Professional One Franchising

I was reviewing the National Association of Realtors’ 2010 “Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers” the other day, and I stumbled across something that has me a bit perplexed. NAR does a great job of compiling this kind of information, and it’s always good to digest the data and try to learn what we can [...]

I’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 of [...]

I spoke at RETechSouth (#RETSO) – a real estate technology conference held annually in Atlanta – a few days ago. The topic I spoke about was “Twitter Strategies for the Tech Savvy Real Estate Broker.” And I had an amazing time. If I can only attend one conference every year, it will be RETechSouth. It [...]

Earlier this year, I had the distinct pleasure of presenting on a Social Media panel at Inman News’ (@inmannews) “Real Estate Connect New York” with Matthew Shadbolt (@Corcoran_Group) of The Corcoran Group, a monster New York City boutique brokerage (that’s him in the photo below). Matthew is London-born and Netherlands-educated and has a Masters Degree. [...]

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I’m speaking at Inman News’ (@InmanNews) Real Estate Connect in New York City next week. And I’ve been asked to speak on a panel about what it means to have a “Social Media Marketing Wake-Up Call” as part of a larger “Brokerage Bootcamp” forum. This blog post is the foundation of the points I hope [...]

You are free… You are free to work wherever you want, however you like, whenever you prefer. Seth Godin articulated this idea so well in his post entitled “Goodbye to the Office.” Here’s how he ended that post (emphasis added): If we were starting this whole office thing today, it’s inconceivable we’d pay the rent/time/commuting [...]

NOTE | This post was written by Marc Davison of 1000Watt Consulting and published in August of 2005. It was re-published with permission. PREFACE | This post includes many great suggestions and common-sense, “Business 101″ financial recommendations that are still as relevant in April of 2010 as it did when it was originally published nearly [...]

Jay Thompson (@phxREguy) wrote yet another sensational blog post recently. This one is entitled “Does the Real Estate Brokerage Matter to the Home Buyer/Seller?” As of this moment, there are 211 – 211! – comments following that post. Amazing! If you haven’t already read Jay’s post and all the comments that follow, please do so. [...]