It was noted earlier that after a couple years, most people don't remember their exact sales price - buying or selling. But, boy, is it critical in the moment! The ego interjects itself on both sides too. Buyers don't want to overpay, and sellers think they are...
Here are the top tech ideas for real estate in 2014. Hopefully we will see some drone technology this year on Bubbleinfo TV! http://www.inman.com/2013/12/24/top-10-real-estate-tech-trends-to-watch-for-in-2014/ Top 100 most influential leaders in real estate - I came...
USC Ross Minority Program in Real Estate is coming to San Diego! The USC Ross Program is an executive training program bringing individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives together to solve complex real estate challenges. Whether your interest is...
Consumers love to rate the products they’ve bought, the movies they’ve watched, the restaurants they’ve eaten in, even the doctors they’ve visited. The National Association of Realtors is testing a program that allows homebuyers and sellers to review the real estate...
This long-time local broker is fed up with the 3rd-party real estate websites using our listings to make money. It must be big money too, because there are now over 900 websites that advertise properties. These websites (Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com, etc.) are selling...
Hat tip to SM for sending this along, from curbed.com: A few weeks ago, we were absolutely convinced that we had found the world's sorriest listing photo. But lo! And behold! Truth that was not, for today a worthy contender surfaces in a listing photo for a house in...
For those who want to have better open-house performance, do some fine-tuning on your signage - especially if you are in a neighborhood full of competing open houses:
One more note on the nomination - Inman News is the sponsor, which publishes an e-newsletter sent twice a day to agents around the country. Their mission is to help agents, and while I'm a daily reader, I don't cover realtor-centric topics here. I figure that they...
Someday, I'll stop selling real estate/blogging, and it would be a shame if nobody took it over. Our eldest child survived freshman year of college, and is back home for the summer. She doesn't want to be a realtor (so far), but just in case her future college degree...
