Joe Spake's Memphis Real Estate Blog

February 2009        Here is a link to our February e-Newsletter Don't miss this month's cover story: "SPECIAL HOUSING OUTLOOK: How Recent Legislation Can Help You In This Year's Housing Market" Visit our February E-Newsletter online now by clicking the URL above. Then turn to Pages 2, 3, and 4 ...

The Delta Queen is a legend on America's rivers, especially the famous river towns along the Mississippi, St. Louis, Memphis, Natchez, New Orleans. I worked at the Memphis Queen during college and saw the Queen dock at the mouth of the Memphis harbor dozens of times.  And when I couldn't see it, ...

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors has released the Memphis Area Home Sales Report for December and year-end 2008. Depending on how you analyze the data, even though sales were still down 6.7% from 2007, there could have been an uptic indicator for December sales, but I will leave that to o...

Here are some interesting blog clippings from a wide range of sources from my Friendfeed Room - Real Estate - The Cutting Edge. Please click to join! Part Time Realtors  - memphisrealestate20.com - Good guys finish... - sethgodin.typepad.com "Individuals and organizations that can compete on gene...

When I read the post on the Inman News Blog, Defining Real Estate Part-timers, I thought it was interesting enough to clip a quote and post it in my Real Estate-the Cutting Edge Friendfeed room. The full article was originally posted, but the link to the article currently available gives you a pa...

Yesterday, with friends from Memphis' Social Media Expedition, I participated in a road trip to visit the sites related to the murder of Emmett Till in 1955. Till's death and the subsequent acquittal of his killers was a monumental event in the then young civil rights movement.The Emmett Till Mem...

I have been in the business over 12 years. I really enjoy working with home buyers, and my website brings me a number of buyers, both first time and repeat.So, when will I ever learn to quit trusting folks and start getting a binding Buyer Agreement before putting buyers in my car or meeting them...

Here are some interesting blog clippings from a wide range of sources from my Friendfeed Room - Real Estate - The Cutting Edge  Calculated Risk: We're All Subprime Now! - calculatedriskblog.com - "The wave of subprime delinquencies appears to have crested. But in October, for the first time, the ...

As soon as I got into the real estate business, I began work on the CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) designation. Only 4% of the million or so Realtors have earned the designation, which requires classes AND proven sales experience. Find out more at http://www.crs.com. Our local Mid-South c...

Here are some interesting blog clippings from my Friendfeed Room - Real Estate - The Cutting Edge Inman Real Estate Connect 2009: Sellsius Crib Notes- blog.sellsiusrealestate.com  Confessions of a NAR economist | Real Estate and Technology News for Agents, Brokers and Investors | Inman News  "A W...