Code of Ethics :: Get Your Radon On

If you’re representing a buyer and you are doing so as a buyer’s agent, it is my opinion that you are violating the National Association of Realtor’s Code of Ethics if you are not aggressively advising your clients to have the home they end up buying tested for radon.
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A Rush and A Push and The Land Is Ours…

With all apologies to Morrissey and the Smiths…
There’s too much caffeine in your bloodstream…
Recently, my lovely bride relayed a story about a family at our kids’ school. This family (I’ll call them the Smiths – ha!) has successfully sold their home and was endeavoring to purchase a new home in the same community. A “move [...]

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#RTB :: Bigger is Worserer

Brian Boero (@1000WattBrian) of 1000 Watt Consulting wrote a blog post recently entitled “Knuckleheads Beware.” This is how that post opens:

In real estate, stupid scales.
Excellence lives in small pockets.
That’s how it’s always been. And it will be this way until, someday soon, a rising tide of technology and consumer frustration reaches flood stage, breaches the [...]

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The Brand Illusion

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Michael McClure

I recently read with great interest the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) “2009 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers.”
One thing that really stood out as I read the NAR Profile is that, when it comes to the factors people emphasize when selecting a Realtor, brand/company is not very important.
Let me say that again: when it [...]

#RTB :: Tell Your Statistics to Shut Up!

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Michael McClure

When I was a kid, I was a huge baseball fan, and I played the game, albeit rather poorly, through high school (the highlight of my “athletic career” was throwing a no-hitter at age 16…don’t be impressed…the other team really was that bad).
As a consequence, I read a number of baseball books. My all-time favorite, [...]

Video Explosion Continues :: What Is YOUR Plan?

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Michael McClure

This blog post appeared at Mashable.com on February 5, 2010:

Online Video Continues Steady Growth Streak [STATS]

Online video viewing is more ubiquitous than ever. According to comScore, in the month of December 178 million people watched 33.2 billion videos, with the average viewer watching 187 videos per month in the U.S.
The astronomical numbers for December mean [...]

Part-Time Realtor: Full-Time Problem

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Michael McClure

I read something on Twitter recently that made my jaw hit the floor. It was written by leading real estate author, visionary, observer and commentator Stefan Swanepoel, and it said this: “Only 27% of Realtors surveyed by 56 local Realtors Assocn listed RE as their primary source of income…illustrates problem we have.”

Wow.
Unbelievable.
I mean, seriously, 27%?
That [...]

Real Estate, Technology and Customer Service

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Todd Waller

…A Deadly Combination For Some…

Dear Reader…
There is only one thing that could force me to make the statement you see in the Tweet above. And that is bad use of technology.
I am a HUGE advocate of utilizing the latest technology in the transaction of real estate. Done correctly, it can streamline a negotiation process, and [...]

#RTB on the Radio

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Michael McClure

The #RTB groundswell continues…
…and rather than repeat the backstory about “RTB” (Raise the Bar), please review my prior posts (“When Swanepoel Talks,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “The People Have Spoken“).
This past Monday, January 18, 2010, the dialog continued in a new venue: on a blog talk radio show hosted by Maya Paveza [...]

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before…

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Todd Waller

Years ago, scientists set about to discover the power of social influence. They wanted to know how much social or peer influence was necessary to entirely change the behavior of people.
Not wanting to be unduly cruel to their fellow man, the scientists put ten chimpanzees in a cage. In the middle of the cage was [...]

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