I'm Not A Business, Man, I'm a Businessman!

So earlier tonight, I asked a simple question on Twitter: Question: How many of you Realtors have a business plan? How many years does it cover? The answers I got were somewhat amazing.  The replies ranged from “I have a 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year business plans” to “Business plans are too complicated”.  What an amazing … Read more

Questions on New NAR Code of Ethics Policy

[UPDATE: The text of Standard of Practice 15-2 has been released. Please see below the fold.] According to Ben Martin of the Virginia Association of REALTORS over at VARBuzz.com, NAR has released a new Code of Ethics: Standard of Practice 15-2 was amended and a new Standard of Practice was approved to strengthen members’ obligations … Read more

Real Estate Insurgency Manual, Part 1: Outmaneuver and Neutralize

In my past writings, I’ve written about the seismic shift going on in the real estate brokerage industry from the perspective of Big Brokers and Big Brands.  You can find those writings here (and the parts linked there), here, here, and here.  At the same time, I’ve always wanted to write the other side of … Read more