From the monthly archives:

September 2006

Trulia Bests Zillow and More

September 29, 2006

Web 2.0 real estate site Trulia landed at #1 in a poll of Business Week readers when asked about thier favorite real estate related sites, according to a post on their blog. I find it interesting that they bested Web 2.0 powerhouse, Zillow. I also thought it was interesting that Curbed.com made the list, since [...]

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MLS Not Picking Up What the FTC Puts Down

September 29, 2006

As the saying goes, "those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it."  Apparently, the people in charge of Realcomp II, Ltd., the largest MLS system in Michigan, can be pretty ignorant, or at least obstinate.  According to an article from Inman News (subscription required), the Federal Trade Commission has expressed its displeasure with Realcomp [...]

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Clash of the Titans

September 26, 2006

The gloves are wrapped, the head gear is strapped on tight, and the Sellsius 101 Blog Post Challenge is well underway.  The warriors in this battle are Greg Swann of the BloodhoundBlog, and Ardell DellaLoggia of the SearchingSeattle Blog.  Each of them is making an insane attempt at posting 101 real-estate related posts on each [...]

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Zillow VP/CFO Runs Smack Into the “Unzillowables”

September 25, 2006

This post recently came across my RSS reader.  It is from the Zillow Blog, and written by Zillow’s VP of Marketing and Chief Financial Officer, Spencer Rascoff.  The post tells us of Rascoff’s journey through 3 open houses in his area, all of which were homes found on Zillow.  He doesn’t give us the data [...]

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Economists Crack Me Up

September 25, 2006

I read an article from the USA Today about the national decline in both home sales and median price that took place in August.  The following is a quote from that article: Sellers have to lower prices to bring buyers back into the market, says David Lereah, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. [...]

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Referees and REALTORS Explored

September 25, 2006

When I’m not practicing real estate, one of the things that I do is officiate basketball (I mentioned this once before). The letters from my officiating supervisors have been coming in, the rules clinics are coming up, and the season is on the horizon. All this got me thinking about the similarities between being a [...]

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The Blue Pill Takes You to the Carnival

September 25, 2006

This week’s carnival is up at Matrix.  Tons of great posts up, and no sign of Mr. Smith.

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The Dual Agency Debate

September 22, 2006

One thing that I find most enjoyable about the blogoshpere is the good debate that takes place on a regular basis.  For the most part, it is all very civil and very interesting.  I came across a post from Greg Tracy at the Blueroof.com Blog that offers a view of dual agency that is very [...]

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Sellsius Breaks the Blog Barrier

September 22, 2006

Sellsius is running the Blog Marathon today. 50 posts in one day may clog up my RSS feed reader, but I love them for it anyway. I hope someone was waiting at post 25 with some water or juice or something. . .

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Reddo Longa, Vendo Brevis

September 21, 2006

Hippocrates was talking about medicine, but Jim Duncan was talking about real estate. Quoth Jim: Mark it down – marketing will become less and less a component of a Realtor’s core competency. Representation will. I like bold, sweeping, assertions. They take gumption. This one from Jim fits the bill. If we assume that Jim is [...]

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