Professional One Franchising

Last night, Eminem and Jay-Z played an historic rap show at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit. Based on that, I couldn’t think of a better time to throw my hat into the ring and drop some rhymes of my own. Yo. Word. One-two, one-two. Em and Jay inspired me, so I sat down, searched for [...]

Why? Why do you work in real estate? Why do you provide the level of service that you provide? What attracted you to where you work? What is the “why” that drives your company? What is the “why” that drives YOU? “Why” Drives EVERYTHING We spend a lot of time asking ourselves “why?” And why [...]

So, I’ve been asked to speak on a Broker Panel at Inman Connect San Francisco on July 13. And the topic is “Think Before You Tweet.” Which makes me wonder why they asked me to participate. LOL. But I digress… And I don’t mean to make light of what really is a key question in [...]

Learn From Galarraga How To Win At Life The amazing part of this picture is the smile on Armando’s face.  Yeah, it’s full of incredulity, but that there is a smile… …after he got ROBBED of what would have baseball’s 21st perfect game – with TWO OUTS IN THE NINTH INNING, for Pete’s sake – [...]

The issue of the “value of the brokerage/the brand” continues to rage across Social Media. I wrote a post called “The Brand Illusion.” Jay Thompson (@phxREguy) wrote a blog post called “Does the Real Estate Brokerage Matter to the Home Buyer/Seller?” Marc Davison (@1000WattMarc) wrote a blog post called “Can a Real Estate Brokerage Matter?” [...]

Over at toddwaller.com, I started a “Where’s Waller?” section to simply have a little fun and tinker with my personal blog.  This “Where’s Waller?” has been cross posted there and here, ’cause I thought you all might be curious! 

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. See excerpt of the applicable Articles [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]