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THANK YOU! Before I get to the point of this post, we just want to say “THANK YOU” for your readership and your support of this blog. Much like the proverbial tree that falls in the forest, if a blog post is written and no one reads it, for all intents and purposes, it never [...]

On 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 Texas [...]

Recently, we had the opportunity to get an update from Reggie Nicolay (@ReggieRPR) regarding the progress being made with regard to the National Association of Realtors’ new Realtors Property Resource (RPR) project We originally interviewed Reggie seven months ago; you can listen to that archived show here.  And wow, has he been busy! For those [...]

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 [...]

I’ve been bothered by something for a very long time. Basically, since that day I entered the real estate industry back in 1991. I’m going to call this problem the “ethics of open houses.” What She Said! I wrote an entire blog post on this topic last night. And while surfing the Internet this morning [...]

Coming to #RTB on the Radio | June 15, 2010 at 2:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am Pacific Biography Joel is a seasoned communications professional with over 10 years of experience in consumer marketing, public relations, new media and Internet marketing. He was the founder of the Future of Real Estate Marketing blog which was acquired by [...]

The new issue of Realtor Magazine came to our office today. On page 4, a graphic appears detailing the results of a Reader Poll that was conducted by the magazine. A simple question was asked: “Should real estate brokerage have a higher bar for entry?” A whopping 64% said, “Yes, much higher.” The next highest [...]

Sometime in September of 2009, before I ever saw or heard of the #RTB hashtag on Twitter, I had a lengthy Twitter exchange with Stefan Swanepoel (@Swanepoel). We were talking about the need for an increase in the level of professionalism in real estate. Here’s my best recollection of the conclusion of our dialogue: Swanepoel: “I [...]

Brian Boero (@1000WattBrian) of 1000 Watt Consulting wrote a blog post recently entitled “Knuckleheads Beware.” This is how that post opens: In real estate, stupid scales. Excellence lives in small pockets. That’s how it’s always been. And it will be this way until, someday soon, a rising tide of technology and consumer frustration reaches flood [...]