Tampa Bay Blogging

I can always depend on my friend Bill Wendel to have a new and radical perspective on anything that has to do with the real estate consumer. His post on expired listings made me wonder why expired and withdrawn listng numbers are not reported in the media. If stats like pending sales (vs. actual ...

From time-to-time I get a list in my e-mail that is part humor and part truth. The following list its that description. The information is attributed to a professor at the Univesity of Missouri-St. Louis.             21 THINGS YOUR BURGLAR WON'T TELL YOU: 1. Of course I look familiar.I was here j...

SMART ASS  Answers of 2009!! SMART ASS ANSWER #6It was mealtime during an airline flight. 'Would you like dinner?' the flight attendant asked John, seated in front. 'What are my choices?' John asked. 'Yes or no,' she replied.SMART ASS ANSWER #5A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gat...

35 Writing Tips to Help Your Blog Rise to the Top in 2010!As an ambassador for Active Rain, I'm committed to helping members write posts that are more effective in capturing new business. Many real estate agents and business owners avoid starting a blog for their business, primarily because they ...

  What a different marketing approach...Shift your marketing dollars too...if an expensive does not generate revenue, drop that marketing approach!   The first and most important thing I learned from Gary Keller's  Shift book was "lead by revenue". In a shifted market you drop your expenses until...

    Does our government just have nuts and bolts for brains? Can one be so blind to the issues at hand in regards to our economic status, to how much further we are falling into debt, yet they keep announcing rays of hope? Let me pose a question to everyone. What has happened to common sense and ...

The Mortgage Market Watch for the Week of December 28, 2009 Events Affecting the Mortgage Market This Week: The Feds will auction another $118 billion in Notes this week: $44 billion in 2-Year Notes on Monday, $42 billion in 5-Year Notes on Tuesday, and $32 billion in 7-Year Notes on Wednesday. T...

  Shift...In battle when you are getting shot at, if you stand still you will get killed, so move(shift) to the left or the right, BUT MOVE...the point is...Shift(move ) or you die   In writing this article I am reminded of two words used by Zig Ziglar... Respond or React If you don't know the st...

With foreclosures still occurring in record numbers, the administration has announced that it will be making some changes to its "Home Affordable Modification Program."  The original $75 billion Treasury program was put into effect to help potential foreclosure victims by enticing the banks to cr...

This was a fairly commonplace saying when I worked in the telecommunications industry. I'm sure its a commonplace saying in any large business, because its true. It applies to the real estate business, just as it does to any other industry. I thought about this again when I read Ralph Gorgoglione...