Wednesday links 11-29-2006
Town Centers nurture Connections - let's hope so. See how many homes before you buy? Radical Transparency Advice from a successful real estate investor (hat tip: RCG) Nelson County traveler spending up 6.8% Not to pile on, but ... Not all internet marketing is good.…
How is this not discrimination?
The news on Inman last week struck me - are those Realtors who choose not to list themselves as "gay-friendly" therefore not? Personally, I treat all clients the same. No matter of their religion, gender, race or any other factor. If someone needs to buy…
More dogs in the kennel
It seems that Greg's dog is growing. And the time I spend reading is growing as well. When I think of Greg and his writings, I have to break out the good old Thesaurus to find new words to describe him - prolific, copious, astute,…
Real estate carnival #20
Bigger Pockets hosts the Carnival this week. Refreshingly, he keeps the focus local; and for that I say - thank you!
Out of context
Sure, this is blatantly taking a quote out of context, but ... "I would like to pay our police officers more, I would like to pay our fire more, I would like to pay our teachers more, but the fact is that we are limited…
What is sufficient housing
This letter to the editor in the DP last week was funny: Why do we need to consider unprecedented growth of housing stock when the existing supply is greater than the current demand? Could it be that the monied interests of large-scale developers is driving…
Friday links 11-14-2006
George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation No Cake! What a sad testament on the American Way. Get ready for some foreclosures - Subprime loans doing badly. I would love to see numbers on what percentage of loans written in the past 3 years in the Central Virginia…
Realtor Technology Survey
Thanks to the Future of Real Estate Technology for pointing this out. Most Realtors have a long way to go. The Survey is here.
How do you know it’s over?
Until you're able to look back on the bottom? I love economists. Some say the worst of the housing bust is over. Another says that the housing numbers look worse than expected. Whom to believe? Things change so fast in the breathless headline-writing world: 11/15/2006:…