I’m seriously up to my eyeballs in my dayjob (plus, I have to go to my second job of raising two little boys under the age of three after my dayjob — this second job is a LOT HARDER than my dayjob, I have to say…) but I had to emerge and say a word … Read more
Or at least an extra 2-3 hours a day. Maybe I can live the 26 hour day, alone among all humans. Blogging has been very very light — well, non-existent really, simply because of work and family duties just getting in the way of opining about real estate. I hope to get back to it … Read more
Should the Big Brands in real estate start blogging? Joel Burslem over at FOREM thinks so: Even with its obvious bias, the blog is actually a fantastic resource for anyone interested in staying on top of the beer wars. Several years ago I worked for Molson, before it became Molson Coors, so the brewing industry … Read more
If you own a condo, or if you’re just interested in the kind of really top-notch writing that is possible on RE.net, head on over to RCG and check out Ardell’s post on Condo Reserve Studies. I own a condo, and I have to say, that was some really good information that I intend to … Read more
In a recent post, I complained about the dearth of data when it comes to talking about international real estate. Even though I was a bit cheeky, Simon Baker of REA Group actually posted a comment on that with some actual estadistica: For example, around 12% of the traffic to our Australian site (www.realestate.com.au) comes … Read more
FYI, Millward Brown released their annual Top 100 Brands report recently with some interesting findings for the brand marketer. You can see the report here (PDF). For our purposes, however, let me limit the observation to this question: Guess what industry is wholly absent from the Top 100 Brands list? -rsh
As most denizens of the Re.net know, there was a recent kettlestorm (tempest in a teapot) around some mean and nasty things said by some blogger at Redfin. Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, took immediate action and posted an eloquent appeal for harmony and peace. Glenn — you’re a class act, and a brilliant … Read more
In commercial real estate, there is a standard analysis that brokers conduct: the Lease-Buy analysis. It is meant to show the client the financial impact of leasing space vs. buying the building outright. For whatever reason, this is not a standard analysis that residential agents conduct on behalf of their clients. You can find online … Read more
Achtung, der Marketingspezialisten! I’m not sure how many others have picked up on this, but I really think there’s something afoot. The zeitgeist has shifted. There is a palpable and noticeable move towards simplicity, towards manual labor, and away from “high-tech” and complexity. Just in the last few days, I’ve seen two examples of companies … Read more