Scenes from Summer at an Australian beach

Scenes from Summer at an Australian Beach by Photography by Peter Brewer | Make Your Own Book

Social Media is NOT an exclusive club

I’m taking a much enjoyed and disputably well deserved rest at the beach this month. Its been pretty relaxing too! Whilst I’ve been resting in prep for 2012 I’ve spent a fair bit of time conversing with people who I have quite a bit of time and much respect for.  One of those peeps is…

How much will you be paying REA next year?

My colleague in Western Australia Peter Fletcher and I have for some time been discussing the power of the various portals in Australia and the muscle they have been flexing in the real estate industry for a long time. As a quick point of clarification both Pete and I have hung up our real estate…

Road Warrior Tools for the new workforce

I’m a big fan of Shannon Williams-King and the way in which she has turned her businesses almost totally ‘Virtual’. I’ve seen Shannon speak on several occasions and caught up with her for a brief chat when we shared some time as Featured Attendees at NAR this year. She’s a smart young lady that’s going places! Today Shannon shared her slides from…

Protected: Today my friend is getting married

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New tech tools Panel Jay Thompson, Bill Lublin, Chris Smith, Todd Carpenter, Nobu Hata

These are my notes from a session at NAR Annual in November 2011 in Anaheim . These are presented in rough note form with links to some of the sites or products mentioned by the presenters.  It was an entertaining session from a true All Star Panel Bill Lublin I missed the first 5 minutes…

Ginger Wilcox and Amy Chorew Top Mobile and iPad Apps and Trends

These are the notes from the session at Nar Annual at Anaheim in November 2011. The presenters were  Ginger Wilcox and Amy Chorew speaking to a crowd of several thousand Realtors. Ginger Wilcox took the stage first. Ginger is a 3rd generation realtor Currently a home buyer. Getting a look at the business from the other…

Max Pigman never misses the spot. How tech savvy are you?

Max Pigman’s presentation to NAR Annual 2011 Anaheim. These are my rough notes taken in a rapid fire session by Max today. As always Max never disappoints! US Mobile Commerce up from 363 Million on 2008 to 4.9 Billion in 2010.  Mobile commerce has changed and behavior has reflected this. We’ve moved on from being…

Shared Working Spaces for Realtors – Some thoughts.

Panel of Jay Thompson, Jeff Turner, Nobu Hata, Bill Risser Please forgive the random content of this post.  These are mostly rough notes from some awesome content shared by the panel at the Annual NAR Conference in Anaheim in November 2011 regarding the movement to a more mobile work force and shared working spaces.  If…

I’m on cloud 9 even before Nar Annual Conference begins.

Travelling 14 hours on a plane from Australia to to another country used to be a big call. But for me its seriously the best time investment of my year. The opportunity to share in so much magnificent learning and to enjoy such wonderful friendship is seriously a ‘no brainer’. Last night was a great…