Online Continuing Ed Verification Yes, it is me taking this exam. –Question at conclusion of online test That’s one of the sillier questions in online continuing ed courses these days. Think about it: if you’re dishonest to take someone else’s online continuing ed, you’re probably also dishonest enough to lie about it. Runner-up dumb question: the...Read More
Vertiginous Stocks “Dear Jack: Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.” —JFK quoting a made-up telegram from his father, Joseph Kennedy, after he first won election to Congress. Here’s a thought: overdoing the stimulus — and rocketing stocks higher — can backfire, blunting (or worse)...Read More
Targeting First-Time Buyers “Hit ’em where they ain’t.” –Hall of Fame Outfielder Willie Keeler’s advice to hitters “To establish a toehold in a market, target business that others aren’t focused on.” –Corollary, Ross Kaplan Sort of like Keeler, my advice to new Realtors is to go after clients — and business — that other Realtors...Read More
Substitute “Procrastinator” for “Dreamer” “You may say I’m a dreamer, But I’m not the only one.” –lyrics, “Imagine”; John Lennon OK, so I certainly meant to finish off all my continuing ed requirements well before the May 31 deadline.* Just like I did the year before (and the one before that, ad nauseam). But, look...Read More
Hot New Listings on (& backing up to) Highwood Rd. in Lake Forest Neighborhood If the Twin Cities housing market gets any hotter — at least in some neighborhoods — the local Multiple Listing Service (“MLS”) is going to have to supplement its “Days on the Market” statistic with another one: “Hours on the Market.” That’s...Read More
(More) Meaningless Marketing Mumbo-Jumbo from — Guess Who? — Big Banks Somebody has to carry on the George Carlin tradition. In that vein . . . I’m sure he’d scratch his head about the difference between being “pre-selected” (for yet another credit card I don’t need), and just plain, old ordinary “selected.” Pre-what, exactly? Is there...Read More
