Hey everybody – I’m about to hop on an airplane to head to Inman New York but thought I’d point out the obvious: the new website redesign has launched. I know you couldn’t miss it. I kept most of the design and site structure the same, but hopefully improved legibility and cleanliness of the overall … Read more
Hi everyone – Just a quick note to say that the site will be down on Friday and possibly into Saturday as I make a bunch of changes to make the VIP system easier to use and far less buggy. There will also be a new site redesign that will come into play the next … Read more
Well, so I guess I forgot to do this last year so I can’t call it an annual tradition anymore. But it’s that time of the year to grade myself on predictions made and how I did. We’ll do a double-header this time, grading both the 2018 Predictions (link goes to Inman.com) and the 2019 … Read more
Rob and I were supposed to be in Wilmington, NC today to present some new sessions at the State REALTOR Conference, Xchange. We watched as Hurricane Florence gained strength across the Atlantic with estimated landfall near Wilmington, and quickly realized that the event would be cancelled. In an email from the NC REALTORS staff today, … Read more
Welcome to another edition of an annual tradition, in which I go back and grade myself on my predictions made at the start of this year. (Link goes to Inman.) For those keeping track at home, my record so far: 2010 Predictions: 6 for 10 (.600) 2011 Predictions: 4.5 for 7 (.642) 2012 Predictions: 2 for 7 (.286) … Read more
[It looks like Inman has posted my annual tradition: the seven predictions for 2017, sure to be wrong, or your money back! It’s behind a paywall for now, but should be freed up in a couple of days.] It turns out that last year, despite my predictions being mostly wrong, no one got a refund … Read more
Welcome to another edition of an annual tradition, in which I go back and grade myself on my predictions made at the start of this year. In this year’s case, because of a ten-day vacation in paradise, the grading is for 2016. Plus, my Seven Predictions post will be sometime later this week. Anyhow, my track … Read more
[This is an unusual post, in that I really wondered whether I should put it on Notorious at all in the first place. But a number of people have asked (one might even say demanded) that it be written here, because I am blessed enough to have this be one of the places where the … Read more
Although the current candidates for President have been relatively quiet about the issue of housing, Bernie Sanders has finally released a major plan calling for universal housing: “Homeownership has always been the American Dream. What’s more, housing is a fundamental human right. Yet, our housing market is completely broken. It benefits Wall Street while screwing … Read more