Bill Taylor, the founding editor of Fast Company, gave a compelling keynote at the Texas Christian University’s Neely School of Business 75th anniversary dinner.  He talked about constant reinvention, long lasting change, and the art of disruption. But the topic that resonated with me the…

Is your business sailing along smoothly? Free from competition or challenges? If you’re in real estate (and truthfully – any business) then the answer is likely no. Not only no, but not anymore and probably not ever again. The real estate landscape has changed, and…

I grew up in Chicago and kids had to choose between the White Sox or the Cubs as their favorite team. Since there has only been one World Series winner between both teams since 1917, choices are not the best. Anyway, my team was the…

A few weeks ago I wrote a post titled Where are the real estate young guns? that highlighted a few very successful (and one might add “tenured”) bloggers, agents, and marketing mavericks in the real estate industry. Their stories are inspirational and serve as a benchmark for…

It was about a year ago today that I accepted admission into TCU’s MBA program in Fort Worth. It was a very tough decision for me at the time because I had also just decided to launch a real estate brokerage. I weighed the advantages/disadvantages…

Every year I look for one or two things to add to my arsenal of tools and I also look to get rid of the most under used or under performing ones.  I figure this will help my real estate  business stay fresh and continually…

We have all been through the excitement of getting that alert via phone or email that we have a new lead on our site.  We immediately grin, day dream for a quick second of what it may hold in store for us, and head to…

Wouldn’t it be awesome if you had something that you could talk about with every single home owner (and renter) in your community? Something that wasn’t a real estate conversation per say, but entirely relevant to your line of work. Wouldn’t it be awesome if…

You want to reach residents in your local geographic area, right? Build WeekendSherpa, specifically tailored to your geographic area. What is WeekendSherpa? WeekendSherpa is a free weekly email newsletter giving you insiders’ recommendations on the best outdoor pursuits exclusive to California. It’s a drop dead…

How many of you are working on building hyper local communities for your neighborhood or city? I’ll take a guess and say “everyone” (at least to the agents and brokers reading). How many of you understand community building? I’m guessing the answer is “not many”….