Last night’s Lucky Strike Social Media Club (LSSMC) dinner featured a presentation by Phil Thomas DiGiulio (@holaphil) of Wellcomemat on “Video and Social Media”. I thought it was an interesting topic in and of itself, and am grateful to Phil for coming by to have the conversation with us. During the dinner — as is … Read more
One of the most valuable pieces of data in our industry, I think, is the annual Power Broker Report and Survey conducted by RISMedia. The 2008 edition is no exception, and is available here. I highly recommend it if you’re interested in our industry as a whole. I like to play with the numbers as … Read more
One of the most valuable pieces of data in our industry, I think, is the annual Power Broker Report and Survey conducted by RISMedia. The 2008 edition is no exception, and is available here. I highly recommend it if you’re interested in our industry as a whole. I like to play with the numbers as … Read more
I had a roommate in college who was an architecture major as an undergrad. He was such an insufferable snob — for example, in the entire year we lived together, he never watched any movie that wasn’t by Fellini — that my view of architecture and architects may have been unfairly colored. Thankfully, I recently … Read more
Let us talk about land. About buildings. The pure physicality of bricks, wood, steel beams, stairways, elevators, walls and roofs. You know, real estate. Normally, the conversation would be all about homes, condos, and the like — the stuff of the daily business of realtors and consumers. But I have in mind a slightly different … Read more
So it turns out that in addition to ruling the world from the Skull & Bones tomb, Yalies also get involved in real estate from time to time. There’s even a group called Yale Alumni Real Estate Association (YAREA, pronounced Y-Area) that just held its annual conference. I was invited, so… I went. Since the … Read more
Just caught Coldwell Banker’s new campaign on TV while watching some animated movie with the kids. Here it is: Wow, what an improvement over the misguided Talking Heads campaign: I do think CB should have stressed the 103-years of experience thing just a bit more. Talked about how they’ve seen ups and downs, and helped … Read more
Matt Dollinger, of @Properties in Chicago, raised a very interesting question at the Leading RE conference that just concluded. He then raised it again over Twitter (Matt is @mattdollinger) and the discussion threatened to overwhelm the 140-char limit. It’s time for bloggery. Matt’s question was this (in essence): In 2015, with companies like Trulia, Zillow, … Read more
At the recent RE Tech South conference, I had the opportunity to meet Eric Stegemann — a self-described 25-year old going on 40 — who is the founder and CEO of a company called Tribus as well as the “Head Honcho” of River City Real Estate, a brokerage in St. Louis. Eric is really one … Read more