by AdminMelissa | Oct 6, 2016 | Editorials
When I was a little girl, I used to see all of these well-dressed women driving fancy cars and putting up For Sale signs in my neighborhood. So, I got this idea in my head that real estate is just putting up a few signs, checking out a few homes, holding and attending...
by AdminMelissa | Sep 8, 2016 | Editorials
The other day when I was reading posts in my newsfeed on Facebook I saw a post in the Lab Coat Agents group where an agent was seeking advice. When other agents were getting into the fray, this agent who wrote the post stated, “I did it because my sellers instructed...
by AdminMelissa | Jul 7, 2016 | Editorials
Over the years, I’ve been observing the ways in which agents tell the world about their credentials. Certain individuals have their degree title (e.g., B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.) immediately after their name in signature lines of emails, professional letters, etc....
by AdminMelissa | Jan 29, 2015 | Editorials
I’ve got a sixteen-year-old son, and he always tells me to “stop worrying.” The truth is that I am not worrying, but I am advising or reminding. As I was reminding him that he needed to share something with his teacher via Google Docs, I followed up by saying, “Don’t...
by AdminMelissa | Nov 27, 2014 | Editorials
I think that the .Realtor domains are for the birds, and I’m not talking turkey. If you haven’t heard the news yet, the National Association of Realtors® is offering free .Realtor domains to the first 500,000 people who sign up, and I’m curious to see if there will...
by AdminMelissa | Aug 14, 2014 | Editorials
In my email inbox last week… Subject: Shame on you For a time now, I have really come to respect you, Missy. But it all came tumbling down when I saw you sell your soul to Zillow. They are incompetent and you know it. Their brand of valuation has been a little better...