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The Pizza Wars

March 4, 2010
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What Domino’s can teach us about real estate marketing.
No serious low-carb freak should do it but sometimes nothing but pizza will satisfy.  Since there is a Dominos between my home and my office I sometimes call and order a pizza and pick it up on the way home.
The last time I did this something weird [...]

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Is it really dead for real estate in the winter?

November 26, 2009
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Thanksgiving is often seen in the industry as the end of the fall season for selling homes and the beginning of the “dead season” during the winter months.
It’s not true.
I’ve often wondered whether this myth was purposely advanced by successful agents so that they could either 1) Take a little break themselves for the holidays [...]

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One Profession, Two Jobs

August 3, 2009
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The picture is of Annette Bening in the “glamorous” role of  a listing agent preparing for an open house in a vacant property in one of my favorite movies, American Beauty, where she starred with Kevin Spacey.
Almost everywhere, whether it is explicit or simply the practice, real estate agents represent either a buyer or a [...]

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