Jon Quist's Blog

Margaret raises several good points. first, be careful of making snap judgments. We will get more people now paying cash for one thing, think investors. And, just because Americans are way up to their eyeballs in credit debt, a lot of good folks from outside the US pay cash way more than we do. A...

    Loreena Yeo writes a well thought out blog post here. The numbers really DON’T Lie. A listing agent, and there are all sorts, really would be well advised to take what Loreena Yeo says here. I would cringe if I ever heard “Let's just put the house on the market and see what happens.” Of cours...

SEO results, great but are they "sticking" on the site. Inna Hardison of the HaMedia Group has a SENSATIONAL BLOG POST on this subject. How it doesn’t have a Gold Star is beyond me. I appreciate the extensive tips contained herein. Lords knows I can’t figure out any of this on my own. And a word...

Beware of Fake City Inspectors gaining access to homes. Robert Siciliano, our Security Expert, writes about an instance of this in Massachusetts (yeah, I blew the spelling. Thank heavens for spell check) but I bet this has happened many times before and is happening as we read this post! And I a...

Mobile Phones and Security..Robert Siciliano writes in his latest blog post. Scary thought, losing your wallet. Even a bigger potential risk losing a smart phone or your iPad. As they used to say on Hill Street Blues (and that really dates me) "Let's be careful out there."Mobile payments generall...

How’s the Government HAMP Loan Modification Program Doing? I just read a post on AR asking that question. The blogger had disabled the comments. Well, I guess so. He was pitching his companies refinance program. I took his headline as a challenge, ran with it, and the answer won’t surprise very ...

TOO FUNNY BY HALF! A FRAUD WARNING FROM NIGERIA. UNBELIEVABLE! “Attention Sir/Madam, The Federal Government of Nigeria through provisions in Section 419 of the Criminal Code came up with punitive measures to deter and punish offenders. The Advance Fee Fraud section deals mainly with cases of adv...

TUCSON REAL ESTATE SALES FIGURES FOR MARCH 2011 Random highlights in sales numbers in Tucson for March 2011  We had a Total Sales Volume increase of 19.28% from February to March.  That’s a good thing.  Average Sales Price of $163,590 decreased 10.31% from February’s $182,388 and from $201,710 f...

SEO company solicitations. What's their story? I know it can’t be just me, but I get at least one unsolicited call and one unsolicited email from “strange” companies all saying essentially the same thing. They promise to do such fantastic work on my site that it will achieve 1st page Google resu...

"WHERE THE RUBBER DIVIDES US" Brian makes a great point, both with his written copy, and also with his great and fun illustration. His point, if I read the post correctly, is that we are better as a person, and certainly as REALTORS if we take the time and the thoughtfulness to think about others...