Thoughts on ‘Crowdsourcing’ in Real Estate

Crowd

Yesterday I finished reading the latest Stephen King tome, "11/22/63" (a great read by the way). Needing a new book, I posted this on my Facebook Profile: I need a new book to read. Not some business / self-help / save the planet book. I want mindless entertainment. Mainstream fiction, historical fiction, perhaps a biography. Suggestions? Within minutes, I started getting suggestions from my … [Read more...]

Dear Flancer’s Cafe: I Hate You

Flancer's Greenie Meanie

Dear Flancer's Cafe - I hate you. Yesterday, we called in an order to go. Three of your delightful sandwich's to take home and enjoy while we celebrated our daughter's admission to the Barrett Honor's College at ASU. The ladies ordered their usual Prickly Pear Chicken sandwich, and I went with my traditional We Must Meat, I Ain't Lion Filet Mignon sandwich. With eager anticipation and … [Read more...]

Gratitude…

Gratitude

There have been roughly half a bazillion articles posted across the internet over the last few days about New Year's resolutions, goals for 2012, accomplishments in 2011, blah blah blah. I've never been a big fan of making resolutions. It seems if you want to resolve to do something, you should just do it. Why wait for some arbitrary point on the calendar? All that being said, the dawning of … [Read more...]

Merry Christmas! (Or Happy Holidays?)

Merry Christmas Banner

Editor's note: The following was originally published on Dec 4, 2005, as Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays. All this broo-ha-ha (how do you spell that?) about whether to say, “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays” has me about ready to scream! For those who aren’t aware (or are living under a rock) the controversy over the “political correctness” of saying “Merry … [Read more...]

The Two Hardest Things to Tell a Client

Honest Homeless in SF

Throughout both my real estate career and my prior-to-real-estate-life in Corporate America, I've found there are two small phrases that are at the same time both the most powerful and the most difficult words you can say to a client... "I don't know" and "No" Why are these so difficult? In real estate, or any service-based business for that matter, we feel like we should be … [Read more...]

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