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I might be a Bloodhound if Eric likes my intro video….

5/16/2012 10:21 PM

My respect for Eric Blackwell is, well, simply beyond my ability to wordsmith. This guy is not only smart, but he’s fun (in a funny way), creative, and shaped in the mold of Jeff Brown’s cat skinners. So when Eric penned a post recently on how one might be a Bloodhound if……and then showed us [......Read More

Let’s Talk Listings – Better Yet? Let’s Talk Gettin’ ‘em Sold

5/10/2012 3:47 PM

Since the beginning of last year, how long has it taken to sell your listings? I’m not talkin’ about those priced at half the median value in your market. I’m talkin’ about a traditional seller who simply wants you to sell his real estate. Why do a few listings in every market sell faster than [......Read More

The Economist asks “Why is it so expensive to buy or sell a house in America?”

5/8/2012 8:32 AM

This is in an article titled “The great realtor rip-off”. The comparison to estate agents in the UK is especially interesting. They make half the commission and close 3 to 4x transactions. The article mentions NAR by name and only refers to MLS in passing as ex-cartels: The business used to operate like a series [......Read More

Really, What If He’s Not Wrong?

5/2/2012 11:37 AM

A follow-up to an article on syndication I wrote just a short time ago. Keep in mind that I’ve never even met Jim Abbott, and am not promoting his company. But I’m listening harder now to him, and as he speaks his words continue to etch a path that I really believe warrants all of [......Read More

What happens in an internet minute? And how do you hope to push-market your way through it?

4/28/2012 11:30 AM

My take: You cannot successfully push-market into that cacophony. You must pull, because there is already way too much push. I’m thinking Eric Blackwell’s archives warrant your attention...Read More

You might be a Bloodhound if…you do an intro video like this.

4/24/2012 8:21 AM

In the world of Google upheaval that I have lived through in the past couple of months, I have consumed my share of Diet Mt. Dew and aspirin. So to cure my headache and to continue to contribute to all that is good in the real estate conversation, I offer you the first of hopefully [......Read More

Unchained melody: “Anthem” by Leonard Cohen

4/23/2012 9:34 AM

Yesterday, I made a video discussing some of the ideas in Man Alive!. At one point, I mention Leonard Cohen’s line, “They’re gonna hear from me,” so I thought I would salute the song it comes from, Anthem...Read More

Unchained melody: “Caledoina Mission”

4/20/2012 2:35 PM

Rick Danko, the third great voice in The Band, the too one easily overlooked. All three of these men are gone now, and the world is a poorer place...Read More

From Man Alive! – “The love of Splendor is the life divine.”

4/19/2012 8:45 AM

From: Man Alive! A survival manual for the human mind. Extract from Chapter 12. The love of Splendor is the life divine. There is one more idea I want to take up with you, and I think it is the most demanding one I know. You had to wrap your mind around the self, after [......Read More

Unchained melodies: “Don’t do it (Don’t you break my heart)”

4/18/2012 10:51 AM

“My biggest mistake was loving you too much — and letting you know.” “Why do the best things always disappear?” “Yeah, yeah, you know I sure wish I could yodel like Yoko!” I was a teenage photo geek, and I used to spin up side two of “Before the Flood” and play it all night [......Read More