So this morning, I do something completely unusual for me: I turn on the TV and watch one of the morning shows while sipping coffee. I normally never turn the TV on except for NFL games, maybe ESPN, or something special I really have to see. But I did today, and happened to catch a … Read more
I love this new post by Brian Boero over at 1000watt blog. Go read it in its entirety, right now. I’ll still be here. Back? Okay, I don’t have a lot of time today to do one of my traditional 9,000 word essay, but this post raises such a set of good points that I … Read more
There is an interesting little dichotomy in the results of the survey that Inman ran recently, and published as a Special Report: “To Be A Broker: Charting a Course for Recovery“. It’ll cost ya some money, unless you’re an Inman Premium subscriber, but I think Inman did a great job here in putting the information … Read more
Once again, I find myself in the curious position of praising the good folks at RPR while at the same time ending up on a negative note. On the one hand, RPR’s posting their Content License Agreement (complete with redlined corrections) is by far the most transparent thing that I’ve seen a company do in … Read more
Once in a while, realestistas get around to discussing tame, non-controversial topics. And as any regular reader of this blog knows, I am simply allergic to controversy and disagreement. I am glad, therefore, that people are talking over at Agent Genius about the entirely boring and controversy-free topic of dual agency. As it happens, I … Read more
In part 1, I tried my level best to keep my opinions restricted to what RPR actually is, based on the demo. And what RPR is is a fantastic piece of web engineering. In this part, I get more into the opinionating and what Reggie Nicolay might term, “fearmongering”. 🙂 Let us examine the possible … Read more
An incredibly busy week of planning and preparation for REBarCamp NY as well as actual paying work piling up prevented me from getting to this Part 2 earlier. Sorry! But in Part 1 of this series, I asked real estate agents who they would use to sell their own homes if they could not do … Read more
In my latest Inman column (link is for subscribers only, unless you made it in before the paywall dropped), I took issue with mobile for real estate, and called it the “eternal next big thing” for real estate. I didn’t have the space really to address what I do think is the future of mobile … Read more
Coldwell Banker just released its beta site (beta.coldwellbanker.com) this week, and on the whole, it’s a nice update. Here’s the current homepage: And here’s the beta homepage: Frankly, they’re both very nice; the beta page strikes me as being a bit more ‘unified’ and more contemporary in look and feel. The new search interface that … Read more