Benn and Lani at Agent Genius are leading the effort to help the victims of the terrible tornados that swept across the South the other day. Here's what you can do. Give whatever money you can, here is a link to Jay Thompson's Phoenix Real Estate Guy's Read More...

Note: this discussion has moved to the Point2 Agent Message Board ( link ). Read More...

I noticed some interesting commentary regarding representing sellers vs. buyers lately. I’ve been a little busy (thankfully) trying to top off the year getting one more contract to closing but thought I’d chime in with a few thoughts. My broker suggested Read More...

I recently received an email from a prospect: "Thank you for the fast reply. Originally I contacted three realty agents and you have been the only one to contact me. I have made it my point to be loyal to you." Considering the current real estate market Read More...

There is certainly a lot of commotion going on regarding improving the quality of our little but fast growing community and I received an interesting email from a new member I thought I would share with you to illustrate the point I would like to make. Read More...

and does it matter. It might. There is a lot of chatter in the real estate blogosphere about how the National Association of Realtors views the blogosphere. It is said that the real estate blogosphere resembles the anything goes days of the "Wild West". Read More...

... not you or I by posting here. Reliberation owns and hosts this site and if you post on a community site such as this, Active Rain, Seeking Alpha, or the many other community blogs and forums on the Internet, it does not give you ownership. You only Read More...

I noticed this video with Seth Grodin, certainly the leading marketer anywhere, discussing Web 2.0 and wanted to share this with everyone. Click here for 6 1/2 minutes of genius. Read More...

As professional real estate agents, we need to have many skills in order to be successful. As an example, we take a different perspective or wear a different hat when working with a buyer or a seller so one size doesn't fit all occasions. I'm curious Read More...

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...

Do you remember the Kevin Costner film “Field of Dreams” when the Iowa farmer was told, “if you build it, he will come”. To paraphrase, if you build it, they will come. You might be asking yourself what you are supposed to be building. Well, don’t build Read More...

This might be fun. What are FOUR things we don’t know about you? I’ll get it started. A) FOUR JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE: Coke vendor at Wrigley Field Pizza Delivery Owner of Mailbox and Shipping store Director of Sales for a Gift and Home Décor company 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...

There's a new button to add friends (amigo must be Canadian for friends, ay). When you read a post, you can add the author as your amigo and then the amigos tab will populate with those you have selected. Will anyone be my friend? Read More...