“Link Winners!”

And the winners are:Adam Bailey – Next Level Realty representing Cambridge MA Real EstatePeg Archibald-Representing Savannah Georgia Real EstateTony Marriott-From Arizona Representing Scottsdale Phoenix Real Estateand last but not least, this would not have been a contest without a Texan!Brad…

Dan Marino Selling His 20 Thousand Square Foot Florida Home

If you are a big Miami Dolphin fan and are looking on living like legendary quarterback Dan Marino, today is your lucky day. Marino has placed his 20 thousand square foot home in Weston, Florida up for sale. This 10 bedroom, 12 bathroom estate has all the amenities that one could imaging and at a [...]

“SEVEN MYTHS ABOUT REALTY BLOGS”

So after I finished the Ten Myths of SEO, I promised a Ten Myths of Blog Marketing. I can only come up with 7. I find myself at a creative block on these as this is stuff I have said…

“Official” Tag By In House Real Estate Broker Relationship Sued In Virginia Court

It has been a long tradition of developers dealing with a primary brokerage on their properties to manage the sales effort of new development. But an outside the fence brokerage is claiming that the title “official real estate company of Wintergreen Resort” is an antitrust violation of the 1890 Sherman Act and also the Virginia [...]

Real-Estate War Traps Consumers in the Middle

Found this article this morning. The points I found important – the percentage of consumers using discount brokerages has increased from 2% to 11% in just a few years. That the new trend of buyer discount firms that offer to just do the paperwork and …

HFS, Cendant, Realogy…

The names may change but the game remains the same from their prospective. Be the dominant player and grow bigger and bigger and bigger. Just how big is big enough? Who knows only time will tell and maybe some day there will be a reverse of this pr…

Welcome Coldwell Banker Chinook city

Coldwell Banker Kalwest (25 agents approx) merged with Realty Executive Chinook city (50 agents) officially today. Its been great catching up with some old friends who are there and some current friends who are excited about their new company. I gu…

Coldwell Banker Canada update – Toronto broker meeting

The Toronto awards and broker meeting were held yesterday.
At this time there is no definite plan to have a Canadian conference. It’s tenatively scheduled to have the Canadian conference tag along with the IBC in Las Vegas in 2007. What ever your…

What’s in a name?

Cendant and the brain trusts that be are in the process of reorganizing and renaming the individual units. Like this will make a difference, well at least not to those of us in the trenches.
It hopefully won’t mean extra overhead in corporate salarie…

Managing Real Estate Relationships

Another good article from Inman News… this time talking about CRM or customer relationship management, specifically dealing with online leads. This aspect of our business is becoming crucial, as more leads are generated, and these people are 12-…