Using Zillow as your Bible?I was out to dinner with some friends this evening, and they brought up the topic of “Zillow”. They felt that Zillow was a great tool and I am not one to argue that. BUT, I wanted to really test how accurate it was. I wanted to see if I was on that mark or they were
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09/14/2006
Web 2.0 ? HUH??Larry Cragun, from Mortgages undressed pointed out to me that I missed the concept behind the meaning of Web 2.0. I was quite embarrassed about not knowing what web 2.0 was. Sure Ihave heard of it, but I did not understand it, so I set out on a mission to understand the meaning
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09/14/2006
I live right outside of Manhatten - 15 minutes from there. I live in Queens County, Whitestone Ny. I saw the fighter planes, I saw the smoke from the towers, I heard the fire trucks racing to the Twin Towers. I was close to Gound Zero - but thankfully - Not that close. But still - there is so
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09/11/2006
The other day I was asked, "Why don't I post my homes for sale on my blog?" This was a good question. I have to admit, I was sort of stumped. I thought about it a lot this weekend, and I know I have read some articles on why NOT to post homes for sale on a real estate blog, I just had to do s
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09/08/2006
BloodHoundBlog - "Are you being treated like a grown up?"Greg Swan over at BloodhoundBlog asks this question: But the question at hand is this one: If sellers routinely negotiate commissions, why don't buyers? His article is long - I couldn't possibly repost it here.In the NYC area, we do not p
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09/08/2006
In Nyc it is not normal practice to work with a buyer agent. I have never been a buyer agent and I have rarely seen a buyer's agent. I think that this is something that should be enhanced and worked on here. As a broker in Queens, NY. I feel that the buyers are mis-lead on where agents loyali
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09/07/2006
My top tens: I have been blogging for a few months now and I have come across some great posts that I wanted to share. Zillowable, to coin a phrase by SellsiusRealEstateTop Ten Woman Real Estate Bloggers by SellsiusRealEstateHow did the industry get broken and how do we fix it by Ardell, RainC
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09/07/2006
Amazing, shocking and just plain mind-blowing! Here's the scoop - there is a buyer out there that is just furious. He had to take his home off the market - or felt he had to take his house off the market, because someone pulled a Zillow estimate and claimed that the seller is asking $500,000.
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09/07/2006
You know its funny, I must interview about 50-75 people a year. It could be for an agent or for receptionist positions. I have fired and released workers, something that I hate doing and takes me a long time to actually do, I always feel a bit sorry when I fire someone. Sometimes I feel so bad
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09/07/2006
Is there a real estate bubble? Should I buy now or wait until the market drops? Its a buyers market now, the sellers have to come down in thier price...All quotes that I have been hearing for the past few months. Let me first answer the first one. Do I think that there is a bubble? No - Not
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08/29/2006
