Trend MLS Fees to Members: Membership Doesn’t Have It’s Privileges
This is more about math than about words, but I am wordy so I will try to be as concise and clear as possible in making my point. Follow along with the bouncing (ok not bouncing) bullet points. Per...
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Being Broken
Being broken isn’t fun. Being broken while participating in your favorite pastime, isn’t fun. Being broken with a family that depends on you isn’t fun. Being broken two days before Christmas when...
View ArticleEverything Old is New Again
Today on Twitter a friend, Ron Foo Chun, asked a question, whether we were using old fashioned mail marketing. As Alison Creamer joined in on the conversation I realized something, maybe it is time to...
View ArticleTechnology eSummit Today! September 20, 2012
It’s not too late to join us! I will be presenting on Twitter for Real Estate, best practices and more at 11:30am EDT. The link to sign up is… TheTechByte Hope to see you there!!
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Perspective Redux
Originally published on September 4, 2010 – this post deserves a reissue. I think the question of perspective vs perception is getting more important than ever. The line is blurred more so than ever. I...
View ArticleRebuilding Your Village – Explaining My PodCamp East Session
I fancy myself an amateur cultural anthropologist, as well as a sociologist and psychologist (others fancy me other things, but I am sure you can use your imagination). To my credit I did take courses...
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My Social Media Epiphany: You’re Full of Crap
You’re all wet I could write this up in a variety of ways, and perhaps tomorrow I will tackle a different approach. For tonight I want to keep it as simple as possible because I truly have better...
View ArticleThere’s Gold in Them Thar Realtor.com Leads: My Thoughts on Lead Generation...
Last October I was at the Houston Association of REALTORS BigE conference. I stopped by the Realtor.com booth to say hi to some of my favorite industry folks. Kasha leaned over and told me about a new...
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Streets Usually Have Traffic, Why Don’t Real Estate Agents Acknowledge It?
I have sold a few listings on major roadways, the largest being about less than a half-mile off Concord Pike in North Wilmington along Murphy Road in the supremely desirable subdivision of Deerhurst....
View ArticleExplaining Technology to a 10 Year Old: What Siri Taught Me
My daughter Katarina turned 10 last Sunday, and for her birthday she got an iPhone (it was about cost for use, not what I wanted her to have but the logical arguments made me agree, so please hold off...
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Real Estate 101, and More – Understanding the Process
It is “that” real estate market again, sort of… Multiple offers abound in most of the New Castle County Delaware and surrounding Philadelphia suburbs (as well as parts of Philadelphia like Graduate...
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Change Happens
The day I first met “The Fred Glick” at REBCPHL May of 2010. Change happens. Yet many things stay the same because of fear of change. The uncertainty of stepping off the cliff into the unknown. Jumping...
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And Some Said It Would Never Happen
Last fall, when I called my friend Ben Kinney to tease him by telling him “for the first time in years no one has invited me to MegaCamp or Family Reunion.” Ben’s response was one of the funniest I...
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Trulia to Acquire Market Leader: The Dog Fight Gets Interesting Now
Previously, quickly strong in the shadows of the fight for consumer attention in the real estate industry, Market Leader stood alone. Avoiding the “ZTR” grouping, and posing little threat to the...
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Why Consumers Prefer Zillow and Trulia to the REAL Real Estate Professionals...
Todd Carpenter released an interesting report this morning on the state of the real estate listing data and the industry. The focus was on some of the reasons that consumers prefer Zillow and Trulia to...
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Banks are ‘Double Dipping’ when they Pick Foreclosure Over Short Sale: Maya’s...
[UPDATE: It is June 21, I am adding the bank name into this post as the buyer on Property B is going to walk, and this will be the fifth deal to fall apart, which really does support my theory even...
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It’s Time to Take Your eSignature Tool Seriously, The Law Does: Unsafe...
Did you know that June 30 is National ESIGN Day? Bet you didn’t know it, but you should, and why. Here’s a quick history… In 1998 the US Congress amended the Bank Protection Act of 1968 to include...
View ArticleUpdate on my Blog Status
I apologize for no posts in the last few months. I have had issues with the directory structure when my site was moved from one server to another. We had login issues due to restrictive IP requirements...
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Hey NAR Annual, are you ready for “Expression without Exposure” with Follr.com?
Today I am at the National Association of REALTORS Annual Conference and Expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. I know, my life is tough I am forced to be in one of my favorite...
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Transparency is a False Construct – Owning Your Digital Identity
If you were born after 1975, stop reading right here, you won’t really be as familiar with the “Cold War” references I am about to use. Albeit tongue and cheek, I am going to refer to historical...
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