From the short list below, the top four posts, in no particular order other than they are all “winners,” for this week’s Carnival are: Brian Block presents Real Estate is a Process of Elimination; his advice is applicable to all areas of real estate. … He holds a very high position in the company, and is under immense pressure from the plant manager to get results at work, which results in him working a lot of hours, which greatly reduces the time he has to work on his rental property.
Date Archives April 2008
Sellers are watching – and commenting
“Unhappy that my realtor posted our house to MLS without having first taken photos. … The first visitor to the MLS/website after a house is listed is the Seller.
The Social Internet
In light of the discussion at the end of ZebraTalk at today’s VAR BloggerCon , this is a very timely and appropriate segment from the Colbert Report. Focusing on the “social” part of social media will bring great rewards, even if you can’t draw a line from A to B.
Coming up Monday
I’ll be posting my analysis of the first quarter real estate market in the Charlottesville, Virginia region. … I haven’t decided yet on a theme, other than spelling and grammar count (we’re supposed to be pretending to be professionals here, right?)
“Without forecasts, we don’t look credible”
Even if they’re wrong.
Why Belvedere?
I’m going to keep highlighting Kate’s blog about the Belvedere development as long as she keeps writing as well as she does.If I understand it correctly, Belvedere is about community, it is about people, children, nature, healthy living. There is a sound philosophy of Health and Connection to the community design: greenspaces designed to encourage children’s play, trails to run and walk on, an organic garden for vegetables and delivery of other specialties, and even this soccer facility. Part of the Belvedere ethos and core values is the inclusion of the non-human world as part of the community…. I have never heard of a development firm purporting to design a place for humans and plants and animals, too.Belvedere is one of the places where I have represented Buyers that I feel that by doing so, I am contributing positively to the area in which I live.
Do Realtors have a Board of Ethics?
The Code sets forth a REALTOR’S® obligations to their clients and customers, to the members of the public and to one another.Local associations of REALTORS® are responsible for enforcing the REALTORS® Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics imposes duties above and in addition to those imposed by law or regulation which apply only to real estate professionals who choose to become REALTORS®.The Realtor Code of Ethics is here, and it’s nine pages long. Start at the Virginia Association of Realtors site. I’d link to our local association’s site, but it’s an abomination – and it has the 2007 Code of Ethics rather than 2008’s version.I have never sat on an Ethics Grievance Committee, but as a member of the local Realtor Board of Directors, I have seen the results of several hearings. I generally think that we’re too easy on ourselves.Maybe as part of the National Association of Realtors’ Ethics campaign, we should also highlight enforcement measures.