Posts By Jeff Brown
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2.8K12Opinion EditorialsWhy consumers don’t care about dual agency in real estate
The real estate consuming public wants results. In the last half century they've simply not made even a small deal out of...
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20.4K14Opinion EditorialsWhy real estate’s agent-centric broker models are doomed
By comparing the numbers of broker models, it becomes apparent that not only is one clearly more financially feasible, but could lead...
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2.2K4Business NewsWhy do most businesses fail on an epic scale?
Why do some businesses flourish and have consumers banging down their doors, while similar companies sit idly by, withering away? Let's talk...
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2.2K1Business EntrepreneurWant to be your own boss? Are you sure?
With the abundance of stories of young internet millionaires, thousands flock to business ownership every day, but is it really what they...
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2.4K4Opinion EditorialsWhy California’s population is packing their bags for Texas
While Texas is not the only state opening their arms to California refugees, the taker mentality of California and similar states is...
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3.2K1Business NewsWhat it takes to succeed in the service industry
Everyone loves to debate how exactly one skins a cat, but the method matters not, it is the result that professionals must...
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3.4K4Opinion EditorialsSix rules for effectively arguing any opposing point
Online or offline, humans are programmed to be thoughtful, but not necessarily logical. Remembering six simple rules for arguing can do wonders...
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2.4K20Business NewsOld School mentoring: the missing ingredient in business today
Today's job culture is far different from the hands-on privilege once offered to new professionals in the form of legitimate, Old School...
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2.7K32Opinion EditorialsAnalysis of three types of Realtors: producers, improvers, blamers
There are many paths to success in the real estate industry, but over dinner as a young agent, my father gave me...
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2.4K2InvestmentsMillennials learning from their Boomer-parents’ mistakes
As Boomers lost their pants with IRAs and 401Ks, Millennials are increasingly seeking out real estate investments and planning out their retirement,...
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2.1K9Opinion EditorialsThe real lesson in the Supreme Court arguments
The recent health care issue graced the United States Supreme Court and there is more to learn than just what is to...
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2.5K13Opinion EditorialsThe rise of the neglectful yoga mom demographic
The rising trend of non-working non-engaged mothers that warehouse their children is small in this down economy, but could point to an...
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1.7K12Opinion EditorialsIdeologies at battle: from Kennedy’s era to today
With the upcoming elections, some are looking backwards as a means of looking forward - comparing the ideologies of yesteryear compared to...
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1.2K19Opinion EditorialsWill you get to retire? Boomers, their kids headed for sad reality
With the Boomer generation and their children on their current path, retirement will not be a reality for many, but there is...
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1.2K39Economic NewsEmpirical evidence that real estate is nowhere near recovery mode
While statistics about real estate appear to be improving, distressed properties are the concrete blocks tied around the ankles of American property...
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1.3K5Opinion EditorialsHow has that taker ideology been working out for you lately?
The now laughable and completely pathetic ‘Great Society’ launched by Lyndon Johnson has proven the socialist school of economics as an ideology...
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2.8K3Opinion EditorialsAre you an expert, an expert time waster or a realistic amateur?
The meaning of life via technology (AGBeat) – Since the first of the year, I’ve dealt with a fried hard drive, settin’...
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1.8K4Opinion EditorialsWhy California loses population as Texas, Idaho grow
The intent of others Decisions we make in life have consequences one way or the other. We exercise and eat right and...
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6655Opinion EditorialsUnions driving millenials, educated people out of state
The concept of Unions Take a look at how states who’ve gladly embraced unions to the point of forcing either membership and/or...
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98830Opinion EditorialsDual real estate revolutions gaining velocity
Revolution #1 In case you haven’t noticed, the local MLS is available to the public through literally a hundred if not a...
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1.3K14Opinion EditorialsGreed vs greed, what is your brand?
Greed vs. greed For the umpteenth millionth time, I read someone scolding business owners and investors in general about their innate greed....
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1.6K24Economic NewsWhen can real estate investing be done by a novice?
DIY real estate investing or call an expert? Many, if not most of us have hobbies. Obviously they’re by definition the antithesis...
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95416Opinion EditorialsWhich will win in 2012, universal opportunity or universal equality?
Paying their fair share Nearly one of six Americans are now using food stamps. Fully 47% of us don’t pay income tax....
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Opinion Editorials
Why great retirements do not come from the fed or employers
A “must achieve” goal This time of year brings out the planning demons in most of us. Our jobs, hobbies, family, even...
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1.1K10Opinion EditorialsIs there a fork in the economic road for 2012?
As 2012 approaches… As 2012 is about to enter the room, I’m beginning to get a whiff of major road forking up...
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1.2K33InvestmentsWhy real estate investors should not gamble on property quality
Quality as a relative term Having spent the lion’s share of my real estate brokerage career in San Diego, I learned that...
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1.2K22InvestmentsRetirement and 401Ks – the denial is epic
Counting on a 401? The reality for most Americans’ retirement plan as it relates to 401/IRA is, has been, and in my...
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2.5K14Opinion EditorialsTheory versus reality of actual production in the real estate industry
Theory versus reality Here we are again, nearly finished with the first week of December, the new year already taunting us to...
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Investments
The state of long term real estate investing – the perfect storm is here
The perfect storm for investing If you’ve either dipped your toe into the real estate investment market, or are thinkin’ of divin’...
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Opinion Editorials
AgentCentric? ConsumerCentric? The truth – it’s mostly egocentric
A history of raising the bar At 16 and the janitor for Dad’s real estate company, I was often able to listen...
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2.9K50Opinion EditorialsHow buyers’ agents have learned to live off of listing agents’ hard work
A changing industry Back in the days when brokers were in charge, agents knew their place, and NASA’s scientists were the only...
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1.2K43Opinion EditorialsTechnology still not the answer to a successful real estate practice
Closing in on half a century in real estate Earlier this month I quietly acknowledged my 42nd year as a licensee. All...
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1.1K35Opinion EditorialsThe harsh reality that chases most from the real estate business
Get results or die One of the things pounded into my noggin since I decided to follow in Dad’s real estate brokerage...
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Investments
Sometimes real estate investment strategies work – ’til they don’t
Real estate investment strategy The cornerstone of any real estate investor’s strategy must always be — having a Plan and executing it...
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Opinion Editorials
Why real estate brokerage is hated by the Life Is A Journey crowd
Radical life changes On June 15th, 1967, the last day of my sophomore year in high school, I found myself in Dad’s...
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Opinion Editorials
Producers vs Takers – if takers win, we all lose
A village of 100 Let’s boil America down to a village of 100 people. They can easily be broken up into two...
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Opinion Editorials
Technology as the new rat race – looking busy, 2011 style
If technology were a car engine… First off, don’t let the title fool you into thinking that when it comes to high...
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Economic News
They’re called fundamentals for a reason – retirement or life sentence?
Time to talk about timing One of the first lessons I was ever taught while making the transition from traditional house guy...
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Opinion Editorials
Two ways Realtors can immediately increase their incomes
Two concepts that will thicken your wallet While some real estate professionals focus on the shiniest gadgets or trendiest conferences, there are...
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Mentoring is only truly measured in terms of results – old school vs. new school
Mentorship programs today Coming from what so many of those in their 20’s and 30’s call the dinosaur age, I’ve seen more...
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Opinion Editorials
California versus Texas – a tale best told through fishing parable
California represented everything that is good Since I was old enough to understand the concept of what a state was, California has...
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Opinion Editorials
Discussing ideology, moderation and empiricism
Ideology and policy The other day I found myself in one of those superb conversations about the economy in general, and how...
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Economic News
When subtraction equals addition – human behavior matters to economics
Human behavior often ignored in economic theory One of my favorite quotes ever was from a citizen of the old Soviet Union....
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Economic News
Messin’ with real estate demand – too stupid to make up
Calling the bottom It never caught on of course, but I thought my idea for a new game show wasn’t bad. Named...
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Economic News
Realtors must know how to choose between collectivism & individualism
The thing about economics is its almost universal vulnerability to subjectivity. Subjective Economics – an oxymoronic concept if ever there was one....
