Chris's Blog

  (Photo from http://www.2000floridatravel.com) Spring Break-It's here!...or it's going to be very soon:Realtors who are nearly broke or have a broken marketing program.Well, this is your chance to break away from the old marketing plan:Plant a sign. Put an ad in the paper. Snap a couple crappy p...

 Lori Meester-RE/MAX----- Original Message ----From: Lori Meester To: john.murray@obeo.comCc: Steven.Stearns@obeo.comSent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:59:22 PMSubject: THANK YOUI have received HUGE compliments on the photos you took for this property. Ihad a record number...

 Steve,Just wanted you to hear about my recent experience with Obeo. Your photographer, Eric Vidar, was great. Very personable and best of all took fantastic photos. This home was staged very well by the homeowner and the virtual tour and still photos captured it at its best. The day after the to...

   Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates an early telephone in 1876.Early Office Museum photo(photo borrowed from www.wired.com) Well, it's here.Again. -for the 130th time.The anniversary date of the telephone.But listen up:Here is a chance for you to love your phone.Not hate using it, not being abl...

  ...if you didn't have your listing posted at Obeo.Over one million buyers.They came to see quality images, and use great consumer tools like:Obeo  HomeSite - a unique, Realtor-branded website for each listing. StyleDesigner - redecorate the listing on line-before they move in.SpaceDesigner  - m...

Well, the dogs are barking again...DO you hear them?This is something you can understand:How to market your home on line. And do it right. Every time.Greg Swann at the Bloodhound Blog is going with Obeo.He tells the Arizona Republic he really likes our StyleDesigner .You will, too. And so will yo...

  Hey, it isn't me - but, I can help with the solution.First,the Wall Street Journal wants to know why you don't have better photos on your listings.(You know who I am talking to, don't you?)As you read this blog and the (sometimes) scathing commentsabout the indifferent to outright bad photospre...

  Frances Flynn Thorsen wants to help homeowners keep their homes.ANd she is keeping it real over at her Realtown blog.In part, because she feels it is in the best interest of homeowners, communities-and Realtors-to help people in distress and assist them in keeping their home, -if at all possibl...

  ...Zzz...Sleep.It is such a wonderful thing.That is why we all have such a hard timegetting enough of it,when we want it, for how long we want to.Sounds kind of like the current market,doesn't it?And, bet you never thought sleep could be seen as an ironic activity-either!The great thing about s...

    (Flowers from www.kaboose.com) 10.) You are shoveling snow off of ice, and your neck gets sunburnt...a little... 9.) You can get to an open house without snow shoes...or a four-wheel drive.8.) You change your ringtone from Jingle Bell Rock to Flight of the Bumblebee.7.) You finally get up the...