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Just as a gentle reminder to all of what the actual purpose of the National Association of Realtors is supposed to be: "The core...
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The year is starting a march toward its natural ending, friends…and it seems a few real estate careers may be also. This week I found some real...
Just as a gentle reminder to all of what the actual purpose of the National Association of Realtors is supposed to be: "The core...
Recently both Century 21 and The Realty Alliance have partnered with REALTOR.com® to provide their agents with Showcase Listing Enhancements.
Perception is Not Reality Last week NAR held their Mid-Year meetings in Washington, as they have for many, many , years. And during those...
Image courtesy of It’s time to get involved. Background: Read Did Google Scrape My Website? You Be The Judge. Rules Threaten Realtors & IDX...
I have collected so many hilarious stories from my colleagues about open house debacles that I have titled this post, “Ham on Wry: It’s NOT a Good Idea...
They’re only words. Words. Words are powerful stuff. Words can hurt, elate, destroy, and effect change. They can be designed to do any of...
[Update] “NAR has supported this ruling! That is the scary thing. My local board threw it on NAR for intrepretation and they indeed said...
Disasters in Un-Real Estate: Have you ever had anything go awry at an Open House? C’mon – tell the truth – I can’t be...
Back By Popular Demand: More Agent Bloopers You’ll Love! Here’s the list of this week’s best bloopers, which will surely make you all go...
- Well, if you don't I'll send them to one of the other two Realtors I have been speaking to in your market. -...
“Dear Ginny, WTH?” which is like a “Dear Abby” column for real estate objections. If you have a tough client or a marketing problem,...
Business is hard For most of us the real estate business isn’t easy these days. We find the clients or they find us but...
Last week I had my first opportunity to meet some of my online friends at REBarCamp Los Angeles. In addition to the wonderful connections...
Joining the Company During my second week as a managing broker, I’ve been learning a great deal about recruiting and hiring agents to be...
For the established neighborhoods that are in turnover mode, perhaps new people will (get this) move in and stay for a while rather than...
Friends Are Good Does simply saying I’m your “Friend” make me your “Friend”? Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “What you do speaks so loudly that I...
A New Manager Today’s my first day as the new Managing Broker of one of our brokerage offices. For 6 years, I’ve been a...
At one point or another, all of us have thought, “Man! That agent has no clue what they’re doing!” or “I can’t believe that...
A great question from Mike Price in response to this post: Russell, What percentage of brokers would you guess use any sort of formalized...
What is a "top producer"? How is it defined? Why would anyone care? Some would say if you are in the top 10% you...
Let me preface this by saying – I don’t hunt and never have. Hell, my husband is a vegan so I’m clearly out of...
Full service I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be a full service Realtor. It doesn’t seem to mean the...
Fannie Mae has announced effective March 1st, 2009 New Policy Changes which prevent modification of Commissions by lenders as a condition of approval on...
Don’t freak out…. but be aware that we are responsible for what goes on our blogs. We are not journalists, we are not professional...
Be Prepared “The next 180 days may be the toughest economic days we will ever experience in our lifetime.” This was spoken by Gary...