Industry Exposed: Real Estate’s Dirty Little Secrets Revealed…
When you hear the name Edward Snowden, what comes to mind? Whistleblower? Traitor? Patriot? Regardless what your opinion of him is, there is one thing that is indisputable. His conviction. Ironically not in the sense that he is guilty of a criminal offense (in his case it’s espionage). Instead, I’m talking about his firmly held…
Grand Strand Market Report July 2017
July 2017 Market Report The Grand Strand’s July market statistics are finally in, but before we discuss, were you able to get a glimpse of the eclipse Monday?! Most of the Grand Strand was just out of the line of full totality, so I decided to make a day of it and head down to…
Industry Exposed: Agent Neighborhood Cold Calling Tactic
Just curious, but do you enjoy when someone, especially a salesperson, bothers, pesters, begs, and borederline harrasses you? I didn’t think so. Me neither. Then why do so many real estate agents do this?!? Because they are taught to. If you’ve followed me for a while, then you’ve heard me talk about this, and if…
Grand Strand Market Update: March 2017
The numbers are in for the month of March 2017. As expected, March was the strongest month of the year as we make our transition from the winter months into spring. Single family home sales volume is up 8.8% compared to March 2016 and the median sales price is $211,000. But the real news is…
Never Give Up On The Underdog, We Don’t Quit
Could you fail for 18 years straight? That’s a looooong time to continually fail in something you so passionately desire. Abraham Lincoln must have known something about it because he once said, “It’s not about how many times you fall, but how many times you get back up.” In theory, all you have to do is…
Lessons Learned From The Bill O’Reilly Allegations
As you’ve probably seen in the paper and on the news, Bill O’Reilly, host of The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News, has had some pretty serious sexual harassment allegations levied against him as reported by NBC News. From 2014-2016, The O’Reilly Factor pulled in a reported $446 million in ad revenue. But since he’s made…
The Death & Birth of a Brand
I have some exciting news. Linx Realty Group is dead, and my new brand is born. Heck, when was the last time you even heard or saw “linx realty group” except my email address? Probably quite a while now. That’s because I’ve killed that brand that my previous business partner Doug and I created together,…
Broken Industry: The Guru Syndicate & The Low Information Agent
January 1st, 2016. That marks the day that I made my position clear. The day that I came out publically to stand up against an entire industry. For a year and a half prior, I had experienced enough malpractice and incompetence, as well as many people who were hurt as a result, and the following…
Walt Before Mickey: The Overnight Success Syndrome
In this world of instant gratification, people obsess over immediate results like never before. We have been conditioned this way, and the advances in technology has a lot to do with why. Want to order a new book, t-shirt, or gadget? Just grab your smart phone and you are only a few clicks away from…
