Unseen Forces

I often hear REALTORS talk about themselves as professionals. Usually they do it with a Rodney Dangerfield, “I don’t get no respect” attitude. They sound defensive and angry. “Why doesn’t the world acknowledge me as a professional? And why don’t people understand that real estate is a profession,...

Last Wednesday, Jeff Turner, three of his sons and I were having lunch at Jerry's Deli in Marina Del Rey, CA. Jeff's boys were slurping down multiple chocolate milks and that meant multiple trips to the Men's Room. If not for that, this story could not have been written. On his third trip to the ...

Alan Alda, in his new book, "Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself," quotes a famous rabbi in explaining what makes a good talk: "What comes from the heart goes to the heart."That's powerful stuff. It also relates to your Values. There too, if it's not in your heart, in other words, if you d...

If you lose something that you never knew existed in the first place, what have you lost? And how will you ever know that you lost it?If a potential client or buyer doesn’t connect with you because they don’t know you’re there, what have you and they lost? These situations illustrate Opportunity ...

Even though I’m not a Realtor I hear about situations daily involving Internet marketing that have me scratching my head and asking myself, “Does that Realtor understand that they are running a business? And does he/she understand what a good business person ought to focus on in making solid, tho...

Video's Potential In Real Estate Internet Marketing – Part 2 In my previous post (To V Or Not To V – Video's Potential In Real Estate Internet Marketing - Part 1) I began by referencing a recent post by Jeff Turner ("Will Video Kill Virtual Tours?"). Jeff stated that video will NOT kill virtual t...

To V Or Not To V - Video's Potential In Real Estate Internet MarketingJeff Turner recently published a post on AR entitled, "Will Video Kill Virtual Tours?" His answer was, NO. But Jeff went on to say that Video, well done, is a compelling medium and will have its place whenever the combination o...

Lesley Stahl just might have provided the spark to help rescue an industry from the self-delusional, suicidal clutches of itself. Lesley was misinformed. She was inaccurate. She took a ratings-driven, adversarial, biased approach to the real estate industry.  The Realtor® she interviewed to refut...

“Oh the times they are a changin.” Dylan, you poet/prophet, you. I hear a lot of Realtors talking about the fact that, no matter how much information is made available, people still want and need the warmth and security of caring human relationships and that, technology notwithstanding, relations...

Jeff Turner demonstrated to the AR community (and perhaps the world, if word gets around) that SEX IS A CORE VALUE. Look at all the millions of dollars spent by lobbyists, politicians, religious leaders and "righteous" citizens to get rid of SEX on TV, movies and print media. Those efforts will n...