Wandering through my semi-weekly Twitter additions I came across one I hadn't noticed. Aside from the real estate people that decided to follow me, there was a tech company called MyFrontSteps.com. They have a product in beta called MyStepRep. It is a "Reputation Management" tool. Basically,
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01/15/2009
I run across this a lot. I am NOT a super lister, listing every house I can for sale. I just want to make sure that you know that up front. In fact, I don't list every house I can. I turn down listings. And what I am about the say is going to make some agents unhappy... Listing too many prop
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01/15/2009
Continuing on my series of common misconceptions of, about and regarding real estate and the real estate industry, let's talk about real estate agents... I hear this one a LOT. It is a common misconception that all real estate agents are effectively the same. And it couldn't be further from the
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01/14/2009
Many agents and sellers think that one of the ways to create interest is to give the listing an "air of mystery" by tightly controlling how much info they release... thinking less is better. Let me tell you... that isn't a good idea, unless there is a VERY small group of inventory. Like "potenti
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01/13/2009
(On LilburnDwellings.com, I have just started a series about the top ten misconceptions buyers and sellers have about home values. This is part of that series.) On GwinnettGarageGuy.com I recently wrote a post about price and value. My friend Cindy Jones made a comment about a home with a conver
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01/12/2009
If you haven't been following, I have been doing a series on LaneBailey.com called 101 Cars I must drive. I have posted select entries here... But I am up to 30 there. Since I actually post about real estate on occassion, the series will probably take almost a year to finish... But it is fun.
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01/10/2009
You may remember that I took a tour through the local MLS to look at recent Lilburn listings to see how many had pictures and virtual tours. The post was called Survey of New Listings. I was actually kind of shocked at how few agents were taking advantage of the FREE opportunity to post picture
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01/10/2009
I almost hate using the words on the blog because Google is going to find out and people are going to come rushing in for short sale and foreclosure information... But, what they heck... There is a very common misconception that the only way to get a deal is to buy foreclosures or short sales.
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01/10/2009
I received a comment via email on another blog I posted about Price and Value. Here is the comment: I could not figure out how to post on your blog. I would have been the only who would question or challenge your post.Those real agents who in agreement with your blog,were the probably the same r
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01/10/2009
It is that time again... I gave FMLS a couple of days to see if there were any fast revisions on the sales data (there was) and now I ready to let fly with the market report covering the preliminary numbers from December and the (probably) final numbers for November. Gwinnett County Real Estate M
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01/09/2009
