ALPHARETTA – This is the time of the year when we are resolving to make the coming year better than the past year. No industry is more in need of improvement than the real estate industry (including the auto industry), both in terms of overall market conditions and in the way the industry functions (or ... [Continue Reading]
Self Promotion
A couple of weeks ago, I made the jump from Big National Brokerage to Small National Brokerage. To date, I don’t regret my decision at all. As time passes, I may come to view this decision as I do the one I made to get lasik surgery: just wish I hadn’t waited so long to ... [Continue Reading]
We’ve been mulling it over for months now and discussing it online to get your perspective. The question: Which is more relevant in today’s web2.0 real estate world, a large national broker or a small local broker? At Bloodhound Blog , we tossed around the idea of what the role of a broker could and ... [Continue Reading]
One of the things I like least about being a Realtor is the negative stereotypes that the profession has. Heck, I even had them and still have them to a degree. My wife certainly has them, as she starts too many sentences with "I’m not talking about you, but Realtors … " Greg Swann at ... [Continue Reading]
You need your GPS not to find this house, but to navigate the inside once you get there. There is so much square footage, so many rooms and so many hallways (and closets) that it lead my nine-year-old to comment: Dad, can we buy this house? It would be great to play tag and hide and ... [Continue Reading]
I’m not referring to any calls that come in the middle of the night, which no one likes to get. I’m talking about calls from clients who have changed their minds. My phone rang about 11:00 AM yesterday and the client with whom I was scheduled to view properties at 1:30 PM was calling to ... [Continue Reading]
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved maps. When I was a kid in Colorado, I used to study maps for hours on end. I’d take pretend trips over mountain passes or find great high mountain valleys to camp in. Maps are powerful because your imagination gets to fill in the detail: the map only ... [Continue Reading]







