Todd Murphy's (zerocommission) Blog

Imagine my surprise this morning when I was posting a comment on an Active Rain blog and I had to type in the word "Dangleberry" to verify my post. Well, at first I thought this was pretty good gutter humor on Active Rain's part, but a closer look at the name enlightened my ignorance of flowers.Y...

Here are the top five reasons every real estate agent should give rebates:1. You don't really value the service that you offer buyers.2. You don't have three kids and a wife to feed at home.3. You inherited money from your family and don't really need the money.  You're just happy you have someth...

I recently had an interesting conversation with a doctor who is a brain surgeon.  This doctor had been approached by the owner of a large real estate company who had a buyer that wanted to buy his home.The doctor was not really interested in selling, but thought, "What the heck, I'll throw out a ...

There are several indicators to look for to see if housing starts are going to slow down.  Many people in the housing industry look at lumber prices and orders, as well as other housing material orders.It recently occurred to me, while talking to a friend of mine in the blueprinting business, tha...

Tuscaloosa Activities for the rest of Summer 2007:July -Tannehill Trade Dayshttp://www.tannehill.org/Dates: 07/21/2007 - 07/22/2007Location: Historic Tannehill State ParkFor More Information: (205) 477-5711Indian Summer Day CampsDates: 07/23/2007 - 07/27/2007Location: Moundville Archaeological St...

Why are you overweight?   Why are you broke?  Why are you....(fill in the blank)? I have an answer to the above questions, and it's an answer that came from looking back at myself in the mirror and facing the truth: I am because I'm choosing to be.  Making excuses for not doing, having, or being,...

This is a three bedroom, two bath home located in a wonderful single entry neighborhood located in Tuscaloosa.  The neighborhood has one entrance in and out, so you don't have to worry heavy traffic.This home is priced to sell at $169,900, and is lower than most homes of this size in this area.Pl...

When people ask me about Tuscaloosa, I usually quote to them that Tuscaloosa has a population of around 160,000 people in the area, but what I forget to tell them is that this figure includes the county.  I thought I would look up some percentages so that someone searching the net could learn a b...

With blogging, search engine optimization, pay-per-clicking, mutliple web sites, and everything else that's internet related, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all.When we started our company, I thought that the internet would be the foundation for our business, and that's turned out to be the ...

Synergy.  That's what I've heard when you put two people together and the results equal much greater than anything that the individuals could have accomplished themselves.Well, I think synergy works in a lot of areas, including real estate.  I am in the process of combining a house and a lot next...