Our blog contains general thoughts and feelings about what's happening in the real estate world around us.
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May 09, 2010 at 20:40
Written by Doug Kruhm
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First American is suing eight different companies for automatic valuation model, AVM, (or is it method?) including Zillow.com
AVM is basically defined as giving people an automatic value of their home. Zillow.com, back by more than $70 million, is the largest player in this arena. Among the real estate community, Zillow.com is notorious for giving completely inaccurate values making the job of real estate agents a tad more difficult.
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Read more... [First American First Blood Part 2]
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April 30, 2010 at 08:38
Written by Doug Kruhm
 Listing syndication is all thre rage right now. Trying to get as much exposure as possible, brokers or real estate companies, freely send their properties for sale to third party web sites. The well known sites are sites like Zillow.com, Trulia.com, Yahoo.com, Google.com and Frontdoor.com (Missing any? Let me know by commenting below).
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Read more... [The Listing Race]
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April 08, 2010 at 07:25
Written by Doug Kruhm
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I laughed out loud when I saw this one. Yes, as always, this is an actual picture originating from the Regional MLS. This picture attached to a Juno Beach house for sale. Apparently the dog comes with the house. Why else would there be a picture of a dog?
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Read more... [Dog For Sale $135K]
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March 26, 2010 at 14:53
Written by Doug Kruhm
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The greater West Palm Beach area recently made national news when Money Magazine published a list of the top home price appreciation areas and projected declines in the next 12 months. Here's the lists:
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Read more... [South Florida Makes National List]
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January 05, 2010 at 06:03
Written by Doug Kruhm
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Jim Collins analyzed a broad range of companies when he authored a book called From Good to Great. He was searching to see what made a group of people, not just good at what they do, but great. One chapter focused on what is called a hedgehog concept. A team should ask the following:
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Read more... [One V Many]
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December 16, 2009 at 09:20
Written by Doug Kruhm
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I couldn't help but post this to the MLS 52 pics. I just happen to come across it. Yes, a real listing (it's a commercial listing to be exact). This is actually from the Martin IDX but made an exception to post it on Regional IDX as an example. Apparently, this pizza is for sale for $299,111. But I can get you a similar one for $9.99 and if you order on a Tuesday, it's only $6.99.
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Read more... [Pizza for $299,111 Anyone?]
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December 08, 2009 at 12:05
Written by Doug Kruhm
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I was out to dinner with some friends recently. They have busy lives of family, children, business and travel. So when the topic of searching for real estate on web sites came around they listened closely because felt like they were talking to an expert concerning real estate web sites.
Real Estate Web Sites are popping up all the time. Apparently, the American public has a hard time understanding the differences of real estate web sites. So this article helps to sort out everything in plain terms.
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Read more... [Real Estate Web Site RoundUp]
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October 01, 2009 at 19:44
Written by Doug Kruhm
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In a recent issue of the Regional MLS publication, Regional RE-Views, an article concerning their public website, hometoflorida.com, states that the official sponsored site "includes ALL of your listings in MLXChange..." This isn't accurate.
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Read more... [Public Regional MLS?]
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May 16, 2009 at 05:14
Written by Doug Kruhm
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The Palm Beach Post, which covers Palm Beach and the greater West Palm Beach area, released their new version of their real estate section this week. It's kept at: http://floridahome.palmbeachpost.com We'll look at the web site a little and point out the good and the bad.
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Read more... [PB Post Florida Home]
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May 01, 2009 at 17:17
Written by Doug Kruhm
So I tried LISTINGBOOK.COM today because Regional MLS, RMLSFL, included it in their services. I left in under 5 minutes. That will never last in its current form. The advertising makes it so hard and confusing to use that it hinders the productivity of the agent in the greater West Palm Beach area who is a member of Regional MLS. I suppose the advertising revenue is too hard to pass up.
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