Gen X, Gen Y, And the End Of The Traditional Real Estate Business Model
 
With the median age of real estate agents being 52 years of age (source NAR), new Realtors hoping to make their mark in the real estate business are casting aside conventional wisdom. Read more
Sometimes Change Need Not Be Subtle
The old way is out and the new way is in. The manner in which you are presently engaged will cease to exist. You must change. You will have no choice!
What Would You Do?
Here’s the scenario. A consumer calls you based upon a blog post that you have recently made. He is in dire NEED of the services of a competent and professional real estate agent.
The Anatomy Of A Realtor-Less Transaction
Over the last couple of months we have spoken to hundreds of agents who when asked, most can not easily articulate what they do in a transaction. Yet worse, justifying why they receive 6% commission on the transaction is even harder to define. Read more
Jamie Dimon Is My Hero
 
“Buying a house is not the same as buying a house on fire”
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon explaining his bargain basement deal to buy Bear Stearns
What If Dick Vitale Was A Realtor?
 
Last weekend I was watching some of the games of what has become an annual rite of spring passage, the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The tournament has become a brand of its own, March Madness.
Are You A Typical White Person?
 
Last week presidential candidate Barack Obama fanned the flames on a continuing racial wildfire when he said his grandmother was a “typical white person”. So we wondered if you are a typical white person…or some reasonable facsimile thereof. Read more
Look Me In The Eyes!
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Any frontal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession; their ignorance.
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Success Is A Matter Of Perspective
Baseball’s top home run slugger Barry Bonds has struck out over 1,500 times in his career. He has hit an unbelievable 762 home runs but he has returned to the dugout in failure nearly twice as much as he has taken one out of the park. Read more
Now Do You Believe That Banks Really Do Short Sales?
 
Maybe now. Just maybe now, real estate agents across the Country will finally buy in and realize how bad the foreclosure crisis is and get their collective acts together and learn how to correctly complete short sales. Read more
