I was at a trade show this week, and besides having much to contemplate with regards to whether to switch brokerages in the future, I learned a bit, too.In one class, agents were talking about how they send buyer clients automated emails when new properties come on the market that meet their buyers’ defined criteria…. The response was almost adequate, but what was most striking was the apparent difference between the Charlottesville real estate market and the California real estate market. A California agent approached me after the class and said that in California, state law dictated that within 72 of taking a listing, that property had to be put into the MLS. When I suggested that this might be an MLS rule, she was adamant that it was a California state law.
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Shopping for an agent and more
Search for an agent instead of a house…. Sometimes, the first agent you meet might not be the best one for you.Wolf Net seems to have a pretty good mapping solution.Shopping for houses isn’t like shopping at Nordstrom’sAnother post describing why blogging is good for real estate agents. By far the most important reason is this (and I’ve said this before, many times)Agents that write blogs perform more research to keep up with their local markets than Realtors who don’t blog. This greater knowledge base becomes a significant competitive advantage over non-blogging Realtors…And if the Realtor demonstrates his incompetence, more the better.I love this post about “Appliance Realtors.”The Daily Reckoning provides good analysis on the national housing market.What will be written about if there is no development in Charlottesville?
The saga continutes
The wife is on the phone now with the Great Wolf Lodge, home of quite possibly the worst customer service ever. Not only did we have a host of problems, they overcharged us! Three phone calls later (and at least three different managers), they have removed (supposedly) the incorrect charges have been corrected.
Expectations
The hotel, Great Wolf Lodge ,in Williamsburg, was not ready to open, and they told us that AS WE WERE CHECKING OUT. …Being told that the hotel is designed to cater to the 2-to-14 year old crowd is a laudable…. The hotel, Great Wolf Lodge, in Williamsburg, was not ready to open, and they told us that AS WE WERE CHECKING OUT…. Everybody was friendly and helpful, but it is difficult to compensate for power outages, cable outages, internet outages, etc. Being told that the hotel is designed to cater to the 2-to-14 year old crowd is a laudable.
Beta testing a hotel
The power going out wouldn’t have been as big of an issue as the dirty bathroom and smoky-smelling room…. Had they mentioned that their internet access was not ready for public consumption, we definitely would not have come…. The power going out wouldn’t have been as big of an issue as the dirty bathroom and smoky-smelling room…. Had they mentioned that their internet access was not ready for public consumption, we definitely would not have come.