Should we organize a “FSBOTradeMart” so sellers can meet vendors & homebuyers?
Homeowners: If you’re already selling your home “for sale by owner” or hope to do some sometime this Fall, would it be helpful to meet (1) other sellers, (2) “best of breed” money-saving vendors who...
View ArticlePreparing an offer soon? Use slides from RECafe’s “Menu of Talking Points” to...
Since it was posted yesterday, dozens of Boston Globe readers have been debating whether Demanding Boston sellers finally ready to deal? Some of our clients have presented similar arguments in slide...
View ArticleWanted: “Loving Thoughts, Thoughts on Love” to celebrate Valentine’s Day...
On and off over three decades, I’ve invited friends to celebrate Valentine’s Day by sharing their favorite thoughts on love. This year, I’d like to extend the invitation to anyone worldwide who’d...
View ArticleDigital Playgroup eager to welcome iPad, newest member of Apple’s iFamily
Seems everyone is choo-ing over Apple’s new iPad, including my grandson. At four months, wonder how soon this “precocious” little guy will begin interacting with the iPad? Haven’t read enough about...
View ArticleIdea Starter: What if homebuyers & sellers managed their own data?
When the headline “Freeing ‘captured’ homebuyers” arrived in my email two weeks ago, I thought the real estate industry had just discovered VRM: Vendor Relationship Management (see series of videos...
View ArticleGroupon for Real Estate or GroupCon? Choose MEGA-savings, not marginal coupons!
Glad to see one of the most innovative thought leaders in e-commerce moving the “Groupon for Real Estate” conversation from industry insiders to the blogosphere, but note that Pat Kitano’s blog post...
View ArticleDon’t wait for “group buying” sites to deliver real estate savings, propose...
Comment on @InmanNews blog post: Groupon, other big ‘group buy’ sites slow to embrace real estate Like nearly anything online, there are “do-it-yourself” options for anyone in the real estate industry...
View ArticleCARPE DIEM! Group funding opportunity offers 16% ROI
Over the past sixteen years, The Real Estate Cafe has experimented with a variety of alternative, money-saving approaches to real estate brokerage. Today, we’re rolling our latest experimental dish:...
View ArticleOpen Data: What would real estate look like if there were no MLS?
Good morning, @_____________, First, thank you for taking a minute to read this private message. I appreciate the thought you put into your comments on Boston.com’s real estate blog, and have noted a...
View ArticleCall for Complaints: Top 10 Issues Facing Real Estate Consumers
Friday, Boston.com’s real estate blog screamed, Misleading listings have buyers fuming. The complaint drew few echoes; instead readers said, in one way or another, there are much bigger problems in...
View ArticleTranslating 2010 predictions into Menu of RE Consumer Savings
Couldn’t wait to read Pat Kitano’s blog post, Media Predictions for 2010, and fired off the comment below just as quickly after reading his list bullet point list below: Community Engagement will...
View ArticleDIY Homebuyers: Ask a question, answer or vote for others
Want to ask other homebuyers, sellers or real estate professionals a question? Simply type into the “Submit new question” box above, then click ASK. You can also use add comments to other questions,...
View ArticleDIY Homebuyers: Go PROACTIVE to identify “Intention Inventory,” avoid costs
Kudos to the Boston Globe for writing / blogging about a proactive house hunting strategy homebuyers used to create a win-win scenario with grateful if unintentional home sellers. Targeting homeowners...
View ArticleWhat would Geico do: REthink Council vs reThink Commissions?
Can Warren Buffett’s entry into real estate do for consumers what Geico – a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway - did for insurance? So far, there’s no evidence Berkshire Hathaway Homes...
View Article10 trends pointing to Group Housing, Intentional Communities too?
“It’s definitely a case of going back to the future,” one of the advocates Co-Living told NPR, but there’s a lot more than technology that brought them together. Here’s a top of the head list of 10...
View Article#ImpactREbates: Can we crowdfund social good out of real estate rebates?
.@ImpactHubBOS @edXOnline Look forward to learning more re #uLab, link moneysaving #realestate biz models to #SocialGood via #ImpactREbates — Bill Wendel (@RealEstateCafe) September 7, 2015...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing insights into a slumping housing market in Boston
December 11 will mark the 9th anniversary of joining http://BostonBubble.com, a forum for homebuyers to crowdsource insights during the real estate recession. Over that period, Real Estate Cafe...
View ArticleWANTED: Cathedral builders to transform intergenerational housing gridlock...
“When I’m 64…” the first time I heard those lyrics from the Beatles‘s classic song that destination seemed two centuries away, now it’s only two days. The head of MIT’s AgeLab says that some aging...
View ArticleCall for Complaints: Top 10 Issues Facing Real Estate Consumers
Friday, Boston.com’s real estate blog screamed, Misleading listings have buyers fuming. The complaint drew few echoes; instead readers said, in one way or another, there are much bigger problems in...
View ArticleDIY Homebuyers: Ask a question, answer or vote for others
Want to ask other homebuyers, sellers or real estate professionals a question? Simply type into the “Submit new question” box above, then click ASK. You can also use add comments to other questions,...
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