News Type: For REALTORS

Taking your Online efforts Offline – Part II

Here’s part 2 of taking your online efforts offline – I’m still getting a lot of feedback from my presentation at Inman Real Estate Connect in New York – it’s great to see that I have…

Not another New Year’s Resolution Article!

*photo courtesy of Teresa Boardman* The Leo in me tends to over-analyze and go into self-discovery mode every so often and although this doesn’t necessarily have to coincide with starting a new year…….why not? During Project…

Have a Heart!

Reputation management on the Internet can be extremely difficult, not only because you have to keep up with the conversations but also because there are some cruel and mean spirited people out there. Last month a…

Are You a Desperate Realtor?

I got an e-mail from a dear client (who I absolutely love) saying this: There’s a story on the ‘Today Show’ this morning about the lengths to which some Realtors are going to sell property.  Crystals,…

Social Media – The Perpetual Question

Web2.0 and Social Media Works – I don’t care what the skeptics have to say, but we have proven it and keep coming up with new ideas to implement on a regular basis.  Sometimes I feel…

The Power of Hyper-local Twitter

We are hearing all this talk about the power of twitter and a lot of us do it for fun.  Heck! nothing better than being considered Twitterati or Twittercizing with @GingerW and @Housechick. But is there…

What I Learned at NARLANDO

Something I realized… A few people have asked me what I learned at the NAR Convention this past weekend and after much thought, I realized that I went to the convention without the intention of learning.…

Leaving the Mega Brokerage

Why’d You do it? Many of you know that Rick and I left Coldwell Banker in July of this year.  We get all kinds of questions from friends and colleagues, the main ones are “Why did…

Monetizing your Real Estate Blog

Money Money Money Before I start, let me make something clear – I’m not here to tell you yes or no on this topic – I would like to know how others feel about the possibility…

Cultural Idiosyncrasies

  Being in Metropolitan Miami we deal with a lot of foreign nationals sellers.  Yes you read correctly, a lot of our listings are absentee owners from other countries that either bought vacation homes or investment…

RE Bloggers stick together

I got a call from a telemarketer about making us their exclusive agent for Miami and Miami Beach for a 19% referral on their top notch site with massive traffic…….blah blah blah blah The conversation went…

Sensuality in Real Estate

I’ve Avoided The Topic… I’ve thought about writing this for a while and didn’t have the guts until now.  Mostly for fear of people misinterpreting my words – but here it is hopefully to stimulate some…