Jonathan Dalton

Realtors

New Year’s Resolutions never have done much for me. It always struck me that if it was something I couldn’t pull off before, or...

Realtors

… there’s nothing wrong about writing when Chick-Fil-A comes to your town if it’s something that interests you. Here I am yelling at those...

Realtors

Hello, Odysseus. Tobey here. I’d hoped you wouldn’t continue barking up the wrong tree but that truly seems to be your modus operandi …...

Opinion Editorials

(Deep breath.) Perhaps it’s due to my own personal bent, but anytime I see a post explaining … nay … lecturing on how you...

I’m fortunate that my manager doesn’t have many suspicions about what I write on my blog, especially in light of last month’s theme of...

RE Moments

Step one: Establish relationships with out-of-town bloggers. Step two: Notify said bloggers when you’re coming to town. Step three: Coerce said bloggers into buying...

Business Marketing

Most in my office roll their eyes (or worse) when I mention the Internet, to the point that I have reversed course and mockingly...

RE Moments

This afternoon I completed the most depressing, disheartening listing appointments of my career. It wasn’t the first time I met with a seller facing...

Ethics

You are told from the beginning of your training as a real estate professional (assuming you go to a brokerage with training) that you...

Opinion Editorials

“Jonathan?” “That’s me.” “Are you, uh, still, uh, working real estate in the, uh, Glendale area?” “Arrowhead Ranch and all the rest, yes I...

Ethics

This is less a post than a plea. Over on my Arizona Homes blog I’ve been posting some excerpts from e-mail conversations with Dick...

Social Media

A couple of days ago I posted a somewhat meandering rant … well, rant may not be the correct term as the post lacked...

Opinion Editorials

It’s a credit to Benn that contributors here have free rein in terms of what they wish to discuss. That, of course, is a...

Business Marketing

Such is the power of the kunahura that I rarely risk even thinking about a commission check until a contract has been signed and...

Business Marketing

Yesterday I spent an hour-plus talking to two agents in my office about what they could do to try and attract business. Our broker...

Opinion Editorials

Yesterday I was in the midst of the particular hell known as the Costco roadshow, standing a few feet away from some fairly horrible...

Business Marketing

The theme had come up once at one of my office sales meetings and today again at lunch. Says one title company’s account executive,...

Opinion Editorials

Can I have your attention? I have just been handed an urgent and horrifying news announcement. So I need you to stop what you’re...

Social Media

There’s been speculation over the past few days about what may come out of the NAR Convention next month in terms of “blogging compliance.”...

Opinion Editorials

Having a decent memory helps greatly in the real estate game. From a sales standpoint, it helps greatly to remember names and faces. From...

Business Marketing

I used to play in a regular Thursday night poker game where the running joke every time someone wasn’t paying attention and forgot to...

Opinion Editorials

I just spent 25 minutes on Google trying to figure out which film critic threatened to quit if the producers of Police Academy made...