Joining the Trulia Voices Picket Line

by on October 31, 2007

Fellow Phoenix area real estate blogger Steve Belt had a great post today about "opting out" of Trulia Voices. For those not aware, Trulia Voices is a web based "Q&A" area where ostensibly anyone -- agents, buyers, sellers, lenders, the curious -- can post questions which are then open to being answered by, in theory, someone qualified to answer. The problem as Steve outlines (as have I and … [Read more...]

A Commission is Prize Money (?!?)

by on October 29, 2007

James Thorner, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer, penned an article last week titled, "Paying a 6.5% commission made sense". Looks like Mr. Thorner instructed his real estate agent to offer a "higher" commission to the buyer's agent in order to motivate buyer's agents to show his home. I've discussed buyer's agent incentives here before, and my opinion on this is clear -- any agent that … [Read more...]

Monday Kudos

by on October 29, 2007

Shailesh, The Arizona Mortgage Guru, hosted the 65th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate. Check his winners and honorable mentions here. Kevin Boer takes the top spot with his outstanding post, "What The Microsoft-Facebook Deal Means For Real Estate — Part 2: Revisiting Move.com Vs. ActiveRain." Real Estate Convergence hosts next week's Carnival of Real Estate. The Odysseus Medal picks … [Read more...]

Move.com Helps SoCal Fire Victims

by on October 29, 2007

It should come as no surprise to even a semi-regular reader of this blog that I'm not a big fan of Realtor.com. But Move.com (the "parent" of realtor.com) has done a very good thing to help out those displaced by the horrible fires in southern California. A lengthy (and growing) list of temporary housing in the San Diego / Los Angeles area is posted at Move.com. There are also links to … [Read more...]

Addicted to the Internet? You Are Not Alone…

by on October 28, 2007

I started reading Dilbert years ago when I was in semiconductor manufacturing. When not in the fab, I lived in a cube farm. I swear Scott Adams, Dilbert creator, worked in the cube next to me. Or at least attended the same meetings... [tags]Dilbert, internet addiction[/tags] … [Read more...]

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