Recent Posts Tagged With 'realtors'

• Is a Short Sale Backlash Starting Against Bank of America?

  Posted on Sunday December 27th, 2009 at 01:15 in mortgage, Public Relations, realtors

  I’ve personally written about B of A Short Sales before and so have many others.  I don’t know if this will get any real traction but below is an unedited (and unsolicited) email I received that was sent out to Realtors across the ...

• If YOU Are Infamous or Invisible, You Are Doomed!

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 06:07 in real estate, Marketing, Public Relations, Coaching, realtors

  What are you famous for? When I say famous, I’m not referring to  egomaniacal-fame, faux-fame or lame-fame. I like Webster’s Definition: fa·mous Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin famosus, f...

• The War on (Terror) MLS – Questions on The Real Estate Revolution

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 12:24 in media, new media, realtors, zillow, redfin

  It was always about the data This week I wrote an article on the Real Estate Revolution circa 2005-2007. In this time, traditional real estate was attacked at virtually every level, and the MLS was target #1. The launch of Zillow.com signaled that r...

• The MLS Rides Again!

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 09:30 in real estate, Marketing, Public Relations, mls, realtors, silly, Highlights, re moments

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! Just when I am convinced I have seen all the MLS  bloopers that could possible occur, the MLS rides forth again with a cornucopia of delicious craziness. Hang on for this week’s ride:  A Who...

• Public versus Private Conversations in Real Estate

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 12:12 in technology, ethics, realtors

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! Realtors are ethical, right? How do we know if we don’t talk about it? We know cities are safe because there are statistics. We know how politicians are motivated because we know (mostly)...

• Which Entity Interacts Better? AG Poll

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 12:01 in real estate, realtors, associations

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment!National, State or Local? With the advent of social media and modern communication, real estate associations of all levels are adopting new tools to reach out to, retain and educate members. Som...

• Google Wave – Why Agents Need to Learn This Tool Now

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 09:08 in email, new media, realtors, crowd sourcing, tech tools, google wave

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment!Time is up, the paradigm is shifting Yes, I’m now riding the wave. Google Wave that is, and you should be too. I’ll admit, I wasn’t in too much of a hurry to get my early beta...

• The MLS – Blooper Encore!

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 09:30 in real estate, Marketing, Public Relations, opinions, mls, realtors, silly, Highlights, friday, re moments

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! Usually I have to wait several weeks to accumulate enough fodder from The MLS to fill a blooper blog, but this week was exceptional. It has been a long year, and agents out there are either exce...

• Is NAR Moving In The Right Direction? Am I?

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 22:18 in social networking, social media, invitation, realtors, twitter, join, committee, governance, nar, meeting, national association of realtors, todd carpenter

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! A goal is reached. If you’ve been around AgentGenius for awhile, you may remember my post “Join the Committme.” After the Google/Scraper debate, I was quite frustrated that th...

• The Nature of Referrals

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 16:41 in real estate, service, realtors, real estate referrals, re moments

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! I’ve been wanting to address referrals here at Agent Genius for a while – not so much the logistics of it but the attitude behind them.  We can agree that the Internet has changed t...

• Real Estate, the French, and the Hollywood “Bowel”

  Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 09:45 in real estate, humor, Marketing, Public Relations, social networking, sales, living, real, realtor, mls, agents, realtors

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment!Believe it or not, last week there actually was an ad in the MLS Caravan Express announcing a house where you could “Live Near the Hollywood Bowel.” It boggles the mind. I suppose the locatio...

• Real Estate and Literature – Imitation is Flattery

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 10:30 in real estate, humor, Public Relations, social networking, living, realtors, silly, Highlights, Reputation Management, re moments

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment!Are you tired of being kicked around just because you’re a real estate agent? Do you feel dissed and misunderstood? Does your mother brag about your brother, who is in county lockup, while pret...

• Don’t Hate Me Because I’m a Real Estate Agent

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 01:01 in real estate, Marketing, Public Relations, opinions, Coaching, service, ethics, realtors, point & purpose, realtor reputation

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! Last month I spent a day at a seminar for real estate agents.    The hotel I stayed in was packed with other real estate agents all attending the same event and following dinner, I went to si...

• BEHOLD THE MLS: CAN ANYBUDDY SPELL RITE?

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 09:00 in real estate, Marketing, Public Relations, living, opinions, mls, realtors, silly, Highlights, friday, re moments

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment!Although we have already visited this topic, friends, it just keeps getting better. The MLS, and local ads in The L.A. Times,  are still full of creative spelling that taxes the imagination…...

• Bank of America Retard Division for Short Sales

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 04:34 in mortgage, Coaching, realtors

  Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! Bank of America is to be Highly Commended for their complete willingness to give so many intellectually challenged people jobs as executives.  Sure, year in – year out, most other banks h...

• Dog Bites Agent: Dog Treated For Shock

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 08:00 in real estate, Marketing, Public Relations, living, opinions, realtors, silly, Highlights, friday, re moments

  Don\'t be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! I think real estate agents have gotten a dirty rap lately. We are rated right up there with convicts and the Swine Flu. Sure, we have some snarky specimens lurking amongst us, but doesn’t ev...

• Stats? I Don’t Need No Stinking Stats!

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 01:42 in Coaching, realtors

  Don\'t be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! I just wrote the following as a comment to a post by Matt Stigliano: There is a world of difference between having a debate and exchanging viewpoints.  Some debates are really in the con...

• A Day of In the Life of a Hollywood Real Estate Agent

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 09:00 in real estate, Marketing, Public Relations, living, opinions, social media, realtors, silly, Highlights, friday, tech & social media, re moments

  Don\'t be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment!Speak Quietly – I’m Nursing a Colossal Headache. After a reader read my rant last week, “R U Networking or NOTworking,” he sagely challenged me to try a day of face-to-face marketing. (...

• Which Clothes Make You Professional?

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 06:00 in media, professional, social, profile, clothes, realtors, line, on, outfit, presence, tech & social media

  Don\'t be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! None. That’s right…NONE! No, I don’t mean not wearing any clothes (save that for the French Riviera or a deserted beach somewhere). I mean that it’s not your clothes th...

• The true test of any relationship.

  Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 12:09 in blog, real estate, Online, blogging, social networking, people, friendship, Coaching, real, realtor, value, social media

  Don\'t be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! Having friends is good. This topic is talked about all the time – the value of any relationship. Whether it’s our clients, our agent friends, our vendors, or the people we “...

• Will Realtor.com be Required to be a VOW? Should It?

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 11:48 in realtors, nar, realtor.com

  Don\'t be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! Baseball and Real Estate I don’t particularly care for baseball, but I appreciate a level playing field. Doubtful due to their exclusive contract with the NAR, but one has to wonder R...

• 37 Steps Toward Becoming a 1.5 Real Estate Agent

  Posted on Sunday August 9th, 2009 at 09:45 in web2.0, Coaching, social media, realtors, 2.0, disruption, 1.5 agent

  Don\'t be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! originally published May 19, 2008 Open minded, but not distracted In this 2.0 versus 1.0 world of disruption, confusion, chaos, I want to lead my business forward. Even though I am a great age...

• Working “On” or “In” Your Business

  Posted on Saturday August 8th, 2009 at 07:55 in living, Coaching, realtors

  Don\'t be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! “On” or “In” Your Business The first three years I was licensed in Real Estate, I was coached by Joe Stumpf of By Referral Only. One of the principals Joe te...