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The Integrity of REALTORS
2007-04-18 07:55:00 What’s your REALTOR doing when you’re not watching? More About: Realtors , Real Estate , Integrity , Realtor , Real
Does Housing Panic Censor its Comments?
2007-04-16 17:48:00 I feel that if you are going to be critical of someone, then you need to be critical to their face. Its just the right thing to do. People deserve a chance to stand up for themselves. So after I posted my critique of Housing Panic a couple of days ago, I thought the right ... More About: Men , Comments , Sing , Comment
Consumer Federation?s Comprehensive Report
2007-04-15 22:46:00 I just finished reading the most comprehensive report I have ever seen about the discount real estate industry. The report was put out by Washington DC consumer lobby The Consumer Federation.The report details every type of discount real estate service offered to consumers, as well as the growth of the alternative broker model over the last ... More About: Comp , Report , Port , Repo
little pink houses nails it again
2007-04-14 05:51:00 When you have a moment check out Cathy Jager’s article on Little Pink House s about New Hampshire real estate laws regarding FSBO’s. Great find and great writing Cathy. More About: Houses , Nails , Again
your street goes ultra local
2007-04-14 05:28:00 Your Street , a San Francisco based startup, has followed suit with other real estate notables like Zillow and Redfin to create an ultra local, ultra consumer driven, real estate website. Your Street’s goal is to get residents to own their communities by asking them to give advice about the housing situation in their particular neighborhood. Your Street then compiles ... More About: Ultra , Your , Local , Tree
?Ripping the Roof off Real Estate?
2007-04-13 18:08:00 I read a book yesterday titled ?Ripping the Roof off Real Estate ? by Mollie Wasserman. I was turned on to it, while doing some weekly market research, from a group of folks operating under Select3Realty in northern Virginia; they had a blog post referencing it. Apparently, Wasserman is an advocate of offering consumers ... More About: Real Estate , State
Love em or hate em? the sock puppet is still #1
2007-04-13 03:14:00 Every so often I like to check in on how our blog traffic is doing on Blog Top Sites. We usually hover around the 100th most popular blog in the real estate industry - not where I’d like to be, but it’s not bad for us little discounters. However, there is one thing that never changes in ... More About: Love , Hate , Hat , Stil , Still
So, I guess we?re second class citizens
2007-04-12 06:14:00 I was really enjoying RSS Pieces Post on “A year worth of real estate blog ideas,” until I came upon number 57, “Explain your Fees.” This is what it said: You deserve every penny you get. However, with so many discount services out there, consumers are starting to question a Realtor?s fee, so explain what the differences ... More About: Citi , Second , Class , Guess , Econ
Who I would Hire as my Agent
2007-04-11 18:11:00 I am pleased to introduce Blue Collar Agent ’s sixth blogger this morning. Kelly Engel, a fellow Redfinnian, is hands down one of the best real estate agents I have ever met. As Redfin’s listing guru she has been able to price dozens of homes within $1000 of selling price, and just recently she priced a 1.2 million ... More About: Hire , Would , Gent
Mish?s Take on the Changing Real Estate Business
2007-04-10 19:07:00 Economics blogger Mike Shedlock (Mish) offers an informative look at the business model of BuySide Realty and their sister company, Iggyshouse.com. According to Mish, BuySide’s success will be a boon to consumers and an attack on both the NAR and other alternative models: Buyside and Iggys are going to be a big winner if their model ... More About: Business , Estate , Real Estate , Take , Changing
Zlogging for Blogging
2007-04-09 19:42:00 My favorite Bloodhounds are hot on the trail of the Zillow Real Estate Guide (aka wiki). Brian Brady wrote a few guides there and says the results were astounding, and even Greg Swann had good things to say about his Zlogging adventures. One problem: the Zlogs seem to be short on info about discount brokers and alternative business models. In ... More About: Blogging , Blog , Blogg
Happy Easter To All?
2007-04-09 00:20:00 … and, look, the East er Bunny brought us a new blog template! This should quash any formatting glitches you might have seen, and the larger format will give us more room on the page to rant and rave about real estate. Unrelated but equally cool, check out Jott. This very slick new service lets you call a toll-free number ... More About: Happy , Aster
My Currency?s Anti-Consumer Bill of Rights
2007-04-06 07:22:00 My Currency , a Zillowesque San Francisco based company, posted a great post in response to Redfin’s Consumer Bill of Right s . If Redfin’s version was written by Luke Sywalker then My currency’s version was written by Darth Vader. Check it out: This Redfin Consumer Bill of Rights thing got me thinking ?Glenn has it all wrong. Here ... More About: Bill O
I got Misguided at About.com
2007-04-05 04:59:00 I traveled to Vietnam about a month ago, where I had the ability to tour the “Hanoi Hilton,” or at least what was left of it. There were a couple of rooms in the former prison dedicated to the American soldiers who served time there during the American - Vietnam war. It was almost unbelievable how the Vietnamese had ... More About: About , Guide , Guid
?Is your home a discount property??.?
2007-04-03 16:27:00 I recently received an advertisement from a local Realtor (part of a national brand) with the headline ?Is your home a discount property? Then why would you consider selling with a discount broker?? Certainly, most would agree this is an appeal to a segment of the consumer populations? belief system. But, isn?t there a larger ... More About: Property , Home , Your , Count , Disco
What Can Real Estate Learn From Baseball?
More articles from this author:2007-04-03 03:16:00 I’d also like to say thanks for the warm welcome aboard! I’m excited about being part of this team and particularly enthusiastic for what I think will be some great intellectual conversation on business and real estate. Franz introduced us quite well so I’m just going to jump right in with an article I wrote last month. I think it ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Baseball , What , Hat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
