Book Review
Keep Your Friends Close, and Your Frenemies Closer: Why Real Estate Professionals Need to Read "Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate"
Many real estate professionals are still ambivalent about Zillow. They remember how that Zillow came to market ten years ago with a much less industry-friendly attitude than it developed once it realized there was more money in pursuing the industry as a client rather than a competitor. And maybe they’re just naturally wary of a…
Read MoreSummarizing the Zillow Talk Takeaways: Real Estate Professionals, Have Some Faith in Your Industry!
A few weeks ago, I wrote a book review of Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate by Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and Chief Economist Stan Humphries, for Inman News. I thought it was pretty balanced, making the case that the book was interesting and insightful while still acknowledging the ambivalent relationship that many real…
Read MoreZillow 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 MoreBook Review: Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life (1998).
I blame Who Moved My Cheese for the slew of copycat animal parables that followed through the last decade. I also think that Cheese is a seriously overrated book, not only because the message is simple – not deceptively simple, just plain simple. I also found the parable itself confusing and poorly written, trying to…
Read MoreBook Review: Ken Blanchard, Whale Done: The Power of Positive Relationships (2002).
Ken Blanchard’s book Whale Done is one of his “parables” about management success based on lessons learned by a disgruntled manager who learns a new method of motivated people from an unlikely source. The lead character in Whale Done learns from the trainers at the Sea World show in Orlando. Specifically, how is it that…
Read MoreBook Review: Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter, Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money — That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Rich Dad, Poor Dad became a phenomenon based largely on its simple allegorical concept: that the author had two dads, one rich and one poor, who gave him conflicting advice about how to achieve success. The poor dad advised him to stay in school, study hard, get a good job, buy a house, and save…
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