While watching the exciting golf tournament yesterday afternoon (of course, that may be an oxymoron to some) and attempting to get a listing agent to beat up his seller so that my buyer can “steal” their home at a lowball price, I was thinking about how Read More...

Is the mortgage problem as bad as the media seems to make it out to be? While delinquencies on mortgages have increased and foreclosures are rising, the fact is that not every homeowner is late with their mortgage payment and not every house will soon Read More...

Unfortunately you still see a lot of agents using the egocentric I’m # 1 "it's all about me" approach . From a consumer's point of view... who really cares about you? I think the I'm #1 approach may have worked for a while but thanks to the Internet, Read More...

I was touched by Gary's comment regarding John, "John is only two hours away from me and although we have never met, other than on this blog, he is a friend." I feel that way about many of the wonderful people I have met on this site, Mike Farmer from Read More...

After I called out Phil R in Todd's post about discrimination, he disappeared and a guest named "Susie" arrived. Do you think Phil R might be Susie? Read More...

We've touched briefly on the subject of website blogs rather than the social blogs like Reliberation and others but I was wondering, are you writing on your website blog and what are you writing about? Are you educating your readers, are you offering Read More...

I just noticed an interesting article and wanted to pass it on. According to an article in RIS Media, the industry must lose 1 in 4 Realtors. A snippet: "RISMEDIA, May 18, 2007-We all know that 2000 - 2005 comprised one of the hottest real estate markets Read More...

how does your spouse, significant other or life partner feel if you don't get to spend a lot of time together? I noticed Michaela's post about a listing appointment well past my bedtime and just wondered how everyone deals with the time spent away from Read More...

I just saw this on the front page of the Charleston MLS and thought I would pass it on to everyone. SCAR is saddened to report two real-estate-related attacks on women in South Carolina in the last few days. Fortunately, both women are recovering from Read More...

With Redfin in the news, I wondered if anyone would reduce, via rebate and on the HUD statement, their fees a little bit in order to represent a client on the buy side if the client did a little more than usual to help with the transaction. Having said Read More...

Has anyone gotten an inquiry asking about buyer agent fees. I just received this from a prospect: "Let me know what is your fee when I buy a home through you". What do you think about buyer agent fees and how would you handle the lead? Read More...

A breakthrough announcement by Google and real estate search. As part of the search results, consumers will be able to search for homes directly through Google. Here's the link , most interesting, don't you think. Read More...

The blogosphere is busy once again today with Redfin's announcement of a Real Estate Consumer's Bill Of Rights. On the surface, it looks pretty but let's examine what and why Redfin is proposing and why it is mostly self serving to their flawed business Read More...

Al Block did a post a while back with a contest about appraising the value of the White House (Al, I never did see the results) and his post inspired my title as I sat down to write about Congress and their investigation into the subprime mortgage meltdown Read More...

I was just looking through the most popular posts and wondered who might be the first blogger to reach 1000 views on Reliberation. I find that Reliberation is a daily must stop no matter how busy I might be on any day and the growth of our community is Read More...