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An Open Letter to Larry & Sergey | Google Real Estate 1.0

An Open Letter to Larry & Sergey | Google Real Estate 1.0

WANTED: WHITE KNIGHT to save troubled industry. Must be well respected, moderately financed and have squeaky-clean image. Experience with computers, technology and real estate a plus. MBA and 5+ years in corporate IT environment preferred. Serious inquiries only. Send resume to Candidates@SaveRealEstate.com. Здравствуйте, Сергей! My girlfriend graduated from the same college as your dad – [...]

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A Little Bite of the Big Apple

A Little Bite of the Big Apple

I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Inman News’ (@InmanNews) Real Estate Connect New York (#ICNY). Unfortunately, due to scheduling issues, my stay was far too brief and I missed out on connecting with many people I’d really hoped to see (Sherry, Nicole, Reggie, Marc, Joel…the list goes on), but, even with my admittedly [...]

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Smells Like Tech Spirit

Smells Like Tech Spirit

The year was 1990. The music scene was decidedly late-80′s. That is, it sucked. Like a Dyson How badly? Debbie Gibson bad. Richard Marx bad. New Kids on the Block comically bad. Post-Laker-girl/pre-American-Idol Paul Abdul bad. And Milli-freaking-Vanilli “we’re-winning-a-Grammy-while-lip-syncing” bad. Yeah, THAT bad. And then, from nowhere, a new sound exploded on the scene. And [...]

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Real Estate Brokerage

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Broker Social Media Case Studies

TweetShareEmail TweetShareEmailI’ve already written about my fantastic experience at Brad Nix’s RETechSouth in Atlanta last week. As I said in my original post, #RETSO will become a fixture on my calendar for the remainder of my real estate career. I am writing this post to give separate recognition to and to highlight the selfless contributions [...]

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Top Social Media Tip for Brokers

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TweetShareEmail TweetShareEmailMy addiction is Twitter is well documented. But today (of all days, TODAY, my two year Twitter anniversary) I must come clean and admit that I am cheating on Twitter. With whom am I cheating on Twitter? Facebook. Yep, Facebook, Twitter’s older (and increasingly hotter) sister. I have a full-blown blog in the works [...]

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12 Things to Do in ’11

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TweetShareEmail TweetShareEmailMy good friend and noted real estate coach and trainer Darin Persinger (@DarinPersinger) of ProductivityJunkes.com asked me to give my input on a little project he’s putting together to help agents continue on their quest for greater productivity in the coming year. Grossly condensing this, Darin asked me to provide a list of the [...]

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Brand Irrelevancy Lemonade

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TweetShareEmail TweetShareEmailWe’ve written a LOT about the issue of branding in real estate. In fact, two of our most widely read posts – The Brand Illusion and The Brand Illusion Part 2 – are about this very issue. On July 29, 2010, we published a video about real estate branding. This is the video that [...]

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Notes from NARdiGras

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TweetShareEmail TweetShareEmailSo I just returned from my first foray into the world of NAR (National Association of Realtors) conventions. This one – cleverly called “NARdiGras” – was held in New Orleans. And I was there because I was invited to speak…but that’s a topic for another post. The purpose of this post is simply to [...]

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Krisstina’s Wis(e)dom

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TweetShareEmail TweetShareEmailOn November 9, 2010, we had the privilege and pleasure of interviewing Krisstina Wise (@KrisstinaWise) of The GoodLife Team (@GoodLifeTeam) on our #RTB on the Radio show (you can listen to the full archived show here). Krisstina is the mastermind behind and the founder of The GoodLife Team, a  boutique brokerage located in Austin [...]

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Who is the Client?

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TweetShareEmail TweetShareEmailI have a simple question for my brothers and sisters in the real estate industry who, like me, own or manage a brokerage: Who is your client? Is it the person buying or selling a home through one of your agents? Or is it the agent who works in your office? You Must Choose [...]

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