Professional One Franchising

My 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 detailing [...]

Professional One Real Estate was named one of the “most creative approaches launched during the last decade” in the 2011 Swaneopoel Trends Report. No matter how many times I read that, I still can’t quite believe it. Did you ever wish for something REALLY specific, and then actually have it come true? That’s what just [...]

I often talk about how every big biz dev opportunity I have going on right now can be traced back to Social Media. And that is absolutely a fact, and why I consider my decision back on March 29, 2009 to take a deep dive into Social Media the best business decision I’ve ever made. [...]

I believe that effective communication is crucial. In fact, it’s so important, that, in my 20 years of experience as an agent and broker, I’d say that at least 80% of the “problems” that happen in real estate transactions can all be traced back to the issue of communicating effectively. I like the way Led [...]

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 – [...]

I have purposely avoided writing this post for the better part of a year. But the issue just keeps coming up, and, after having this exchange for the fifth or sixth time with various colleagues on Twitter, I felt it was probably time to document the “missing out on Bill Gates” debate in a blog [...]

The second season of #RTB on the Radio has now officially kicked off. And it kicked off with a bang. Our first guest of Season Two was Chris Smith – aka @TechSavvyAgent -  the driving force behind and creator of TechSavvyAgent.com, Inman News’ 2010 Real Estate Blog of the Year. Chris dropped so much knowledge [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]