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We often talk about differentiation and its importance in growing a successful business.  Unfortunatley, we get very little feedback from the real estate community. We started a Poll over on Linkedin and would love for you Activerain participants to jump in and share. If your interested?  Here's ...
03/23/2012
We hear a lot of talk about first-time home buyers and what Gen Y'ers will want, or not want in housing - but what about those seniors that are selling for the last time.  Or as important - who will want their houses? (clearly a generality - every locale is unique).In the recent Bipartisan Policy...
03/19/2012
We went to a Linkedin seminar yesterday and one of the speakers talked about data, data, data - and the fact that these big social platforms are collecting it like crazy.  They know where we went to school, the books we like, where we work, what we do - all kinds of things they can use to target ...
03/16/2012
What's the difference between a stock broker and real estate broker (no, there's not a punch line)? Each facilitates a purchase and sale.  They both hold themselves out as a high quality service provider. The asset that is being bought/sold is market-sensitive where price is a primary factor for ...
03/14/2012
I’m superstitious, so it somewhat pains me to even bring this up……..but, over the last 10 days our office in Hinsdale, IL has listed 4 properties.  Each of these properties sold in less than an hour with multiple offers - for cash. Now, we like business, but we prefer stable over euphoric.   Is t...
03/09/2012
I've got to admit, I'm guilty of getting into the nuances of the real estate business and the industry as a whole.  Reading about data accuracy (or lack of), MLS's, syndication, NAR, who is feeding info to the portals and who's pulling the plug - all really interesting stuff, and as someone that ...
03/07/2012
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Keep it simple.   Strong, descriptive, one-word Internet brand/domain names attract new customers like crazy.  Use one. It's all about the leads. Thanks, Brian
03/02/2012
So much going on in the residential real estate business; model changes, listing syndication, IDX, innovation (or lack of), good guys, bad guys, internal strife etc. etc. etc.These things should not be surprising to anyone participating in the industry (including homeowners) given the size of the...
02/26/2012
We have seen these numbers before (and talked about them) - but now they are beginning to seem like they're here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future.From the NAR (National Association of Realtors) report today: "Investors accounted for 23 percent of the purchases last month, while cash t...
02/22/2012
Who doesn't like a new toy or necessity item like an ipod, TV, car, shoes, game, or forks for the kitchen? The same can be said for housing.  If given the choice don't most prefer new or new-like (that means older houses with newer stuff inside i.e. kitchen, baths). So, if the preference for new ...
02/20/2012
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