All articles from: August, 2010

The Ethics of Open Houses

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I’ve been bothered by something for a very long time. Basically, since that day I entered the real estate industry back in 1991. I’m going to call this problem the “ethics of open houses.” What She Said! I wrote an entire blog post on this topic last night. And while surfing the Internet this morning [...]

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Agent Reboot | Seattle Recap

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So I attended Inman Connect San Francisco. And I had the time of my life. However, in the back of my mind, I thought, “That was an anomaly, a statistical aberration, beginner’s luck, a perfect aligning of the planets, whatever you want to call it…it won’t happen again.” Boy, was I wrong. Seattle was everything [...]

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Behold! The Power of Stupid…

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Some Background… Part of my work history includes managing multiple campaigns for state representative here in southeastern Michigan.  As such, I’ve never really been able to shake the draw of the political arena.  In fact, 2010 may be the first time in my voting history that I did not tune in to a gubernatorial primary [...]

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“Why” is Why Real Estate Brands Don’t Matter

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I’ve written a few blog posts that reference this amazing book “Start With Why.” …this book has affected my thinking on a variety of levels. …and it tied up a number of loose ends and put a nice red bow on top of this box of stuff I’ll call “reasons why the real estate industry [...]

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One…Million…DOLLARS!

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Recently, I received an email from a nationally known real estate educator. They were preparing to teach at a multi-day conference at one of the big 5 brands on the topic of Social Media, and they asked me if I’d mind contributing something to their presentation. They asked about the things that we’ve accomplished using [...]

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