Why do so many agents use all caps for property descriptions? Just now I was looking at some design comps our designer created against a live implementation of her work. The live property detail page was marred by a massive block of all-caps nonsense. Someone please tell me there’s a crazy but nonetheless adhered to [...]
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Rebirth of a brokerage
It’s not often I find myself speechless when approaching the podium after an introduction. Actually it’s quite rare. But rare too were the words of Mike Hickman, President and General Manager of Seven Gables Real Estate who spoke before me setting the stage for the rebrith of his brokerage. I hope they inspire you as [...]
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Breaking through the haze of social media confusion
Since I don’t live in the Bay Area – where I hear posting Yelp reviews like this is prevalent – I snapped this photo prior to entering Damon and Pythias in Calabasas on my way home from a full week of meetings with brokers. It got me thinking. Breaking through the haze of social media [...]
The Susquehanna Real Estate Company
This is not a picture of a yard sign from the 1980′s. I wish it was. It’s actually the sign I’ve been staring at for months as I drive drive down my block. The mere thought of it now makes me crazy.
Making online Realtor ratings work: It’s all or nothing at all
I applaud the Houston Association of Realtors for launching a Realtor rating program. It’s another progressive move from Bob Hale. The spirit behind this is commendable. But here’s the thing: Realtor ratings will never be useful to a consumer unless there are no conditions, no agent filters, and 100% commitment to let the chips fall [...]
Moving beyond broken
I spent three days in Scottsdale last week where I participated in several sessions at Leading Real Estate Companies of the World’s Future Tense 2009 conference. Amid the golden Arizona sunshine and within the Westin Kierland, one distinct sentiment echoed throughout: The current brokerage model is broken. Throughout the day it danced around the panels [...]
Replaced
Nicole sat across the dinner table from us Friday night. She was not her usual positive self. Something happened. I decided to pry. Replaced A former actress, Nicole followed her true calling behind the camera. She did film. Music videos….
Show me the market!
You may have noticed I am a big advocate of putting real estate market information into the hands of consumers. During most of the boom years, buyers and sellers made life-changing decisions based on thin slices of information. A few…
No, it’s not okay
The late morning silence that typically pervades my home was broken by expletives emanating from my bedroom. From my study, I yelled, in a similarly frantic tone, if all was OK. My wife responded, “No, all is definitely not OK!”…
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I wrote about this home a few weeks ago in a post titled Susquehana Real Estate Company. Between then and now, I have been gone from home and focused on other things.