At the risk of revealing the true depths of my ignorance — seeing as how my son is some 15 years away from having to worry about college — I couldn’t help but think about this post on Zillow’s blog: While the potential gains are tantalizing, there are some major red flags and risks involved … Read more
This post by Joe Ferrara made me laugh out loud. Seriously, I don’t know where Joe finds such interesting nuggets. You want to check it out. Don’t believe me? Okay, here’s a peek: For some reason, this reminded me of the rather interesting conversation that Joe, Jessie Beaudoin, and I think Jeff Corbett and Henry … Read more
I’ve decided I need to do one of these every week. Break up the heavy duty real estate theorizing — it can get a bit much even for me after while…. So… let’s see… hit Play on my Shuffle… L’Amour Toujours (I’ll Fly With You) Gigi D’Agostino I have no idea how this track ended … Read more
I’ve decided I need to do one of these every week. Break up the heavy duty real estate theorizing — it can get a bit much even for me after while…. So… let’s see… hit Play on my Shuffle… L’Amour Toujours (I’ll Fly With You) Gigi D’Agostino I have no idea how this track ended … Read more
One of my favorite marketing blogs has a new post up that has me absolutely scratching my head: For example, recent studies show that more men than ever are making dinner, doing housework and managing the kids. That sure sounds a lot like my neighborhood. Still, you’d never know it from what brands reflect in … Read more
Angel by Lionel Richie. I guess you could argue that part of Cluetrain means speaking with a human voice. And humans are deeply flawed, imperfect creatures. So I interrupt the real estate, marketing, and web 2.0 blogging to just expose really horrible personal habits to the whole world. Which in my case includes a soft … Read more
Angel by Lionel Richie. I guess you could argue that part of Cluetrain means speaking with a human voice. And humans are deeply flawed, imperfect creatures. So I interrupt the real estate, marketing, and web 2.0 blogging to just expose really horrible personal habits to the whole world. Which in my case includes a soft … Read more
My friend John is moving from Cambridge, MA to some tiny little town on the Illinois/Iowa border whose name I can’t remember — possibly because I don’t believe he ever told me. The move is on account of his academic wife getting a job at the local college — and seriously, if you think you’ve … Read more
[This is not related to real estate in any way.] Sometimes, you read something written by otherwise intelligent-seeming people that makes you wonder what the hell happened to rationality. This is one of those somethings: It is not just that the big three ignored the future. From where I stand, they also seem to have … Read more