Realtors

Freakazoid Syndrome

<Yawn > Today was one of those dreaded office meeting days, but I decided to go in with an open mind, with a good...

What do you feel are the best 2 or 3 systems to get listings?

An email I received last week:   Hi Russell, Good to hear about your new association...

I Don’t Have a Vendetta Against ActiveRain

In an article for the New York State Realtor Association about real estate blogging ( pdf is here, page 17 ) I wrote this in a sidebar: If you don't mind ceding all of your traffic and branding to another company, take a look at Active Rain. ... What was missing from line above was context. (and this is not a post about quality ) I like Active Rain for what it is, but I stand by the above statement for the simple reason that I, as a Realtor, want my brand to be me.

Too Much Time On Our Hands

"It was nice meeting most of you this morning." Even by the somewhat loose standards of the monthly sales meeting, this had to be one...

Realtor-Police

I don't know what brainchild came up with the idea of making Realtors the point-of-sale police of the country.  In theory it's probably a...

When Your Buyers Hate You, Please Don’t Turn to a Life of Crime

(Photo Credit: Flickr, Bedford Jail Cell – Gloomy50) "A real estate agent in Colorado Springs sent four children -two of them family friends -- to...

I Will GLADLY Pay My NAR Dues. It’s a no-brainer!

I don't know if you noticed, but fellow Agent Genius Bill Lublin wrote a post that started an interesting debate about the National Association...

Real Estate May Be Global, But Service is Local

Is It Really Global I've read and heard countless books and blogs about how "global" real estate has become. I agree that there are out-of-area...