In part 1, we explored the controversies and the issues surrounding what a Real Estate BarCamp should or should not be, and explored the rules and principles of the original tech-focused BarCamp. At the end of that, I asked three questions: What goals are we trying to achieve with REBarCamps? Who benefits from REBarCamps? Who … Read more
Although I wanted to post this sooner, other commitments prevented getting to it before now. And quite a few of these ideas have been hashed out, particularly in the TQ Radio Show yesterday, but there is something to putting ideas and questions into words. So here we go. But first, a disclaimer: Many of you … Read more
It’s Thanksgiving, and despite our culture’s continuous pull to rename this day Turkey Day or some such and shift the focus to the feasting, I’d like to keep the focus on the actual point of the day: giving thanks to the Almighty, and to family, friends, and others for the life we have. First, I … Read more
If you live in the United States, and rely solely on Pravda New York Times or similar for your news, you’re probably unaware of Climategate. Basically, the entire premise of the global warming/carbon footprint craze of the past few years turns out to be totally bogus. From the RealClearPolitics.com overview: Global warming “skeptics” had unearthed … Read more
From Twitter itself (h/t: @mathurrell) comes this amazing piece of news: Nearly one in five (19%) online Americans now uses Twitter or a similar service to post and share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others, according to the latest survey data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. This figure represents … Read more
While I have at least a dozen longer posts I’m working on because of REBlogWorld and BlogWorld Expo, I thought I would do the popular “Top X Things I Learned from BlogWorld” deal as an advance peek. But I’m finding it hard to be… I don’t know the term… earnest about it. So if you … Read more
This is the kind of high-quality conversation that comes out of BlogWorld when the sessions are horrid. Who is the best looking man in the RE.net? The five finalists were chosen by a panel standing around the hallway at BlogWorld, but there is a write-in choice for you. 🙂 But we wanna know what you … Read more
So it seems my little tweet the other day has engendered a bit more discussion — you can find the fascinating back and forth here on AgentGenius. One of the more interesting comments there comes from Russell Shaw, who says: REALTOR.com is cluttered on every page with banner and tower ads that endlessly attempt to … Read more
I’ve been traveling a lot of late due to business. Who knew being an unemployed bum was such hard work? In September, I spent 14 of 30 days on the road; I’m looking at roughly 18 of 31 days in October being on the road. So I’m becoming familiar once again with the airline and … Read more