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2007
I was out one evening last month eating dinner outside at a Newbury Street bistro (in Boston) with my wife and our poodle (perhaps you saw a photo of Sandy or "Moose" in my "Alarm Clock" blog). At the table next to us were three twenty-somethings talking in some foreign tongue...however, from a ...
08/12/2007
These days if a potential client comes to me saying that their relative is in the business I don't jump to the conclusion that I won't be getting their business. In fact I can almost guarantee myself that I am probably getting their business.Why? It just seems that everyone wants to keep their "...
08/11/2007
I get up this morning and the headline is about the "slide" in the stock markets around the world. I would doubt today will be an up day for the DJIA but what will this mean to the economy and the real estate business?I have already predicted another few years of a slow buyer favored market. Ha...
08/10/2007
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That IS the question.I tend to blog daily. On AR I have always blogged during the day...yesterday I blogged for the first time at night. And unfortunatley I find myself again tonight blogging.Why is that worthy of a blog?It's because it is the proverbial blog falling in the woods with no one th...
08/09/2007
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We don't often think about it: "What's my job?" We go and do basically the same tasks daily as if there were no other way to get the job done. If you are in residential real estate brokerage you probably do direct mail to bring new customers to listed properties, make cold calls to FSBOs, do op...
08/08/2007
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What do world-class athletes, rock stars and Hollywood actors and actresses all have in common? Their reputations determine the size of their pay checks. Their public relations "marketing" in a sense is what they all work for.Some tennis players, golfers, basketball players (for example) are le...
08/08/2007
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As my profile moves up in the rankings, as I blog and invite others to AR I have started to take notice of what it takes it rack up those points. Blogging is the certain way to gain points. Daily blogging, and now I see 2 times and even 3 times a day, is what some AR devotees are doing to gain ...
08/03/2007
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Years ago a very talented and ambitious Realtor in my area, I'll call him Todd, was considering either coming to work for me or leaving the business all together. I remember walking up to a FSBO home for a listing appointment and seeing him walk out the front door. I saw his expression when he ...
08/01/2007
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