NAR raises dues… yawn Oh sure. Lots of agents will complain and bemoan having to pay more. But I doubt NAR will lose any members (due...
We have an ongoing series here highlighting quality real estate photographers and today while narrowing down our next featured photographer, I came across a number who...
Did you know that everytime you pull a credit report for a mortgage, that individual could receive many unsolicited calls from other lenders that very evening?...
I don’t know about you, but I am on the verge of a breakdown. Why? Because I am so frustrated with the lending institutions that I...
The AG Flash Poll prompts this response. Will the future have more “independent brokerages”? Yes! But that isn’t the whole story. I believe what has happened...
There’s a party going on, and somehow – thanks to the MLS – we all got invited. Call me mellow yellow, but is there a strange...
Last month I spent a day at a seminar for real estate agents. The hotel I stayed in was packed with other real estate agents all...
Well, friends, it was a rough week in real estate advertising and MLS listings. Pants were dropped, illegal substances were aplenty, and bodily functions needed attention. ...
This week’s MLS and real estate ads had a distinct odor, friends. From gas to dryrot, it seems homes are becoming offensive. Moral of this blog:...
It’s getting closer to Goblin Day, friends, so I thought I’d show you some of the Halloween treats provided by our always dependable MLS. Some of...
It is no secret that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are tightening the reins on delinquent borrowers. What is looks like to me is Fannie is...
I just received the following email from my good friend, Dr. Fred Grosse: Dear Friends Greetings to you all from springtime in New Zealand. We are...
I must need a rest from the Rubik’s Cube that is the MLS and the real estate ad world. I am beginning to see people. Not...
Disclaimer: This is not a blog post about social media. Although, I have to give a shout out to Benn Rosales for his eye catching headline:...
I’m calling ITT Tech. It’s time they establish a course for translators for the MLS. Often the listings I see are so wacky I have to...
With so many bargain basement deals available to buyers, some brokers are implementing a “minimum commission policy”. They ask buyers to sign an agreement guaranteeing a...
My dear readers, friends, colleagues and fellow inmates: Please think before you participate in MLS-Speak. If you don’t, you’ll come off like a horse’s petute. This...
How well have you kept up with our rapidly changing business, friends? There are certain phrases we have all heard in real estate. The trouble is,...
It appears that Chase Bank has a division that continuously checks the net for any posts or comments about them. So it shouldn’t take them...
Sigmund Freud coined the term “The Pleasure-Pain Principal” which is as simple as it sounds. We are biologically programmed to seek pleasure and avoid pain. We...
Welcome to the New World. Recently a colleague and I were discussing all the changes we have witnessed since entering the wacky world of real estate....
Do you remember the day you became an agent? I wish I could, but the day itself was nothing more than a standard step in the...
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