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My Life Started As A Remote Control

My Father often told me that the reason for my conception was that he needed someone to get off the couch and change the channel on demand. For those of you out there younger than 35, it may be hard to envision a time when you had to do this.

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The Listing Addendum Every Seller Must Have And Most Agents Will Never Agree To

  Last week there was a lot of chatter on real estate industry blogs about the Ummel case in Carlsbad, California in which a client has taken her real estate agent to task over alleged misrepresentation and incompetency. As can be expected, many major news media organizations have picked up on the story and it [...]

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Does It Matter Who Wins?

Sometimes it really does not matter if the fight is won. The wounds and the bleeding can cause considerable damage long after the fight has concluded. When a battle is waged and the pugilist is already weary and bruised, it can hasten his demise.

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Uh Oh….Now The Games Are Truly Beginning!

In what is undoubtedly the first of many to come, real estate agents are now going to begin getting sued for their involvement in real estate transactions. Nothing else, will hasten the demise of the real estate agent than lawsuits being levied against them. The once impenetrable feeling of hiding behind an ambiguous listing agreement [...]

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If Real Estate Is Local, Are You Mr. Rogers?

  Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood or Mister Rogers is an American icon. It was the longest running children’s television show on PBS. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was characterized by the song…that song…you know the song. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Was Mr. Rogers a real estate agent? 

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Don’t Believe It’s A Going Out Of Business Sale…Then Somebody’s Lying To You!

  Okay, so yesterday, we post a story stating that the NAR basically announced a veritable going out of business sale and we get thousands of people to our blog, writing tons of emails and being so stunned they had to enlist the help of the National Association of Realtors legal counsel. 

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Let Me Clear Something Up…We Remain Bullish On Real Estate!

  We have a lot of fun on the air because of the absurdity of real estate professionals. Yes, sometimes we can be kind of harsh, but hey, it is a joke sometimes. Using professional and real estate in the same sentence, as I just did, is an oxymoron. A true professional would be able [...]

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The NAR Announces the 2008 Going Out Of Business Sale!..maybe not but it sure looks that way

Would the last one out please turn off the lights? As CNN Money reported and after reading the information released today by Lawrence Yun on behalf of the National Association of Realtors, you have to pretty much call it lights out for many, many, real estate agents. The only alternative being an all-out going out [...]

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