What is it going to take to make them happy? Did someone at the DoJ have an unsatisfactory experience with a real estate agent? Or is it simply that they know our approval ratings are down there with our Democrat led Congress (which would love to have even the dismal ratings of George W. Bush), so we are an easy target?
There is an interesting report called “Competition in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry” that is a pretty interesting read…
I know, I know. It is one of those pervasive statements in real estate. Everyone in the business says it.
Buyers are liars.
But, are they really? I don’t think so. My buyers tell me
So, how many of you have heard of this? The X Prize.
Back when I wrote the A-Z series, it was my back up plan for the letter X. Currently, it doesn’t have much relevance to real estate, but one day it might.
The original X Prize was
Barely after midnight, and I have already had my best crazy idea of the day…
In almost every form of motorsport, the drivers are festooned with the names of all of their benefactors. As Kurt Busch stands in Victory Lane, chugging a Coke, wearing a Miller hat, and holding a quart of Mobil1, all of us know that they pay his way. Of course those are the best products on the planet… they pay his check.
When Jimmy Johnson talks up Lowe’s, or Jeff Gordon mentions his new energy drink, we know why. There is no question.
But, what I want to know is…
Who spent the big bucks for Hillary Clinton? What about Fred Thompson? John McCain? Barack Obama? Who paid for their last elections, and who is funding them now?
Maybe politicians should get nifty suits like NASCAR drivers. It would be interesting to see who’s name shows up where.
Wouldn’t that be fun?
This morning, the NAR kindly sent me this little update through the Real Estate Insights eNewsletter. It explains, quite well, the steps that we will need to move through before the market stabilizes, both locally and nationally. And then, this afternoon, in my REALTOR(R) Magazine Daily Online, I got this story.
Both have something underlying that I think is very important. Congress needs to