June 2010
11 posts
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“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
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Bob Hale Discovers that some HAR-members are...
Bob Hale, the CEO of the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) surprised a group of directors at an HAR board of directors meeting with an unexpected question. At the end of the meeting he mentioned he was planning on upgrading his home and asked casually if anyone knew where he could find a good Realtor.
Insiders who were at the meeting state that the group laughed at what they thought was a...
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“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”
– Mark Twain
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Obama calls for Realtors to go back to work
The latest report by the Congressional Budget Office has caught the President’s ire claiming that national unemployment rate would be reduced to 6% if Realtors would end their daily “social marketing” and “go back to work.” In a surprise televised address to the nation Thursday night, the President referenced this report and called for national unity and sacrifice....
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“Design twice and code once.”
– As part of my recent interest in web usability and design.
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RETS gains momentum, MLS's respond with a new data...
The lower Southeast Boise Association of Realtors (SBAR) adopted a new MLS data standard in view of the growing threat of the RETS data standard. MLS boards foresee RETS adoption as allowing the “snake in the door” leading towards data standardization and consumer access to valuable home listings information.
“We are here to serve the 94 members who make a living selling...
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RTB has the wrong focus
I recently discovered the “Raise the Bar” podcast by Michael McClure and his partner Todd Waller. I recommend it to anyone interested in real estate industry issues that affect the everyday real estate agent.
The core message of the broadcast is a movement to Raise the Bar (RTB) for real estate agents to increase the holistic professionalism of the industry. How? By cleansing the...
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“Ability is a poor man’s wealth.”
– John Wooden
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We took the long way
Remember a site called Zolve? That’s us! We’re still here :) We launched our real estate referral network back in 2007, changed it to a new platform in 2008 and have been working hard on the most important piece of the pie since then.
It hasn’t gone as planned. The plan was to launch our real estate network full of free tools for agents and build up a wide and deep...
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