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Posts Tagged ‘Current Affairs’
Losing a race with progress
Feb 26th, 2009. The Rocky Mountain News closed its doors after 150 years of operation. Rather than link to the story, I thought this 45-slide photo gallery of Rocky employees as they gathered to hear the news might serve as…
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Brokers, it’s time to get out of the cockpit
Brian wrote this piece just about a year ago. The title became the basis for a live presentation we have given throughout this past year on a variety of topics including branding, marketing and communication, sales and creative thinking. —-…
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I am a lead
As drab as the market feels, I just closed on my investment home in Portland. Sold. Check just came in the mail. Granted, the sale price established though a CMA was obliterated by a Zestimate — the tool the buyer…
Some blue sky through a black cloud
So you go to Vegas with $500. You win $3000 playing craps. Then you blow $1000 on slots on the way out. Good times or bad? MSN MoneyCentral published this today. And for the first time in a while it…
60 Minutes on real estate, act two
Last night, millions of Americans got to watch 60-minutes’ latest installment on the real estate market. The segment centered on Stockton, California – ground zero for the foreclosure epidemic, where 4,200 homes either sit in default or foreclosure. That number…
When AdAge starts asking questions, will real estate start listening?
From Advertising Age: Pay head to what Realtors don’t say in their latest pitch It’s one thing for me to constantly harp on the NAR and others for their loose grasp on reality when it comes to advertising, messaging and…
Buyer sues agent: Anomaly or tip of the iceberg?
From the New York Times this morning: “Feeling mislead on home price, buyer sues agent”. This story, alas, is the “most emailed” on the entire site at the moment. What do you think — are we going to see more…
I need to save $0.49 on my shampoo … wait, maybe I’ll buy a home too
The Arizona Republic recently reported that Metro North Realty, a Phoenix based brokerage, opened an office inside the Peoria, Arizona Wal-Mart. I like to think of myself as open minded. I like pushing the limits. But this one has me…
Newspapers: Not dead yet
Editorial policies aside. The cost aside. Are newspapers really a dead medium? If you think that print media — and in particular newspaper advertising — is a waste of money, think again. Considering all the honest-to-goodness garbage found in most…
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