Ed's Blog

You know you're from Massachusetts if......1. The Red Sox World Series wins were, and will always be, the greatest moments in your life.   2. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you're swearing at him for going too slow.   3. When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke.   4. You went t...

I have been online trying to figure out who are the top 10 real estate companies in the country but I can't seem to find the list anywhere. If anybody can help me I would really appreciate it. Also I am curious to know which are the 5 largest franchise real estate companies in the country. Thanks...

    Something about our troops    You stay up for 16 hours He stays up for days on end. You take a warm shower to help you wake up. He goes days or weeks without running water.     You complain of a "headache", and call in sick. He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward.     Yo...

I don't know about you but I have been getting some great motivation from some of these real estate show on TV now a days. I have gotten a few great ideas that I have since implemented in my business. There is nothing like watching other people in your industry to get you going. It also works as ...

I am definitely going to start educating my buyers about what it is exactly that I do and what is appropriate for them to do. I had a showing scheduled from last week today. About an hour before the showing the buyer calls me and tells me she forgot to inform me that she was working with another ...

I don't know if anyone has noticed this going on in their area but I have been seeing it more and more. I have been noticing agents advertising other agents listings on craigslist without their permission. I'm wandering if there are any ethics issues that are being violated. I am concerned with t...

I have a client that is frustrating me a little bit. He is the type of person that no matter what the asking price is, he wants it cheaper. So here is the story. We made an offer on a property 2 months ago. The offer was a little over 10% below asking price. It was excepted and my buyer was thril...

An investment counselor decided to go out on her own. She was shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in, and pretty soon she realized that she needed an in-house counsel. The investment banker began to interview young lawyers."As I'm sure you can understand," she started off with one of the...

I got to thinking today about how activerain must have come about and how it has come to be. Aside from being a great networking site, it is something else. Something very special. For so many years we were taught to be in constant competition with one another. This was said to be a cut throat bu...

Ain't it funny how weeks can go by with relatively no activity and then out of nowhere you get completely slammed. Only in real estate is that a good thing.( think about it) I had a phenomenal week that I hope never ends. I also hope it spreads like a disease and infects all my fellow bloggers. Y...