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Are REALTORS Insane?
Posted on April 29, 2008 by mfseminars | Edit
How do you define insanity? Some say it’s doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different outcome. That sounds just like the real estate industry to me.

Location, Location, Location
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For decades, the real estate industry has chanted the mantra of “location, location, location” as the key defining point of value for listing and selling homes.

Note to REALTORS: The Listing Sheet is Pathetic
Posted on May 1, 2008 by mfseminars | Edit
Here’s a really easy way to help REALTORS improve their understanding of marketing - or more accurately, why Generation X and Y aren’t responding at all to their marketing.

SMS an MP4 to my iPhone
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It’s common to hear real estate professionals say how much technology has changed their business in the past decade. A walk through any conference these days finds more classes on techno-tips than sessions on negotiation skills.

REALTORS: Sudden or Systematic Incompetence?
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“Why should people who, for ten or fifteen years, have been competent suddenly become incompetent? The reason in practically all cases I have seen is that people continue in their new assignment to do what made them successful in the old assignment… “

Why the Fed is Hurting the Housing Industry
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Is it possible that the Federal Reserve, despite all of its protestations to the opposite, really hates the housing industry?

Why REALTORS Still Fail Consumers
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I debated (for about 2 minutes) whether or not to post this message. Some of you may think it’s vindictive (or just mean) but I think it’s too typical of the kind of attitude I encounter in the industry that it warrants exposition here.