From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Check Out REtech South

March 22, 2008

There is a new conference, or un-conference as the case may be, out there for the real estate industry. I’m excited about this one because it was organized from the ground up by a really nice guy that I had the pleasure of meeting at InmanConnect NYC.
His name is Matt Fagioli. I did [...]

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Lunch With NAR’s Chief Economist, Lawrence Yun

March 18, 2008

It might not be lunch with the Queen, but I am nonetheless excited. The Virginia Association of REALTORS has provided myself and some fellow Virginia real estate bloggers an opportunity to have lunch with NAR’s Chief economist, Lawrence Yun.

Yun was recently named one of America’s Top 10 Economic Forecasters by USAToday. There has been [...]

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Let Me Share My Nightmare, Learn How to Prevent Yours

March 18, 2008

I’ve written about the basketball official’s pre-game conference, and how that lesson applies to real estate. The same is true for the rigorous post-game evaluation that officials do. Post game evaluation is very useful to basketball officials. Every game is filled with calls that could have gone one way or the other, [...]

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Real Estate Cool (Inspired by Lupe Fiasco)

March 12, 2008

I like Lupe Fiasco. In fact, his latest album, “The Cool,” is my current musical favorite. I used a clip from his song, “Superstar” as the intro to my last ZebraTalk episode. It has since become a song I listen to regularly.
One of the tracks on the album that I found [...]

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Vote for the Zebra in Round 2 of the Blog Brawl

March 11, 2008

I had a first round bye for the VARBuzz.com Blog Brawl. Now, my first real match-up is at hand, and it is a doosie.
In Round 2, The Zebra goes mono-a-mono with the Wagner iTeam.
Ah a worthy adversary, indeed. Mariana Wagner is one of my fellow real estate twit-wits (@mizzle). She [...]

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Twitter Explained

March 6, 2008

I love Twitter. I love it for a lot of different reasons. Sometimes, however, I have trouble explaining Twitter to people. Lucky for me, the folks at CommonCraft took care of it:

Of course, Twitter is a lot more than this, and there are plenty of cool ways to use it, but saying [...]

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The New Inman Site is Unveiled, and It Has STRIPES!

March 4, 2008

The wraps are off the shiny new Inman.com.
Inman has been an industry leader for real estate news and insight for quite some time. Their website was beginning to look a bit outdated.
The new Inman.com aims to deliver the “Same great news. Brand new site!”
You can take a look for yourself, [...]

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The Blog Brawl in ON!

March 4, 2008

The nominations are in. The seeds have been set. The time has come.
The 1st VARBuzz Blog Brawl in ON!
The Zebra earned a #1 seed and a first round bye (along with Jim Duncan, Jay Thompson, and Jeremy Hart).
This is a very cool contest. If you think it is just another [...]

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