Category Archives: A Broker’s Job

It’s Not Always a Good Time for Everyone to Buy

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Doug Heddings

TrueGotham, in part, would like to dispell the notion that all real estate professionals are always telling everyone to buy, buy, buy! HHRealty Group is not helping us change that image: No one regrets buying in New York and if … Continue reading →

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The Demise of 6% Commissions?

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Over the weekend, Damon Darlin wrote in The New York Times wrote about the doomed payment structure of the real estate industry. Some economists wonder why agents fight so hard to maintain this pricing system when it is making so … Continue reading →

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Talking the Seller Down to Sensible Asking Price

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Perusing today’s Carnival of Real Estate, I came across an interesting post from Florida broker Bryant Tutas. The challenge here is to tell someone their precious house–the depository of their hopes and dreams, their nest egg, and an expression of … Continue reading →

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Richard Ford on Real Estate

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Richard Ford, the celebrated author of The Sportswriter and Independence Day, is about to release the third book in that trilogy, called How Was It To Be Dead? Ford talked to the New Yorker about, among other things, why he … Continue reading →

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Brokers vs. Agents

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Doug Heddings

I have noticed that brokers (like Doug, who is out of town, and unable to defend himself) are always very careful never to confuse the words "agent" and "broker." They are not the same thing. When someone e-mailed a question … Continue reading →

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Corporate Gibberish Machine!

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Look what I just had written: Heddings Property Group has revolutionized the conceptualization of structuring. Without well-planned niches, paradigms are forced to become affiliate-based. We apply the proverb "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" not only to our re-purposing but … Continue reading →

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Trust Your Broker?

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Perfect! Now that Doug’s on vacation, The New York Times has a big ol’ article about his favorite topic: trusting your broker. He started this blog in large part because he’s fed up that some bad seeds have ruined the … Continue reading →

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The Culture of Real Estate Fraud

Posted on August 14, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Ralph Roberts at Realblogging gives us a Marcie Geffner column (as long as we’re talking ethics, hope they had Geffner’s permission to reproduce the whole thing!) about the culture of real estate and how it contributes to fraud. For instance, … Continue reading →

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Real Estate Agents on Co-op Boards: Walking a Fine Line

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Sunday’s Real Estate section of The New York Times wonders whether it’s a conflict of interest to have a real estate agent, who sells property in a building, also serving on that co-op’s board of directors? They outline a number … Continue reading →

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Trends in Real Estate Innovation

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Zillow Blog’s Spencer Rascoff reports an interesting tidbit from last week’s Inman Connect conference, involving Glenn Cohen, CEO of Expert Realty. Glenn made what I think was one of the most interesting comments of the conference: most of the innovation … Continue reading →

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