About Nick Bastian

RE Bar Camp Phoenix is *finally* coming back after taking some time off! Mark your calendars for April 3rd, 2019 and plan to be at the Scottsdale Stadium. Check in is from 8-8:30 amWrap up at 3pm Some of you may fondly remember the first bar camps that were held here and some of you are probably wondering what in the heck a Bar Camp even is. Basically, a bar Camp is an 'Un-Conference" where there is no set agenda until the day of the event. People gather around and write down … [Read more...]

Recently, Gary Vaynerchuck told his throngs of listeners that home ownership no longer makes sense in his world economy. As someone who likes people to believe everything he touches turns to f&#@*%! gold, this should raise a few eyebrows... https://twitter.com/garyvee/status/1093583056177381376 While Gary is certainly looked upon as someone with street smarts who has made some very good business decisions, I am not sure that his real estate advice makes sense for … [Read more...]

I feel like this afternoon is a good time for some Cyber Monday window shopping. You know, it has been a nice long holiday weekend, right? You survived your food coma on Thanksgiving, did some Black Friday shopping, had a great weekend and then finished up with Cyber Monday. Hopefully, you found the perfect presents for yourself, your spouse, the kids and even the family members who disagreed with your politics on Thanksgiving day. If you are like most Americans, you love looking at … [Read more...]

I had to chuckle when I saw this Facebook post that says that the "median" (more on that below) number of inquiries (INQUIRIES) that REALTORS with personal websites get has fallen to ZERO.   To say that real estate agents with personal websites get zero inquiries seems to be a bit of a stretch, to me. See this comment below that was made on that same Facebook thread by our own Jay Thompson. I’m clearly no statistician, but how does a median of zero for this data make any sense? … [Read more...]