I love that Wendy Forsythe, VP of Broker Services for Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, often blogs on Gen-X and Gen-Y issues in real estate. I suspect that Wendy and I are both Gen-Xers, and if you searched our past photographs, I’m sure there will be a few blackmail-worthy examples involving neon clothing, Z-Cavaricci’s, … Read more
“One man cannot practice many arts with success.” – Plato Welcome to Part 4 of this series of too-many-words. Here are the links to previous parts: 1, 2, 3. Let us review the situation. Upon deciding that the law firm (although not lawyers themselves perhaps) is a fine model for real estate, you have banded … Read more
So let’s say that some brave soul out there has decided to gamble away his life at the urgings of a certain blogger who works for a certain data company in New York City. To him, I offer my deepest sympathies. But courage! If this works, please do remember to look down upon us peons … Read more
In Part 1 of this series, I put forth the notion that a real estate company built on the law firm model — rainmaking partners + salaried associates + support staff — could work. The main requirement is that there is some sort of a competitive advantage that arises from the structure of the partnership … Read more
It must be zeitgeist, a change in the real estate weltanschauung. I wrote a long post back in March of 2008 having a conversation with Mike Farmer on his original Biz 2.0 post on the Bloodhound Blog. He then responded with some additional thoughts. I had a 1500 word draft that wasn’t even halfway finished, … Read more
Glenn Kelman at Redfin posted a great article yesterday about working at a technology company in Seattle. I’ve spent a bit of time in Seattle working at a game company out there, and I remember it fondly. A great city in so many ways. He contrasts the Seattle tech culture with that of the Valley’s, … Read more
Pat Kitano at Transparent Real Estate has an interesting post speculating on what the future of the real estate industry might look like, by taking a look-see at the finance world. If one subscribes to the idea that a real estate transaction is basically matching capital with opportunity, and that the transactional process has become … Read more