House flippers and the pre-construction buyers
bySome recent news of house flippers and pre-construction buyers reflects how things have changed I read a lot of real estate news and opinion. …
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Presenting your case
byThis blog post is about presenting offers, even if there are nine others A real estate broker that I used to work with called me…
Why hire Keith Marshall to sell your home?
byWhy me? Why hire Keith Marshall (real estate agent) to sell your home? Selling real estate, as the expression goes, ‘is not rocket science’….
Real Estate. Vietnam. What’s the connection?
byWhat do real estate and Vietnam have in common? It is at this time of year that many of us take stock. We have…
The rise and fall of the real estate brokerage
byThe coming disruption in the real estate industry will be at the brokerage level not the agent level. Agents are important. Brokerages aren’t. That…
Apple picking and the Mexican standoff
byIt seems that the farmers in California can’t get enough Mexicans to pick their apples. They are appealing, cajoling, complaining that “all that fruit…
What if homes were sold like cars? A new model for the real estate industry
byAs David Letterman once said, “There’s no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting”; the same can be said for…
Eight Questions Home Sellers Ask
byI get lots of questions, either in person or more and more often by email and through my latest and greatest chat widget. I…
In the internet age, is real estate still local?
byNow that Future Shop is closing all of its stores, we are one step further into the Internet Age, the Information Revolution or whatever…
Changing the real estate industry
byI am always going on I know, about the real estate industry and how it has to change. This post is no different. As…