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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 [...]

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 [...]

With the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, it’s hard not to think of the past year and dreams for the new year.  Personally, 2009 was a challenging year.  It was filled with some major triumphs and an awful lot of work. Whoever said, or believes, that success should come easily, does not [...]

I talk a lot about being grateful. Most of us – even during these horrific economic times – still have FAR MORE good in our lives than bad. I also feel that a positive attitude stems primarily from a foundation of gratitude. That being said, I feel compelled to share 10 things for which I [...]

Does this feel like your current broker’s attitude toward technology in real estate? “…internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock…” Ok, so Senator Steven’s example maybe a little extreme.  After all, presumably you are reading this post off our blog, or [gasp!] you are reading this from your favorite RSS feed reader.  One [...]

I stumbled upon this post at Inman.com yesterday called “Video: the Real Game Changer” written by Bernice Ross. I would suggest you read it, as it makes great points about the value of video in real estate. Here are some of the key excerpts: If you had to select one tool for 2010 that would [...]