“Out With the Old, In With the New” [Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway, or any other entity referenced. If you need legal advice, please consult an attorney.] To laymen, December 31 is known as New Year’s Eve. To Realtors, December...Read More
Fundamental Cure for a Fundamentally Broken Political System “Congress has a 14% approval rating, but a 96% incumbent reelection rate.” —Tampa Bay Times (11/11/2014) With public dissatisfaction with Congress never higher — yet incumbents’ jobs never safer — it would be easy to despair of ever unseating today’s entrenched political power. And I believe that...Read More
“Out With the Old, In With the New” To laymen, December 31 is known as New Year’s Eve. To Realtors, December 31 represents . . . the biggest day of the year for listing contract expirations, by far (you’d guess June 30 is a distant second). What does that mean? Incumbent Realtors who aren’t discussing...Read More
Politics isn’t the only field that has incumbents and challengers. Real estate does, too. The “incumbent Realtor” is the Realtor who helped the now-selling homeowner buy the home, however many years back; the challengers are all the other Realtors vying for the listing. Average Realtor “Career”: < 2 Years I’d guesstimate that something like one-third of...Read More
