Madison Real Estate News and Views

So here I sit.  In the Sam Adams Pub in the Atlanta airport on a Sunday night.  Yep, for the next few weeks I'm a road warrior.  I don't mind travel.  In fact last year I spent 114 nights in hotel rooms (love the Hilton Honors Points!).  But sometimes looking at the forlorn faces of the weary air...

Since I entered the real estate business in 1989 I quickly learned that success in my business had as much to do with how I was thinking as it did with the daily actions and tools I used in my business.  I constantly sought out trainers and training techniques.  From Mike Ferry's organization for...

After 20 years in this business I hope to never have to live through the period of September 2008 to March 2009 again.  Why do I say that?  Because it was the slowest time in my memory in the real estate industry here in Madison. The good news...I'm still here.  The better news....it seems the m...

Sally is right on the mark with this. Thanks for the great post!             Interview Questions for a Prospective Short Sale Agent    If, for reasons of hardship…unemployment, under employment,  illness,  divorce, etc. or some combination thereof….you are unable to pay your  mortgage and are loo...

That has been my experience this past 7 days.  For some reason, unknown to me, my Outlook 2007 Business Edition simply stopped working. It was Monday morning at 9:16 a.m.  How do I know this?  Because that's the last e-mail it pulled in and when I tried to respond to it the incoming and outgoing...

Kiplinger has named Madison #7 of the top 10 places to live in the U.S. based on unemployment and job growth figures. Many of us have known this all along.  In spite of winter, Madison is a great place to live, work and play.  You can find the entire profile for Madison by clicking this link. So ...

One of the really cool things about living in the central city is the vibrant community groups that seem to thrive here. One of them is the Capitol Neighborhood, Inc.   If you want to get plugged in to what's happening both on a cultural and quality of living standpoint in central Madison, joinin...

Just this past week my team closed on a listing we took in late April. What's extraordinary in that?  At first blush absolutely nothing.  In fact getting a buyer and seller to closing is part of what we get paid to do in this business.  At the closing table both Buyer and Seller were very amicabl...

Note from Darren-"This might be seen as self promoting propaganda and admittedly it is.  Along with that I thought it important to share that in spite of the challenging economy, especially in real estate, some companies are not only surviving but thriving. This happens in every industry when mar...

Today I discovered a cool resource on LinkedIn where you can post reviews and thoughts on books. Many of you know I read a number of books each month.  Some good, some great and some not so good (in my opinion).  If you want to see my recommendation list, click this link. Go ahead and start creat...