Would You Buy 828,000 Square Miles of Land, Sight Unseen?
If I offered to sell you some land, but you couldn’t see it on a website, google earth or even visit it yourself, would you buy it sight unseen? No, no you would not....
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NEW FEATURE: Tesla Inspired House Flipping!
Love or hate Elon / Tesla, I’d say the Tesla Roadster product launch was incredible. It was as if P.T. Barnum and Steve Jobs had a baby. At Revaluate, we’re known as innovators, primarily...
A Dingbat and the Presidents Housing Order
Trump’s latest order on housing affordability has me going dingbats… again. Earlier this year, I wrote about smaller, simpler homes, fewer parking requirements and the possibility of building something a first-time buyer could actually...
The Airbnb Angel?
Inman published a post I wrote last month, and it got good views – but they disabled comments… so I thought it was time to share it here, to get your feedback. What do...
Signal Based Database Marketing: How to Turn Your Real Estate Database Into More Listings
Stop Looking for More Leads. Start Finding More Listings in Your Database. For the better part of two decades, the real estate industry has been obsessed with lead generation. Every conference, coach, technology, and...
Revaluate Improves AVM Marketing to Reduce Spam and Protect Real Estate CRM Databases
After over six months of real-world use, Revaluate reports average unsubscribes and spam below 1% while helping real estate agents generate seller leads and listing conversations from their existing databases. GOLDEN, Colo. Revaluate today...
Downsizing Is Dead
Congress finally passed the housing bill aimed at increasing America’s housing supply. That’s good news. We need more homes, and builders need every tool they can get. But I think it’s focused on only...
The History of Real Estate in American Land Ownership: From the Louisiana Purchase to Today’s Largest Landowners
This piece was originally written and published for inman news for the American Semiquincentennial. Part I and Part II. Here, I’ve included bonus content, that would not fit with in their publishing guidelines, and...
250 Years of Real Estate, and a Rest
I wrote a post celebrating Americas 250th birthday that will be published over at Inman this week. It was long – like, longer than 250 years. In Part One (yes, there are multiple parts)...
Christmas in June: This Time NAR Got What It Wanted
Update (June 26): Shortly after this article was published, President Trump postponed signing the bill, tying it to passage of the unrelated SAVE America Act. If the bill is formally presented to the White...
The Market Just Lost 70% Of Its Expected Growth. Now What?
For many agents, it’s been difficult the last few years. Transactions are slower, there are fewer of them and commissions seem to be squeezed more and more. So I was very excited, when, earlier...