“And the 2014 Nominees Are . . .” In previous years (the last six, in fact), Mpls – St. Paul Magazine sent me a letter in late June congratulating me on being selected as a “Super Real Estate Agent.” According to the magazine, “more than 20,000 recent homebuyers, and all Mpls – St. Paul Magazine...Read More
Vanishing Breed: The Part-Time Realtor After four(?) years using the same desktop PC in my home office, I’m finally ready to upgrade. Inspired by the Steve Jobs biography (I just finished reading it), and reasonably happy* with my iPhone (I started using one 3 weeks ago), I’ve resolved to get an Apple. So I went to my local...Read More
800,000 Part-Time Realtors According to the National Association of Realtors, 80% of Realtors handled 3 or fewer transactions last year. That prompts the following observations, in no particular order: –There are still too many Realtors out there (something like one million-plus).–A core group of Realtors (the 20%) are becoming increasingly dominant.–The clients of so-called part-time...Read More
Are You Working with a Semi-Pro? You wouldn’t want to fly on a plane flown by a part-time pilot. Or have your back operated on by a part-time surgeon. But if you’re not careful, you could end up represented by a part-time Realtor. That’s the upshot of “Swanepoel Trends Report 2010,” which notes that fewer...Read More
