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What We?re Reading: Aug. 28-Sept.3
Third edition of OED unlikely to appear in print format (The Guardian UK) How panhandlers use free credit cards (The Toronto Star) Boston.com Launches a Free Real Estate App for the iPhone (MarketWatch) Food fights: Locavores, conventional food fans battle over benefits (Chicago Tribune) Paying Off the House in 15 Years (Wall Street Journal) I admit it. I was wrong. [...]
The benefits of a local board, 99 years ago
In 1911 real estate professionals saw the benefits of organizing a local real estate board. In August of that year, Wycliffe A. Hill’s argument in favor of local real estate boards was published in the National Real Estate Journal. As Executive Secretary of the Texas State Realty Association (a precursor to today’s Texas Association of REALTORS®), [...]
Top August 2010 Field Guides
The list of the most popular Information Central Field Guides for the month of August 2010 was released today. They are: Field Guide to Short Sales Field Guide to Preparing & Staging a House for Sale Field Guide to Quick Real Estate Statistics Field Guide to Opening a Real Estate Brokerage Field Guide to Errors [...]
Vote for NARdiGras 2010 Video Contest
The National Association of REALTORS® Convention group has announced the five finalists of the NARdiGras 2010 Video Contest. From the homepage: Congratulations to the five finalists of the NARdiGras 2010 Video Contest! Now it?s up to you to choose the winner. View the finalists in the player below ? then vote for your favorite. [...]
What We?re Reading: Aug. 21-27
Inside the Secret World of Trader Joe’s (Fortune) Don?t Call Sprouter ‘Twitter for Entrepreneurs’ (WebWorker Daily) Outsourced Call Centers Return, To U.S. Homes (National Public Radio) Watts up? People Habitually Underestimate their Energy Consumption (The Economist) Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say (NY Times) 5 Strategies for a Captivating Social Media Conversation (iMedia Connection) Florida Real Estate [...]
What We?re Reading: Aug. 14-20, 2010
BP Oil Spill Now Impacting Real Estate Markets Beyond Gulf Coast Cities (Real Estate Channel) Beloit College Mindset List (Beloit College) The Web is Dead. Long Live the Internet (Wired Magazine) Is the Web Really Dead? (Boing Boing) Facebook Places: A Field Guide (Mashable) How Can You Tell When You’re Being Falsely Flattered? (Denver Post/Dow Jones) Office-Leasing Rebound Could Be Deceiving [...]
Facebook for REALTORS®
With over half a billion members, Facebook is THE social network today. It?s also an ever-changing, evolving time-suck. Poking is passé, privacy rights are in flux, and don?t get me started on Farmville! Rule number one for Facebook ? or any other social network for that matter ? is to assume all the privacy shields [...]
What we?re reading ? Aug. 9 ? 13, 2010
Some of the items that caught the attention of NAR Information Central?s staff this week: The iPad may not be the magical device that Apple claims it is, but sales aren?t slowing down. However with the new high-resolution screen on the iPhone 4, at least one Gizmodo writer is ditching his iPad for the convenience and [...]
What We?re Reading: Aug. 2-6, 2010
Pop-up stores are gaining in popularity with both small businesses and property managers, says the Wall Street Journal: “Large fashion retailers and high-end designers have long demonstrated the success of the pop-up model for generating buzz about new brands and designers. But now, small businesses in a wide range of industries are testing new retail [...]
What We?re Reading: July 26-30, 2010
Some of the items that caught the attention of NAR Information Central’s staff this week: Researchers from MIT and Harvard report in a study to be published in the American Economic Review that, on average, a foreclosure can reduce the value of a home by 27%, while a forced sale due to bankruptcy or death of [...]
