Year: 2008

Why not try homesteading instead?

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Courtesy of Zillow’s blog, we hear about the economically depressed city of Youngstown, OH razing thinly populated neighborhoods in order to save on public services costs to the area. There are lots of reasons to do this — abandoned homes can become a base for crime, drugs, and other naughty activities that civilized society frowns … Read more

If Yer Gonna Raise the Bar, Then Raise the Whole Saloon

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Interestingly enough, just after I wrote about the problem of too many real estate agents overall, I found a post by Dave Phillips over at Bloodhound Blog called “Raising the Bar or Bellying Up to It“. It’s insightful and hilarious. Recommended reading for sure. I’m thinking, what’s all this Sam Adams reference? This is no … Read more

A Question of Canaan

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Marc Davison recently issued what I consider to be an important challenge, sort of tucked away into the dictum of his post called “Exodus from the bondage of 1.0 tradition“: Like catcalls from construction workers to pedestrians, false bravado, come-ons and innuendo continue to adorn broker websites. They stand as a gripping example of how … Read more

Wisdom of David Ogilvy

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I just found this quote attributed to David Ogilvy, in his book Confessions of an Advertising Man: People do not buy from bad-mannered liars. Well, not twice, anyhow. Considering that David Ogilvy is sometimes called the Father of Advertising, one might do worse than think about his statement. For some reason, I feel like all … Read more

Love in a Time of Cholera

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Depending on who you ask, we are either headed for a recession or in one already. There seems to be some sort of a political angle to the whole question of recession, so who knows what the truth is in an election year? What everyone seems to agree on is that we’re certainly not in … Read more