Maura Neill
By Maura Neill
One might say that I have an affinity for shoes…in the way that vampires have an affinity for blood.
At RETechSouth last week, I was on the Agent All-Stars Panel, and just before we started the panel, our moderator told us we’d be introducing ourselves by stating our name and a word or a phrase that describes us best. While the others on the panel described their business models or their use of technology to secure clients, obviously appropriate for {ahem} a technology conference, I said: “I’m Maura Neill with RE/MAX Greater Atlanta, and I am a shoe fanatic.” And then I gave the audience a peek at my raspberry suede Garbo platforms with the faux crocodile heel in dark chocolate brown (pictured below), designed by my friend Ann Roth of Ann Roth Shoes (shameless plug for a friend and fellow business owner: check her out at annrothshoes.com).
For the rest of the day not only did people notice my shoes (let’s face it, how can you not notice raspberry suede?) but they also remembered me. (It’s quite a rush to hear the words, “I just love your shoes!”) Continue reading »
Nobu Hata
By Nobu Hata
Trulia. Zillow. Cyberhomes. The mere mention of those words, and their use in such sentences such as “But, insert service here says my house is worth insert marketing-dollar-sucking price here!” strikes fear into the hearts of many a real estate practitioner.
We’ve all had the conversation, and for the most part, the majority of us are still grappling with the public’s access to information such as this. Tax data, sold prices, “market” value, we’re in an age of unprecedented access to information; info that was once held close to the chest, is now available for all buyers and sellers to see. In fact, to some consumers I’ve been talking to, these tools are – strangely – a much more trusted resource than a licensed REALTOR®.
The scope of which I didn’t believe until I was privy to a conversation with Zillow guru David Gibbons at BarCamp Seattle. He has been e-mailed about home valuation prices from concerned home sellers wondering where Zillow gets their numbers. Folks are wondering why the remodeled specs of their homes aren’t correlating online. Why the foreclosure sales in their neighborhood are impacting their home so much.
Aren’t these conversations WE should be having? Continue reading »
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