Blog Wars: It’s everywhere. November 4, 2007
The last month has been educational for me in a lot of ways about our industry and confirmed a lot of my thoughts, both good and bad. There is a lot of passion out there in the blogosphere and out in the work place. The one nugget I always come away with [...]
Presentation: Using Blogs to Build an Online Brand August 20, 2007
A while back I posted an outline I had for a presentation I was giving to group at CAR (California Association of Realtors). I got some awesome feedback from the RCG community that definitely helped improve the presentation (Thank you!!!).
On Wednesday, I’m giving a different presentation at Keller Williams’ Mega Technology [...]
10 Great Interview Questions for Agents January 23, 2007
The Dumb Little Man (who is anything but…) just listed 10 questions he asked real estate agents along with the answers he got and the answers he wanted to hear.
How are you going to advertise my home?
Why are you saying my home is worth $400K when I think its worth $325K?
Is your realty [...]
A bit of staging magic goes a long way
This past weekend I attended a three hour class on staging. I was motivated to take the class because, as a real estate photographer, it helps to understand something about staging a property as agents frequently defer to me over last minute details of the home staging when I am on site doing the shoot. [...]
Redfin vs. Establishment January 10, 2007
Redfin creates Red Faces
With Redfin I think they create red faces in the market, mostly from competitors, not their very own clients. With all the debating taking place (see last few comments) about variations of service levels and discussion about saving $20,000 in commissions but losing $100,000 in price for an agent’s [...]
Future of Realtor Associations January 6, 2007
Last week, I did a presentation to the leadership group of a large local Realtor Association and MLS entitled “The Future of the Realtor Association and MLS”. While sitting at the airport waiting for my flight, I read Inman’s blog post regarding the relevance of Realtors. As I contemplated the responses and my recent presentation, [...]
Blogging at Ed.Con 2006 October 5, 2006
Yesterday, Russ Cofano and I gave another blogging seminar, this time in Seattle as part of Ed.con 2006 put on by the Washington Realtor Association.
I thought the day went over really well and considering it was the first seminar we’d given to the “home town” crowd, I found it to be especially fun. Marlow [...]
Inman’s Innovation Awards! June 29, 2006
Congrats goes out to all the contributors on Rain City Guide! We were nominated as a finalist for the “Most Innovative Blog Award” by Inman News. In my world, contributors are not only the people with their photo up on the sidepanel, but also those of you who return to give your [...]
10 Questions for Home Buyers to ask a Real Estate Agent March 20, 2005
I pulled these ten questions from a handout that the national Realtor organization published. There are good questions and, if used by a buyer, they should definitely give you a feel for the quality of the agent. So as not to be above the fray, I’m planning on adding my response to each of [...]
