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Another Blogger in the Epicenter

February 6, 2007 Comments

Brian Brady once proclaimed that Phoenix is the epicenter of real estate blogging. While the folks in Seattle arguably have a claim to that title, I happen to think Mr. Brady is correct.
And the epicenter recently expanded…
I can’t recall how I first came across Christoph Schweiger’s Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Real Estate blog. I think he popped [...]

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DoubleDog Carnival Days

February 6, 2007 Comments

The Carnival of Real Estate is up at The Bloodhound. Greg and company did a typically stellar job selecting the top dogs. For whatever reason, I completely spaced on submitting an entry, clearing the way for others . Greg and Mary McKnight even get into a Latin exchange in the comments. I knew [...]

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HouseValues Death Spiral

February 5, 2007 Comments

I will freely admit that I was once a “HouseValues Subscriber“. Well, technically that’s not true as a title company was the actual subscriber and they doled out “leads” from HouseValues to agents like me. Let’s re-phrase and say that I once had “The Full HV Experience”.
I got dozens of “leads”. Never earned a dime [...]

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Listing Photo of the Week!

February 4, 2007 Comments

Looking through ARMLS (Arizona Multiple Listing Service) this morning and came across this gem. Please note, this is the PRIMARY photo — the one photo displayed with the listing info when it’s first pulled up.
Pretty compelling isn’t it?
Really highlights the home and just makes buyers and buyer agents want to line up to see the [...]

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Donkeys in the Desert!

February 2, 2007 Comments

So my lovely bride and I are out putting up a “For Sale” sign in Whispering Ranch last weekend.
“What?” you ask. “Don’t you just pay someone to install your signs?”
Well yes, we do. Normally. But Whispering Ranch is pretty remote, with some fairly rugged terrain (that’s me behind the wheel of the Jeep). And I’ve [...]

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What’s a Ziki?

January 29, 2007 Comments

I set up a “profile” on Ziki.com about a month ago. I wasn’t real sure what it was then, and to be completely honest, I pretty much forgot about it. But over the last week or so, I notice in the blog visitor stats a few folks coming over from my Ziki profile.
Then today I [...]

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Real Life Real Estate: Truth Stranger Than Fiction

January 25, 2007 Comments

You may (or may not) have read here before that real estate agents who don’t answer their phones are a pet peeve of mine. I just don’t understand it. If you don’t want to answer a phone, you probably shouldn’t try to make a living selling real estate. The phone rings. A lot. It needs [...]

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More Arizona School Press Coverage; Whackos of the World

January 23, 2007

Arizona schools take a beating in the press on a regular basis. Charter schools in particular are often targeted. Certainly some of it is warranted, some of it, not-so-much.
Both of our kids went to a *fabulous* charter school in Gilbert. It has a waiting list that is the envy of some colleges. Small class sizes, [...]

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The Lost Art of Customer Service

January 21, 2007 Comments

I’m a big fan of superior customer service. When I’m a customer, I want it. When someone is my customer, I want to deliver it.
I can’t pin down exactly when it started, but there seems to be a serious lack of customer service happening these days. Cell phone providers and cable companies may have the [...]

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Spammers are….stupid

January 21, 2007 Comments

Received this gem of an email on this dreary, rainy morning. Normally my email client (Thunderbird) does a great job relegating junk like this to its proper place in the trash can, but this one slipped through:

The “click here” link is a URL the length of my arm and obviously not associated in any way, [...]

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