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Jay Thompson

Jay is the Broker / Owner of Thompson's Realty in Phoenix, Arizona. A self-professed "Man with a blogging problem" he can be found across the Interweb, including at the Phoenix Real Estate Guy blog where he opines on all things real estate and tosses out random musings.

Please Don’t Try This At Home

Please Don’t Try This At Home

By Jay Thompson on December 20, 2008 | 20 Responses

How to Annoy your Visitors
While perusing real estate blogs today, I came across one that had implemented a chat feature.
In and of itself, this is nothing revolutionary. Google Talk, Meebo, Plugoo and similar chat solutions are scattered all across the blogiverse.
I’ve…

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UPDATED: FSBOs on Realtor.com?!?

UPDATED: FSBOs on Realtor.com?!?

By Jay Thompson on November 13, 2008 | 79 Responses

Huh?
From a press release by ForSaleByOwner.com:
ForSaleByOwner.com today announced that it has become the nation’s first “by owner” real estate website to enable home sellers to advertise their home on Realtor.com without appearing on a local Multiple Listing Service (MLS). This new direct…

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NAR is Looking for a Social Media Manager

NAR is Looking for a Social Media Manager

By Jay Thompson on October 13, 2008 | 74 Responses

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Seeking a Social Media Manager
On or about October 8, the NAR posted a position on Monster.com. It appears they are looking for a Social Media Manager. Here’s part of the job description:
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (NOT ALL-INCLUSIVE):
The Manager of…

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Why Lenders Piss Me Off

Why Lenders Piss Me Off

By Jay Thompson on September 30, 2008 | 34 Responses

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FAIL
The financial market is melting down. LIBOR was up this morning. The “Credit Crunch”. Short sales. Foreclosures. The list goes on and on.
Let’s face it. There is a lot of doom and gloom out there.
6 semester hours of college…

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Your Brokerage Model Sucks: 6 Months Later

Your Brokerage Model Sucks: 6 Months Later

By Jay Thompson on September 17, 2008 | 15 Responses

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The Birth of a Brokerage
It’s been six months since the lovely wife and I launched our independent brokerage, and six months since I wrote my first post on Agent Genius, Your New Brokerage Business Model Sucks!.
It’s been a busy six…

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Peek-a-Boo! Greetings Lurkers!

Peek-a-Boo! Greetings Lurkers!

By Jay Thompson on September 1, 2008 | 25 Responses

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Missy Caulk wrote a nice post on Active Rain over the weekend “introducing” Agent Genius to the many many real estate professionals that read and participate on AR. Thanks Missy!
In the one hundred plus comments to that post, “Lurking” is mentioned…

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Information R/evolution

By Jay Thompson on August 25, 2008 | 12 Responses

Stumbled across this interesting video on YouTube…

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Writing For Google. Or Not.

Writing For Google. Or Not.

By Jay Thompson on July 31, 2008 | 35 Responses

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Is this “good copy”?
From an actual Phoenix area blog post (I’ve changed the city and redacted the agent/brokerage to “protect the innocent” (?):
When it is time for you to purchase Phoenix luxury homes, turn to a professional Phoenix,…

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Approaching Inbox Zero

Approaching Inbox Zero

By Jay Thompson on July 27, 2008 | 31 Responses

Inbox 8,907
My favorite formal session of Inman Real Estate Connect last week was the keynote address. Merlin Mann of 43Folders.com discussed “Inbox Zero” — action based email management and a system to curb the problem of email overload.
As I sat in the…

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Web Sites: Template or Custom?

By Jay Thompson on July 17, 2008 | 30 Responses

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Template Sites Suck
I was stumbling through the Internet today and wound up on a post written by a vendor that supplies custom (well, semi-custom really) web sites to real estate agents. No, I’m not going to link to it because it’s…

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