According to Google Trends, consumer’s interest in learning about a potential “housing bubble” is back at its rolling 12-month high. Given my recent speculation about the government’s misleading CPI calculation, I certainly am a contributor to the increase in Google searches on the topic of housing bubbles. Lately, I’ve written about why the housing market … Read more
This is going to be a slightly different kind of a Quick Take. I stopped by the RE/MAX R4 Convention, and then took off to speak at the OREA REality conference in Niagara Falls, so frankly, I did not have a lot of time for writing. Instead, I wanted to share some quick takes kind … Read more
I missed last week’s Quick Takes; mea culpa. I believe I was in the air somewhere over Louisiana when I realized. So we’ll just have to catch up on two weeks’ worth of stuff. Notorious TL;DR It’s been a busy couple of weeks since the last Quick Take, as public companies started reporting earnings. But … Read more
It says something about the world we live in when a work of fiction makes a lot more sense than the news headlines. If you haven’t watched Succession on HBO (or Amazon), it’s worth a look. In any case, let’s look at the week that was. Notorious TL;DR For all you VIP members, there were … Read more
Well, I know the date says February 2, 2020 but… that was the Superbowl last night. So it’s going out the day after the historic victory by the Kansas City Chiefs and future Hall of Famer Andy Reid. Notorious TL;DR Since last week was Inman week, not a lot of writing or podcasting got done. … Read more
The new website is finally here. If you’re reading this on the website, you already know that. If you’re reading it via email, then consider taking some time to click through and check out the new site design. You should have already received an email from me on your VIP Subscription, as you’ll need to … Read more
So… I just learned today that my Mailchimp was on the fritz again, so you might not have received any Quick Takes for a while. I apologize about that, but you can find all past Quick Takes along with all VIP articles in the Notorious VIP Section of the website. (Make sure you’re logged in.) … Read more
It’s a new year and a new decade, so welcome to the first Quick Take of 2020! I realize both the writing and the Quick Takes have been very sparse because… well… the holidays. Let’s leave it at that. Now, let’s move on into the brave new world. Notorious TL;DR Since we last did a … Read more
Welcome to another issue of Quick Takes. Notorious TL;DR Since we last did a Quick Take, here are the new posts up on Notorious. Because ’tis the season, to be jolly of course, but also the season for a number of annual traditions here with enormous end-of-the-year posts, writing has been and will be a … Read more