Chris's Blog

  THANKS to STEFAN SWANEPOEL and INMAN NEWS and all the participants who are voting for their favorite RE tech vendor or brokerage at the Real Estate Olympics. It is a great time, with MAJOR participation, MAJOR players, GOOD NATURED COMPETITION and some PRETTY FUNNY comments. I suspect when the ...

      Okay gang-here is a chance to have some fun and put your on line marketing company #1 in the Real Estate Olympics at Inman News. ...(or your other favorite!) It's easy: We got A LOT of support from the general social community-making it in as one of eight finalists out of 40 nominations. Th...

  Take a look at this home in the Waukesha, WI area-pretty nice! The Wisconsin Trend Home looks great saving the planet, too! Just a few of its green and sustainable features: Recycled roof tiles and masonry components. It captures 43,000 gallons of water a year that can be used for irrigation an...

  Glade Jones, my Big Boss, grabs some lens time with the boys from brokeriptv.com at Inman. He totally owns the scene, teaches these vidders how to spell AND looks good doing it. Hey, why are all these videos poppin up in an Obeo blog? Glade Jones at the NYC Inman Connect 2008 - Click here for m...

...but when you have great people like Mark Schow, you only need three minutes. Once again, the boys at www.brokeriptv.com have the questions and we have the answers: ...great information about great products you can turn on this crazy nut of a market! I gotta go make some calls, and get a suit ...

Think of this as a very, very short version of summer school: Check you ROI on your current marketing plan. 80% of home buyers are on line-, so make sure all your listings are on line. Then, re-align your marketing budget now for fall and winter to reflect reaching that 80%. Read blogs-start your...

  Imagine having to lift the sandbags again. Like snowdrifts all over town, they were brought to the curb one by one  and left for the front-end loader. Hundreds of thousands of them. More sweat. Millions of dollars in damages. Homes are still in the process of being lost. It takes a while when t...

  Hey gang-things are getting better here in Ft. Atkinson!   ...and I will have some more details for you after some time off:   I will be out of the office July 17-20th returning Monday, July 21st, in the morning. If you need to place an order, have a question about your account, email or techni...

    Wendell and Michelle were up at Scotties' Eat-Mor for lunch. Wendell, sunburnt and tired, but looking a bit more rested, gave us the news. "It's down." "We can sleep at night, and not be so anxious," Michelle said. They have gotten their letter rejecting their flood claim from their insurance...

These are voices of homeowners from the flood. Michelle and Wendell and their daughter live on Milwuakee St. in Ft. Atkinson, WI. For ten days the river has pressed on their homes, their families and their lives. The sandbag dike that runs through their yard connects them with 4 other neighbors....