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Zillow Talk Takeaway #5: Stop Worrying, Real Estate is a Great Investment
All this week, I will be publishing my five key takeaways from the new book Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate by Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and Chief Economist Stan Humphries. You can read my review of the book at Inman News here, and the rest of the “five takeaways” here. Real estate…
Read MoreZillow Talk Takeaway #4: Help Your Sellers Price Their Homes to the Market
All this week, I will be publishing my five key takeaways from the new book Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate by Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and Chief Economist Stan Humphries. You can read my review of the book at Inman News here, and the rest of the “five takeaways” here. One of…
Read MoreZillow Talk Takeaway #3: Write longer property descriptions, already!
All this week, I will be publishing my five key takeaways from the new book Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate by Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and Chief Economist Stan Humphries. You can read my review of the book at Inman News here, and the rest of the “five takeaways” here. If you’ve…
Read MoreZillow Talk Takeaway #2: If you’re a new agent, don’t be intimidated.
All this week, I will be publishing my five key takeaways from the new book Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate by Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and Chief Economist Stan Humphries. You can read my review of the book at Inman News here, and the rest of the “five takeaways” here. When I…
Read MoreFive Key Takeaways for Client-Oriented Real Estate Agents from Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate: #1: Know Your Worth
If you like data, and you like real estate, and you REALLY like real estate data, then you’ll love the new book from Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and Chief Economist Stan Humphries, Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate. They used their access to Zillow massive treasure trove of housing data to take a…
Read MoreFive Reasons I Love the Real Estate Connect Conference
Last week, I attended the annual Real Estate Connect NYC conference put on by Inman News. I go to a lot of industry events and conferences, but I’ve always found that Connect provides the most bang for the buck. This week, I wrote a piece for Inman News about the “10 Things I Learned at Real…
Read MoreIf We Build it, Will They Come?
You know what most great real estate agents have in common? They’re really good at their jobs. They’re good at developing rapport and trust with sellers at that initial consultation. They’re good at marketing homes. They’re good at identifying what a buyer needs, even if he doesn’t know yet. And they’re good at putting together…
Read MoreWho’s Going to Be at This Year’s FWD Innovation Summit? One Former Judge’s Thoughts on this Year’s Contestant Line Up
Last year, when I was one of the judges on the FWD Innovation Summit, I wrote up a fairly rigorous analysis of the participants so that I could be prepared for their presentations. This year, I won’t be judging, but I will be live-blogging the event on Tuesday here on this blog, so I did the…
Read MoreThe Upcoming Realogy FWD Innovation Summit — Advice for Participants, an Overview, and the Upcoming Live Blog
Realogy is holding its second FWD Innovation Summit the coming Tuesday. It’s a really cool event. Fifteen technology companies make a pitch before a live audience, and answer questions from a panel of judges. Then, the judges pick finalists, who are then presented to the audience, which votes on the winner of the $25,000 grand…
Read MoreIs the Real Problem With the Real Estate Industry the Clients? Maybe
I was asked again last week to contribute a response at Inman News to a provocative article from Brad Inman. Last time, he wrote about the potential disruption of the broker-agent relationship from online portals, in the way that Uber has disrupted the traditional limousine industry’s relationship with drivers. And in my response, I challenged…
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