Thursday WTF

Spare me your Excuse Party

Spare me your Excuse Party

My business is slow because the market’s down. Buyers are hiding in the woodwork and sellers don’t want to think about selling right now. My marketing is just not working and I need something new and shiny. It’s the fall and it’s always like…

I Hate Animated Gifs

I Hate Animated Gifs

The hateful comment was to this post.

Don’t be a Dork.

Don’t be a Dork.

In my daily email from Realtor.org, I got a link to this.  It said, “Don’t be dorky”.  It is probably important to not be a dork, so I am passing it along.
It seems the editor from NAR found the original here and trimmed…

MLM

MLM

I SELL HOUSES
I feel better now that I’ve gotten that off my — out. I know times are tight. This week I’ve gotten pitched by three people – two of them fellow agents – wanting to sell me their multi-level marketing – let’s…

Writing For Google. Or Not.

Writing For Google. Or Not.

Image courtesy of feuilllu

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,…

It’s Official.

It’s Official.

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