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Like a Trojan

By Marc Davison | May 16th, 2008 | 6 Comments Categories: Foreclosure

USA Today’s feature headline yesterday, “Foreclosures take toll on mental health” stirs us with a new and burgeoning dimension to the foreclosure problem. Imagine the anxieties that plague a family resigned to this impending nightmare. What stresses befall them as…

Redfin sets sail: Are you following?

By Marc Davison | May 1st, 2008 | 13 Comments Categories: Branding, Brokers, Change, Customer service, FSBO, Foreclosure, Redfin, The Industry

Redfin broke a big taboo this week by “co-mingling” FSBO’s and foreclosures with MLS listings. Under every circumstance it’s the right thing to do. It delivers exactly what the customer wants: All the listings, in one place. But there’s something…

Discretion is the better part of valor

By Marc Davison | April 16th, 2008 | 10 Comments Categories: Foreclosure

“Up ahead, here on our first stop along the foreclosure tour, is a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. The owners were a nice family and at the time I thought bidding $180,000 over asking made sense. Hindsight sure is…