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2011 Could Be The Worst Year In The History Of Real Estate

2011 Could Be The Worst Year In The History Of Real Estate Man, am I glad that I don’t rely solely upon real estate for an income. In fact, I’m really glad we began to diversify when we did. By most accounts, 2011 might be the worst real estate market we’ve seen in a long [...]

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Are You Still A Real Estate Agent? If So, Why?

Are You Still A Real Estate Agent? If So, Why? And what’s your real job? Seriously, this now has to be a question asked of many Realtors out there. It’s funny. When data that just hammers home the reality of the imminent housing sector collapse, where is the National Association of Realtors and Lawrence Yun? Right [...]

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The Typical Realtor Spin Of Buying A Home In Today’s Market

The Typical Realtor Spin Of Buying A Home In Today’s Market While just about every well known economist, with the exception of NAR’s own Baghdad Bob, Lawrence Yun, is telling people to hold off in buying a house right now…Realtors are still screaming the mantra that it’s a great time to buy a house and [...]

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Have We Reached The End Of Discourse With Realtors?

  I wrote this post over 2 years ago. (on February 21, 2008)  I’m kicking it back to the top given the reason that things have gotten WORSE with Realtors…not better. If there is a telling sign that the real estate business model is nearing a possible demise, you need to look no further than [...]

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The Reality Of The June Home Sales Numbers

Well one of the unexpected realities of the June home sales being so low is that Lawrence Yun finally had no choice but to tell the truth. Yeah…it was that bad! Sales of U.S. previously owned homes in June dropped less than forecast, sustained by a backlog of deals that will dry up when a [...]

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National Association Of Realtors Advocating Lying To Prospective Buyers

From the WTF, I can’t believe it and you wouldn’t either if you didn’t see it for yourself BS crap that the National Association of Realtors is perpetrating. If you had reason to mistrust a Realtor before, then your fears are going to be underscored by what you are about to hear. I get emails, [...]

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“The Real Estate Market Is Like A Fat Man That Can’t Get Up”

I’ve always been a fan of Glenn Kelman of Redfin. Sure he ticked off a ton of Realtors…and maybe that’s why I liked him initially. However, once you speak with him, you really get a glimpse inside of the man who some believe is making a lot of real estate agents have fits. Kelman is [...]

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The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

Since 1922, The Harvard Business Review has been published as a monthly digest of research-based articles written specifically for high ranking business practitioners. It is an esteemed publication and is revered by the icons of global business management and is highly regarded as being quite authoritative in scope by the leaders in the fields of [...]

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Is The Realtor Code Of Ethics A Crock?

A few days ago I called out the National Association of Realtors  for not giving their members clear and concise info and for hiding behind their desks. Well the saga continues in regards to many NAR members having no clue as to how to execute short sales, much less understanding how to seriously profit from [...]

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What Is The National Association Of Realtors Hiding From Its Members?

What Is It That The National Association Of Realtors Doesn’t Want You To Know? We here at Real Estate Radio haven’t been the friendliest of blokes towards the NAR and we have been quite vocal about the puppeteering of Lawrence Yun but now we have even been left scratching our heads.

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