In Part 1, we explored the traditional brokerage model by the numbers and found that there are significant issues with the current model as constructed. It may be, of course, that my hypothetical numbers are just way off, and therefore, the entire analysis ought to be trashed. I get the feeling, however, that in the … Read more
One of the more insightful posts on the industry came earlier this week from one of the more insightful people in the industry: Nicolai Kolding, COO of Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate, and former head of M&A for Realogy. This is a man who knows what he’s talking about. He gave a presentation (PDF) … Read more
In all seriousness, if you’re a student of the real estate Game, you need to be reading Brian Larson on a regular basis. The man gives out knowledge like the government gives out your money. One of his recent posts is a fantastic read as it goes into a bit of the history of the … Read more
Reuters reports that a major study by scientists from the London School of Hygiene & Topical Medicine at the University of London shows organic foods have no nutritional benefit over conventional foods: A systematic review of 162 scientific papers published in the scientific literature over the last 50 years, however, found there was no significant … Read more
I’d like to make a major announcement that impacts the little company, 7DS Associates, which I started a couple of months ago. We have raised a second round of funding — totaling approximately $22 and a bottle of vodka — from Jeffrey “JeffX” Corbett, formerly of ActiveRain, Ratespeed, and a half-dozen other companies. That brings … Read more
But I don’t want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies. All I want is someone to believe. – Billy Joel I had a very interesting conversation with a realtor friend of mine today on the topic of personal branding. She said something like: You know what phrase I hate the most? “To be … Read more
Okay, so with the comic book discussion sure to be going on (who knew there were so many comics geeks in the RE.net?), let me turn to something I think could be very interesting. First, view this video: This is a music video by the trance dance group OceanLab. But it was edited from videos … Read more
[This post is purely personal, and stems from a Twitter conversation I was having with @ARDELLd, @mattrathburn, @1000wattmarc, and some others. It was also a test of Posterous. 🙂 ] So taking the Twitter conversation about top three graphic novels to the next level… here’s my personal list of the Desert Island Top Ten Graphic … Read more
From the lovely and talented Sara Bonert (@sbonert) over at Zillow blog, I learn that Zillow gets 55% of all California buyers: Over half (55%) of those who reported using the Internet as a tool in the home buying process used Zillow. Realtor.com continued to be the most used site as 89% of buyers used … Read more