that the Major Brokerage Houses would be jumping in en masse and posting their listings on Zillow.com. Kevin predicts that it will be “the little guy” who will hold out. I predict it will actually be the other way around, with the [...]
NARdi Gras Blogging November 8, 2006
The folks over at the Center for REALTOR Technology have made it a bit too tempting, so I’ve decided I’m going to blog the NARdi Gras!
Please join me over on the new blog platform on Move.com as I take over the site with a Mardi Gras theme for the next week. [...]
A tribute to one who tried September 28, 2006
I happened upon this story by accident. It is one of the very best stories I have ever seen about a “former realtor” and his experience. We hear from agents all the time…the ones who stayed in the business. We hear that 80% leave and it’s a revolving door of new agents year after year.
But [...]
More Bed Hopping with the Competition September 7, 2006
Matt Goyer, of Urbnlivn fame, just accepted a position at Redfin. I wonder if he’ll keep up urbnlivn, or quit in favor of the Redfin blog like Rob. Just reading that article about Rob reminds me how much things have changed in the past six months…
Anthony Allan put together a nice post [...]
How much for the bathroom? August 25, 2006
Frances Flynn Thorsen is raising 100K with the Web Women Giving Circle for CARE — a humanitarian organization that works with women to fight global poverty.
There is no good follow up item because everything else is void of the meaning in comparison. I recommend (1) following the links in the first point, (2) donate some [...]
The Super Agent August 19, 2006
It seems to me that the agents who post and comment on RCG are ‘mom and pop’ agents whose business is limited to their ability to work with clients directly throughout the real estate transaction. I’ve not heard from any of the ‘Walmart’ agents who have built organizations allowing them no upper limit on their [...]
Polarized Activity and the Real Estate Industry
I started butting heads on industry changes long before I started “blogging”. Below are two “posts” I made to an internal agent real estate forum about a year ago. They have been “picked up” on the internet, and so are now “publicly available” on the internet. I thought I would take them [...]
You Have to Wonder…. July 17, 2006
And some ask why the government is so fixated on organized real estate. It is because of this mindset and the audacity to shout it out to the world…
I tactfully tell my sellers if I reduce my commission to 4 percent or 5 percent, the buyer’s agents will show my listings last only [...]
Free Bloginar in L.A. for 200 Agents! (Plus: How to Link!) July 11, 2006
Russ Cofano and I are giving our 2nd Bloginar for agents next week on how to use blogs to effectively generate leads. Interestingly, the sponsor of the event, Coldwell Banker, decided to open up our seminar to all southern california real estate agents and not just Coldwell Banker agents (WOW!)… Not only that, but [...]
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