Excuse me while I blow some dust off my keyboard. It has been way too long, but I am back. But you can never get to where you want to be by focusing on the past so let's focus on the future. And I believe the future is Voice! Do you have a smart speaker yet? According to a report on January 4th, there have already been 100 million Alexa devices sold. As of January 2019 reports say there are now 70,000 Alexa skills set up. In March of 2018 there were only 5,000 briefings. So times are … [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 cool houses. … [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...]