Russell Shaw

Coaching

  I first saw this in 1980.  It was first printed in The National Enquirer. Ron Hubbard asked for – and received – permission...

Business Marketing

When I saw what my friends, John Kalinowski and  Derek & Mariana Wagner had done with this idea, like everyone else I thought, "Pretty...

Ethics

The Arizona Republic covers the top headlines of the day for December 25, 2008 with the top headline featuring Russell Shaw of Phoenix, Arizona....

Coaching

The seller has a problem.  They have a house they want to sell and need to sell it at a certain price.  They hire...

Business Marketing

Okay, so they’re not really all “100%”.  Re/Max is now a maximum of a 95% split.  Further, most of the 100% companies have various...

Product Review

Mike Ferry has been the topic of conversation here before, but this time, it's different...

Business Marketing

Some fantastic viewpoints lately about the future of the residential real estate business.  A few see our business becoming more “agent-centric”.  Others see it...

Public Relations

My Listing Specialist, Bill sent me an email with the following question: Sir, Please advise whether our seller needs to disclose naked neighbors in...

Coaching

This is the book I am telling all of my friends in the real estate business to get and read.  It is so well...

Ethics

Texas judge, Rick Morris has made a decision that you might want to know about.  I couldn’t find a picture of Rick, so the...

Economic News

This is an email I received from a friend of mine,  Christy Quick.  What do you think? So I’ve been thinking so much about...

Realtors

One of the things I’ve always found most amusing (and sad) about Main Stream Media is that for the most part they seem to...

Coaching

Have you ever had the remarkable pleasure of talking to someone who keeps checking their phone for new text messages while they are talking...

Realtors

“A car goes around a one mile oval track at an average speed of exactly 30 miles per hour.  How fast would it have...

Economic News

Mock Video This viral video has been redone to the tune of several themes including Twitter and now, about the real estate bubble… it’s...

Highlights

“I hate REALTOR.com.” That was pretty much the response in the comments from FSBOs on Realtor.com.   I’m so glad Jay found that and wrote...

Economic News

Russell Shaw on the Big Screen… Discussing the Arizona real estate market- who’s buying, what they’re buying, inventory levels, pricing, foreclosures, and homeowners being...

Economic News

Realtors

It seems to me that if a REALTOR wants to “attack NAR” they might also think it was a good idea to take an...

Realtors

I don’t know how many posts there will be in this series but I will continue to post them until I find out.  I...

Opinion Editorials

Economic News

Fear Starts Out Simple The emotion of fear is a gradient scale that starts at simple, garden variety “worry”, at the lowest level and...

Business Marketing

Real experts, in any field, are people who can make the most incomprehensible issues and complex things simple.  They can explain it so it...

Opinion Editorials

Dear (Your Name Here), Welcome!  By the time I realized how many nice people had arrived that I have not said hello to yet...

Economic News

Some people like making snap decisions and encourage others to do so, as well.  Sometimes they are right.  I find I make my best...