Joseph J. Chang's (realtynj) Blog

Iditarod The Spirit of Alaska! More Than a Race… The Iditarod Begins this weekend in Anchorage Alaska….then to Eagle River and then on to Wasilla for the restart… then it is the historic trail to Nome… The 1,149 Mile race to Nome commemorates the brave mushers and dog teams who saved the lives of...

Iditarod The Spirit of Alaska! More Than a Race… The Iditarod Begins this weekend in Anchorage Alaska….then to Eagle River and then on to Wasilla for the restart… then it is the historic trail to Nome… The 1,149 Mile race to Nome commemorates the brave mushers and dog teams who saved the lives of...

A couple of days ago, Brad Andersohn called me to ask if I would be willing to teach a class for the newly formed ActiveRain University.  Of course, I said "yes" immediately.  I was given the freedom to select my topic, so on Monday, March 8th at 1pm Eastern (noon Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pac...

If You Don't Know How to Cook, Get OUT of the Kitchen!  You see, right now, there are too many cooks in the kitchen who don't even know how to boil water!  Hire a chef or go to culinary school, I say!   Annoyed?  That's an UNDERSTATEMENT!  Isn't there something in the Code of Ethics regarding mis...

A good realtor is like a good surgeon when both use built in measures to make sure everything goes smoothly in their efforts. I was surfing the tv channels a few weeks ago and came across Dr. Atul Gawande, surgeon at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston (also a staff writer at the New Yorker) w...

Many agents use maps and slide shows of their local area to enhance their blog posts and websites. I’ve been creating graphic based maps since early 2008, added interactive tools to the maps last year and now this year have added narrated neighborhood quick tours to the technology toolbox as well...

Andi Grant wrote a good read post today: A Violent Tenant, Realtor Sabotage, Buyer Backing Out, Out of State 1030 Exchange and that Was Just my First Deal This post was packed full of 'firsts' and stories within the story.  What a DEAL!?! Which got me to think about one thing that does plague lis...

In the land of contingencies...the one that happens less often may be, "Contingent upon touring the seller's home." Most of mybuyer clients usually step foot on the property beforewriting an offer. The most common contingencies ones are... Contingency to sell your home before you close on another...

We're back for another ActiveRain Contest, this one a Guerrilla Marketing Team Contest. Most ActiveRain contests are between individuals, but this time we're going to do something a little different. Entrants are going to be working in teams of two, so you'll want to find an ActiveRain member to...

I got an email earlier this evening asking for a release from a seller client because they aren't happy with the job I'm doing. They want to fire me. The house isn't sold, and I have not shown it myself. Since 2005, I have cancelled a handful of listings, giving unconditional releases to problem ...