Former bartender, cow-milker, globe-trekker, marketing manager, conultant and more turned real estate coach 2.0. I focus on bringing the best of technology and branding to agents across the country.
It's amazing that it has taken as long as it has to get to this point. I completely agree with the first comment. I do love stick figures. Next to the "mortgage crisis by stick figures" http://www.wellcomemat.com/video/38BAC1820B I think that this is my favorite one. Matthew Dollinger Performance Coach @properties, Chicago IL
I'm torn on this point... 1. Yes, to truly embrace the whole 2.0 mentality and get out into the Blogosphere I believe it's important. 2. From an SEO and "area Expert" avenue it's imperative and highly cost effective. 3. Too many people out there are blogging without a "voice". They read like the thousands of bios I have read and have no differentiation whatsoever. 4. for $300 a month, you can have your entire social network, SEO, blog and comments managed by a third party. Blog-spam is poised to ruin the autheticity of what blogging is really about. That's 50/50 which if I was a MLB ball player would be great. If done properly I think there's no question as to how important it is. Done improperly, it's like buying a templated website and throwing your picture on a bad IDX search. Matt Matthew Dollinger Performance Coach @properties, Chicago IL
Matt, I enjoy your posts because you take the time to research the facts, find the numbers, and make educated insight into theories rather than false promises or speculation. I do, however, feel that when talking about the S&P Case Schiller Index you do miss a huge point... that in markets like mine of Chicago, 50% of our 2007 inventory was either condo, townhouse (ATTACHED) or New construction. That being said, (and I have tried to inform a number of the Trulia Voices mob-scene), S&P might have GREAT information on the outlying suburbs, or in areas that have little or not Attached housing stock. Even in the (formerly MLSNI) MRED area of Northern Illinois, this information might be fantastic for just the housing stock that it takes into account (Attached, Resale Housing). I think that the constant thing to urge anyone who might be viewed as an advisor in the real estate industry to provide as accurate information as possible, research the information for fact, and educate their clients or the public as to any shortcomings this information might have (i.e. being only single family resales and not including condos). Where i am the first advocate of the Internet giving people a voice, ignorance and misunderstood (or misrepresented) information isn't knowledge... it's just opinion. Matthew Dollinger Performance Coach @properties, Chicago IL
