13 days. I will miss my 17th anniversary with Chicago Title Agency of Maricopa County by 13 days, because on January 1st, Cindy and I begin a new adventure in Tampa/St Petersburg Florida. I will be working with the Fidelity National Title - Tampa District operation. My role will be similar to the one I developed nearly six years ago here in Arizona. Education, training and consulting with real estate professionals will be my primary focus as I work with the FNT sales operation. I am happy … [Read more...]
Snapping my way through a home inspection
Getting a home inspection https://youtu.be/9Q1WFUn8tTY So I am trying something new here. If you are following me on Snapchat, (if not click there) you now I have been snapping my way through typical days and showing you some of the things that go on behind the scenes in the life of a real estate agent. I know, <sarcasm font> super exciting </sarcasm font>. Well yesterday, my adventures took me to a home inspection, among other places. First, let me address something. I have been … [Read more...]
Bah Humbug Says Muirfield Village HOA
Home Owner's Associations. You've got to love them. Right? No, that's not right. While some home owners associations can be great and they can help maintain property values, some are just plain idiotic in their overreach. And their transfer fees? Don't even get me started with their transfer fees and their holier than thou attitude. Apparently, the Muirfield Village HOA out in Mesa has decided that people can not hang Christmas decorations on their homes. According to this story we saw on … [Read more...]
An Email from “SEO Consultant” Guy
I get email's like this almost every day. Most get funneled straight to the cyber trash can. For whatever reason, I read this one and felt compelled to respond... (And yes, it really was in blue text on a light blue background...) Here's my response: Very interesting! "1. Social profile is not available in top Social Media websites." Silly me. Here I thought having 11,799 Twitter followers, 3,452 Facebook friends and being "circled" by 2,836 people on Google+ put me in the "top Social … [Read more...]
Thoughts on ‘Crowdsourcing’ in Real Estate
Yesterday I finished reading the latest Stephen King tome, "11/22/63" (a great read by the way). Needing a new book, I posted this on my Facebook Profile: I need a new book to read. Not some business / self-help / save the planet book. I want mindless entertainment. Mainstream fiction, historical fiction, perhaps a biography. Suggestions? Within minutes, I started getting suggestions from my Facebook friends. Dozens of suggestions. Of course the humorists in the bunch suggested things like … [Read more...]
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