Kevin Cahill's Blog

I am delighted to be featured on this week's KW.com Newspages...    http://www.kw.com/kw/content/newspages/WeekofOctober20.jsp#SHIFTTour   Your moment of opportunity 17 stops left on the SHIFT Tour Gary Keller gets candid in SHIFT when he says: “I believe it’s fairer to say that no matter your ci...

My daughter Emily is attending the new Montessori High School in University Circle; she loves it!  Their website is www.montessorihighschool.org .  Be sure to check it out.  Many of the new faculty and staff of this intellectually enriching school are choosing to live in Cleveland Heights! Locati...

Be sure to visit this site: www.heightsobserver.org  Such a wonderful new newspaper for Cleveland Heights, Ohio... I am delighted to read this newspaper... check it out for yourself. Here is an article from the Heights Observer: Location, Location, Location: Montessori High School faculty make Cl...

I don't know about you, but sometimes when I am working with a buyer or a seller client, and I am advising them on their current situation, I feel ministerial.  And I receive from my career in real estate a satisfaction in the work that I do that goes well beyond the income I earn. The past two w...

I just posted this on the Wall Street Journal's blog:   http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/10/10/jamie-dimon-lloyd-blankfein-steve-schwarzman-discuss-salvation-at-the-nyse/#comment-118849   As a real estate agent, and economics novice, if I were to do something creative to solve this crisis, and si...

Last Wednesday, I attended Gary Keller's presentation in the Detroit suburb of Livonia... it was a great day!  First, there was an informative session about managing and growing your database, hosted by Katey Shinn and Dean Poole... it focused on implimenting the 12 tactics in the new book SHIFT ...

This is very important information for first time homebuyers who are wondering if now is a good time to buy-- Now is a GREAT time to buy!  And this new $7,500 interest free loan is phenominal!  Why wait?  Home prices are already reduced... who knows when the prices will have hit bottom.  The only...

I attended Gary Keller's SHIFT Tour last Wednesday in Detroit, Michigan... he is a powerful speaker!  He's a very thoughtful, contemplative, considerate speaker. He speaks to a full room of 1,500 agents as though he's talking to three or four individuals about what is on his mind.  He'll be trave...

I am pleased to announce that I have been nominated to serve on the Cleveland Area Board of Realtors as a Director.  I am honored, and I am pleased to serve. My three year term will begin in January of 2009, and will conclude at the end of 2011... over the past few years, I have served on the Gov...

I've read Gretchen Morgenson's articles for years, but it was today's commentary piece she wrote which gave me hope that someone, surely many, are thinking what I am thinking about this massive government bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae... which is "Ouch!!!" Read her article, The Joys of Ow...