As some of you know, I am a fairly conservative Republican in the mold of Reagan. My intellectual influences are the likes of Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, and Thomas Sowell. I did everything I could given a fulltime job, a young family, and a blogging habit to see a Republican elected in 2008. I believe … Read more
I am endorsing Todd Carpenter of Lenderama for the Social Media Manager position for the National Association of REALTORS. His plan is a solid one, and his experience with the RE.net makes him an invaluable resource. However, I am rather concerned for Todd, and I make the endorsement with a good deal of reluctance and … Read more
In part 1 of this series, I looked at per-person productivity numbers which simply made no sense. Thankfully, people like Russell Shaw and Jay Thompson stepped in to provide at least an explanation. Simply put, there are too many agents chasing the same number of deals. So despite large improvements in personal productivity of a … Read more
Over at the OnBlog, I posted an item discussing the difference between how much brokerages spend on print advertising vs. their website. That was for the clients (past, present and future) of Onboard Informatics. This blog is where I get to talk speculative BS with friends in the RE.net. So… let me start out by … Read more
Broker and blogger Bill Lublin often has very wise things to say, and this post is no exception: A study created by Adam Sarner, an analyst with market research firm Gartner, indicates that more than 75 percent of Fortune 1000 companies will have a social-networking initiative for marketing or customer relations purposes. However Sarner predicted … Read more
So I promised a more serious post about Blip.fm, the social music network that I’m fairly obsessed with these days. It’s taken a few days for the thoughts to gel, and I’m not convinced that they have fully. But in the interests of starting the discussion, I want to get this out there. Could a … Read more
A while back, I wrote that if you want to become a better writer, reading good writers really helps improve one’s own writing. While there are hundreds of great writers, many in the RE.net, I thought I would offer up two of my current favorites — one from the world of sports, and the other … Read more
Recently, I discovered the hilarity that is blip.fm. I’m going to have an actually serious post about that, but this is not that post. No, this post is about something completely unimportant. Unless you have a soul. In which case, music ought to be very high on your list of priorities. Then this post is … Read more
So the news comes that the bailout package has failed to pass the House with 133 Republicans and 95 Democrats voting nay. Well, at least it was a pretty bipartisan fail. I’m sure we will be treated to much sound and fury from the talking heads and the chattering class as to why, who’s to … Read more