Posts Tagged ‘Current Affairs’

The real estate blame game

Media, media bo bedia, Bonana fanna fo fedia, Fee fi mo media – media! Come on everybody, let’s play the blame game “The Media’s” effect on real estate was the conversation that rose most audibly from the panel sessions, lobby…


You can’t wish away the competition

What do these companies have in common? Hong Kong’s Techtronic Industries Ltd. Brazil’s Embraer South Africa’s SABMiller PLC Each one is penetrating new markets and stealing share from name brands that have dominated their categories for decades. Each come from…


Slouching toward Parsipanny

At the risk of seeming pretentious and simple at the same time, I submit that the poem Slouching Towards Bethlehem by W.B. Yeats captures the housing times better than anything you’ll read here or anywhere else. Think about the rough…


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A fresh perspective on housing’s woes

Click here. Found on Marc Andreessen’s blog.


Change has a New Poster Boy

In 1999 Intel Chair Andy Grove told members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors that the Web could obliterate their business. He offered them a choice: Change or go under. The $57 billion dollar industry didn’t change. Circulation has…


Takkle This!

Two things you may not be aware of: First, a while back I suggested real estate companies run contests where consumers submit short videos on their homes. Make it funny and engaging. Each month the videos are voted on –…


Bombs Away

First it was Toyota and their all-online marketing push for the Scion xB. Now, Big Real Estate is making its move. I frequently wonder why it is that despite the fact that 77% of real estate consumers start their search…


Portrait of a full service agent

In an effort to slice and dice up the discussion of what “full service” is in real estate and what that might look and sound like, I draw your attention to the video. It’s a short interview between Brad Inman…