Category Archives: A Broker’s Job

Broker Incentives and More Square Foot Woes

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Broker/Buyer Incentives Surfacing? I’m sitting in my office right now listening to the live broadcast of our weekly business meeting.  I couldn’t resist blogging about something I just heard.  Avonova, one of the latest condo conversions on the Upper West … Continue reading →

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TrueGotham TV Explores Square Feet: Episode Four

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Last week on TGTV we discussed the various methods by which square footage can be measure with an emphasis on the liberties that developers sometimes take in adding common areas, etc to an apartment’s stated square footage.  Don Meade also … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Real Estate #64

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Doug Heddings

It’s up now at  r.e. revealed.  Do I see an underlying sub-theme of how agents should go after buyers? 

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TrueGotham TV Explores Square Feet: Episode Three

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Doug Heddings

In last week’s episode of TGTV, our panel of experts shared the results of measuring a property and we suprisingly saw that each of them came up with numbers relatively close to one another.   It appears that each of them … Continue reading →

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Pricing Property: OpenHouseNYC and NY Mag’s Triple Assessment

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Here we go again with another New York Magazine Triple Assessment from OpenHouseNYC.  I like to watch these segments in their entirety and venture my own guess before the actaul list price is disclosed.  My guess was $599,000.00.  Now you … Continue reading →

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Back on Wednesday

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Doug Heddings

No blog entries Monday or Tuesday as I will be out of town with no computer or email access those days.  Back on Wednesday and stay tuned for Episode 3 of TrueGotham TV on Thursday.

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Real Estate Agent Accountability for Bad Advice

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Doug Heddings

When a doctor or lawyer gives you bad advice that proves to be harmful to you either physically or financially, there is often a case for malpractice.  So what happens when a real estate agent puts on an economist’s hat … Continue reading →

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TrueGotham TV Explores Square Feet: Episode Two

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Doug Heddings

In last week’s pilot episode of TrueGotham TV we met our expert panel,  Jonathan Miller from RadarLogic and Miller Samuel Appraisers, Yungie Hahn from H2 Architects, and Don Meade from Quality Floor Plans, and saw exactly how they go about measuring … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Real Estate #62

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Something definitely happened over the weekend for my team and our business as the phones are ringing off the hook, offers are being negotiated, and one buyer is unfortunately losing a bidding war.  Anecdotal of course but I’m incredibly busy … Continue reading →

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Inman News: 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers 2007

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I just received an email from Joel Burslem of Future of Real Estate Marketing that I have been named one of the 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers for 2007.  I’m absolutely honored to have been named to this list.  Congrats to … Continue reading →

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