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If you don't get Inman News (and hopefully you do) this is a big deal.I got this emailed to me and I haven't confirmed it by seeing the site (it's down for "Site Maintenance").But this is huge.Go to Inman.com and it's the first three storied on the left. 
12/06/2006
Quickly, here is the link:http://www.orlandohomeshow.comActually pretty excited about this one.  I'm going mostly for the demos but I'm also interested in the attendance.  Sunday is usually a pretty good day and these shows are usually a decent indicator of activity in the market.  Since I'm real...
09/23/2006
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Work, work, work.Work for me has never been anything less than a gift.  I have always been of the opinion that if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.  Now not every job was the most financially rewarding use of my time mind you, but given my upbringing and general outlook ...
09/23/2006
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While whiteboarding a new marketing campaign, for no reason whatsoever a strange thought erupted from some dark, unused corner of my grape:Tina Turner is just so cool.And Tom Jones is right there with her.Okay, I'm going back to work.
09/23/2006
A recently published article once again brings the specter of ARMs to the forefront of blogs, publications and office chatter as "another reason we have a housing crisis."Sigh.Uh, no.  ARMs are not another reason we have a housing crisis.  ARMs are a symptom of the housing "problem".  They are no...
09/22/2006
Two other lenders fell through, numbers 82 and 83.  Both shredded the appraisal.  Not necessarily unfair of them, it is their money after all.  But in principal I disagreed with their reasoning - lender didn't want to extend in one case.  Well then just say you don't want to extend the credit, do...
09/21/2006
I almost fell to the floor when I read this!  This so funny!This is what it now takes to sell your house!  Or get a good mortgage!This is an honest post, I promise, nothing illegal - just very funny.  Evidently our industry isn't going as smoothly as we're told and the solution... is pretty girls...
09/14/2006
Once again I'm late to the party.  Or maybe I wasn't invited at all, but I got here as fast as I could.Richard Florida, who evidently is a genius (read =  professor of public policy at George Mason University) has co-authored a book titled, The Flight of the Creative Class.  There was a Newsweek ...
09/14/2006
I know of no one that is active in the real estate market that is unfamiliar with Zillow, so I'll skip the intro altogether.  If somehow you are unaware of Zillow, well then I guess go here; www.Zillow.com.Anyway, why do I love Zillow?I love Zillow because in a giant swing of it's mighty blade, t...
09/12/2006
Yes, I know the title is not what Shakespeare intended, but I work in real estate and I thought that was funny. Anyway... There are probably a million different ways to say "We're in trouble" in the real estate market.  But nothing beats getting an article published on the 'net.  Nothing like hav...
09/09/2006
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