David Phillips's (caardave) Blog

I met with some of the senior leaders at REALTOR.com and pitched them this idea back in November - still waiting for the answer.  First, here is the problem with REALTOR.com - in my opinion - there is no buy-in from REALTORS® or REALTOR® Associations.  The strength of everything we do is in uniti...

This is from my local Blog, but it probably works nationally...Probably the worst thing the baby-boomers endeared in society is NIMBYism. Since I am a boomer, I have the god-given right to criticize everyone because after all, it's all about me. That's right, boomers are a completely self-absorbe...

NAR 2008 Dues Increase Proposal: Talking PointsNever have REALTORS® been under assault as we are today. Never before have our members so needed a strong NAR to protect their interests. As NAR enters its second century, we are responding with a farsighted strategy that will help us to set the nati...

There are some bold new initiatives on the way from NAR that will be causing a dues increase.  Before you react negatively, consider what they are trying to do.  Make the Marketing/PR campaign last all year instead of 6 months.Create a "Gateway" repository for ALL property information that can be...

I'm at the NAR meeting in DC and just heard about Active Rain today.  The biggest news of the day is the data repository that NAR wants to set up to facilitate MLS data sharing.  They do not have a clue what they want, but I think they are heading in the right direction.  Jim Duncan knows more ab...