Here's how we can all win $50.  There are only about 30 of us who regularly post on Relib.  If each one of us posts only on a particular pre-set day with something reasonably profound and no other of us posts anything on that day, we can each have a very good chance to win for a day.  Each one of us takes a turn.  Let's decide who gets which day.
Hey, Point 2, this is a joke.  I'm not trying to fix the game.

WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ  (Answers will be posted later)

(Passing requires 4 correct answers)

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get catgut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

            Whether or not you believe that global warming is human-made or a natural occurrence, it will have a measurable effect on real estate.  I have a proposal for a new REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) that will take advantage of the new situation. 

            Inland property will become oceanfront property as coastal land becomes submerged by rising sea level.  The best deals now could be 1, 2, or 3 blocks from the waterfront, even 1/4 to 1/2  mile from the water in low lying areas.  The REIT will purchase income property that has the potential to become oceanfront, riverfront, bay-front, gulf-front, etc. property within the next 10 – 15 years.  Using a buy and hold passive investment plan, the trust will seek to purchase undervalued commercial properties that can be redeveloped into considerably higher value uses once the rising sea level has inundated the properties previously located on the water.  Properties will be purchased that provide sufficient income to carry the property during the holding period.  Locations will be chosen where it is unlikely that the citizenry will vote for building expensive new dikes and seawalls or where the existing waterfront property lies in the path of growth but is unlikely to be protected before its too late.

         I welcome input from interested bloggers about this REIT proposal.

The previous post about the news media influencing or causing the slow down in the real estate market keeps coming up for discussion again and again, especially when the news is bad and the market is slow.  A certain point of view says that by telling people how bad it is they discourage purchases. 
I know there was a comment or two about how the news media also influences or causes the hot market by telling people how great it is, thereby encouraging purchases.  There was also a good comment about how you should take advantage of it both ways.  In a slow market use the media articles to induce sellers to lower prices.  In a hot market use the media atricles to induce buyers to offer more.
However, I want to put a question to the bloggers here.
Do you believe that the media, all types of media, create the news or report the news or a combination of both? 

Do you blog for the interaction with other people, socializing, the fun of blogging?  Do you blog for Search Engine Optimization?  Do you blog to find customers?  Do you blog to pass the time when you have nothing else to do?  Why do you blog? 

I know we have a referral system, but it lists complete strangers.  I would rather give a referral to someone I "know" from this blog than to a stranger on the list.  So, if there is a contributer or reader to this blog in Pensacola, Florida, I have a referral for you.  You can contact me at mark@eyemarkrealty.com.

Just Curious.  How many of you work a specific niche or niches rather than all types of real estate? 

For example, I know realtors who farm specific neighborhoods or only concentrate on homes in a certain price range.  I work anything that comes along, anywhere.  I have been told that I won't be considered an expert by clients for not having a narrow focus.  However, I have not yet in 10 years lost a customer or client because I operated a broad based busiess.  Maybe I got started this way because my very first sale was a commercial property, then land, before I sold or listed my first homes.

I saw a statistic somewhere that 96% of realtors only list or sell homes and condos.  What do you concentrate on? 

I nominate Lonn for a star on the REliberation Post of Fame that will be constructed in front of Point2 Headquarters. 

I know the handshake subject of whether to block or not has been discussed before.  When it was a topic, several of you mentioned that you have separated your handshake listings into separate pages by category or by state or by city.  If this was discussed previously, I missed it.
With homes not selling as fast as before, the number of handshake listings from my approved list has grown large.  The listings in my immediate selling area are being infiltrated by listings on the edges of my area.
So, how can I create groups of listings by area, not by member?  How can I put them on separate pages?
Thanks in advance, everybody who participates here.

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A bog in the
Fog chasing
A hog that's
As big as a
Log while thinking
What to write
In my blog.