OK, so this has absolutely nothing to do with real estate.

But it’s wicked cool.

I’ll freely admit that certain parts of my anatomy are not large enough to do what these guys do.

For those not aware, “terminal velocity” is the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity. For a skydiver, that’s about 124 MPH (200 KPH).

These guys are nuts.

Hat tip to Jeff Moriarty of Writing is Cake via Twitter (@jmoriarty).

Here’s an awful picture I took of some Manhattan parking spaces when i was at Inman Connect in January.

If I recall correctly, these little gems would set you back $1,400 a month.

In this week’s Video of the Week, my city friend Rachel Natalie Klein from IntoTheBox.TV brings us a little more on parking in Manhattan….

So stop yer crying about finding parking in downtown Phoenix…

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Apparently real estate in Britain isn’t a whole lot different than real estate here…

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ActiveRain, a network of 80,000 some odd real estate professionals had a video contest. I spend almost no time there any more, so I’m not sure what the rules and guidelines were, nor how many entries there were, but here is the winner — from Mike Lefebvre with Century 21 Commonwealth in Massachusetts.

 Well done Mike!

Mike’s got an interesting blog here, which includes a recent letter from the NAR informing him his domain name “AppraiserRealtor.com” is a trademark violation.

Unfortunately the blog doesn’t allow comments (a mistake Mike, in my opinion), so I’ll answer his question here (note, Mike is not a Realtor):

I replied to the NAR asking if I was indeed a member of your cult association, would I be able to use the term REALTOR (R) in my domain names, screen names, etc?…Waiting for a response.

The answer Mike is no. Not even paying members are allowed to use the term “Realtor” in a domain name except in very limited circumstances. You could, for example, use “MikeLefebvreRealtor.com”, but “AppraiserRealtor” isn’t going to fly, dues payer or not.

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I thought this idea was clever: 

And I thought this sucked (extra credit to anyone that can sit through the entire 8.5 minutes):

We’ve frequently toyed with the idea of video listings. I’m sure they are in our future, I just don’t know in what form (clearly video #2 is out).

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Those NoMoreDoorKnocking guys up in Saskatoon have released a Common Craft style video about social identity and reputation.

It’s important stuff. We’ve all seen someone’s on-line reputation get crushed with a few misplaced comments or keystrokes. And who knows how many fake personas there are out there on the various social network platforms?

The video hints at what the Vendasta team is up to… could be an interesting play inside, and outside, the real estate space.

Nomoredoorknocking is a small part of a much bigger solution that will ultimately allow professionals of all kinds to leverage their social graph (people they know and trust) to bring them business and referrals.

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Dave Girtsman, former musician turned real estate appraiser turned web development project manager has penned a little ditty on the housing bubble.

I bet you sing the chorus more than once today…

Hat tip to Jonathan Miller (via the Wall Street Journal Developments bog)

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I’ve always enjoyed the humor from our friends down under.…

And here is an interview with Simon Baker, CEO of RealEstate.com.au (Courtesy of Trulia and Inman Connect NYC 2007). Interesting look at some of the differences between the US and Australia in how real estate is transacted.

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As discussed here on Wednesday (On Buyers Suing Agents), San Diego home buyer Marty Ummel is suing her real estate agent Mike Little, saying they were deceived, defrauded actually, and their home wasn’t worth what they paid for it.

The Ummel’s appeared on the Today Show this morning, along with a legal analyst. This is a very interesting video and worth watching. For the life of me, I can’t get this thing to embed on the blog, so please click here to view the video

Phoenix NBC Channel 12 ran a story today on this as well. They have a little video snippet on that page that quotes your’s truly and a commenter here. (And IMHO, they swiped Athol’s comment — “This may be the tip of the iceberg” — to open the video!)

The case is set to go to trial in March.

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Trying to make sense out of mortgages and mortgage guidelines can make your head hurt. Dan Green at the ever-brilliant Mortgage Reports blog has a spiffy little video that outlines in easy-to-understand words and pictures what has been happening in the mortgage scene the past few years.