Who is to blame for the housing and mortgage markets undoing depends on who you ask. Consumers blame everyone, brokers blame banks, banks blame brokers, appraisers are in the cross-hairs, even real estate professionals are not immune to the finger pointing…I think Michael Jackson had something to do with it all, but I can’t prove [...]
Comparing real estate to companies from very different industries (like Apple) when referencing how branding or marketing should be done is very en vogue and very misdirected. Highly successful ‘Big Brands’ are created in tightly controlled environments that have been developed over many years and are almost always backed by superior products or services.
The industry [...]
The following post is simply one non-conformists opinion, albeit a relatively educated one…Its my hope that my words, cutting as they may come across, cause an epiphany for more than a few…
This entire post is based on The California Association of Realtors 2008 Home Seller Survey (released in July 2008, I just happened upon the [...]
Pending Death and Future Living. Transparency, Technology, Social Media, Business Strategy, With Some Economics Sprinkled On Top
And…I’m back, with my longest title and quite a rambling, yet thoughtful post. Although I could have posted here and there, I just haven’t been compelled to do so. When the itch would hit, I’d often read well articulated [...]
Risk-Based Pricing (RBP) and Mortgage Rates.
Risk Based Pricing is quite simply, a pretty complex topic…so over a series of posts (I was going to throw up one long post but could hear heads hitting keyboards after trying to read the first 5 pages) I’m going to break down how each of these general factors and [...]