We are having a power outage for the second day in a row. It seems like PG&E cannot get it’s act together in fixing this one. A little while back they tore up some roads nearby and and told us that after they were done we would have fewer and less severe outages. Right! Last…
If you are one of the many California REALTORS® who use zipForms 6 Professional to create contracts, then you are probably at the end of your rope when it comes to the nearly incessant Java updates of the past few months. If you are a Mac user you have discovered that Apple shuts off the…
The other day I was working with an agent at her computer in an attempt to do something that wasn’t too complex. Our conversation went something like this: Me: Right click on that and select “Save” Her: How do I right click? Me: Seriously? Her: Where is the right click button? At this point I…
<Begin Rant> A real estate magazine arrived in the mail yesterday and as is my normal procedure, I looked through it to see who was advertising homes in print these days. Now this rant is not about why you advertise in print, I get it. There are still some sellers out there who think that…
Recently I was asked by a local real estate agent to help her set up her new iPad 2. We loaded on all of the usual apps that most agents would want like a calculator, Pages, Walk Score, Where, AroundMe, Dragon Dictation, Google Search, Bing, Penultimate, GoodReader, Realtor.com, Trulia, and Zillow. Then we created icons…
As this post is being published I am in the final week of my vacation. I sure hope that I am having a good time! I hope that you are having a good time too, but how about taking a few minutes to check and see if you are exhibiting dinosaur behavior or not! Here…
I met the future of real estate agents today, and I have to say that I am impressed. I’ll tell you about it shortly, but first, a little background on how I came to make this statement. For the last few months I have been under contract with a local real estate association to visit…
As if it ever was, but these days knowing how to use technology is a requirement for real estate professionals. Yet, in my daily travels I am constantly running into agents who tell me that they really don’t have a clue how to do even the most basic tasks. Oh sure, they can operate email…AOL,…
You are your own worst enemy! Pretty bold statement, but I felt like I needed to get your attention quickly. I am of the opinion that the real estate industry is masterful at shooting itself in the foot. We have a number of ways that we do this, many because of national and state association…
Happy New Year! It’s the time of year that we run around wishing each other happiness for the new year. I love this custom because it’s one of the dates in the season of many religious holidays that I think that we can all agree upon. When I say Happy New Year to you, I…
