http://www.narwisdom.com What the RE.net is saying about the NAR... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:05:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Those folks at the CRT do good work. Help them out by taking the annual technology survey. (Link repaired) And while you're in the survey mood. stop by the Virginia Association of Realtors® blog and take their survey too (if that is, you consider yourself a real estate blogger). http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/06/30/center-for-realtor-technology-survey/ No, the plugin won't fix the NAR  ;) But it does make it easy to put that pesky "®" after the word REALTOR® in all your Wordpress posts so you're fully compliant with the law of the NAR trademark, "Realtor®" Written by John Lockwood of Particlewave, you can download the plugin here. More ... http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/06/18/realtorfix-plugin-for-wordpress/ You've got to be kidding me. From the "Daily Real Estate NEWS" of Realtor Magazine: Is it time to rethink the traditional open house? Practitioner Craig Proctor, of RE/MAX Worldwide, advocates a new approach. Rather than do an open house, which take up lots of time and hundreds of dollars in advertising costs, ... http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/06/13/from-the-are-you-really-that-out-of-touch-files/ Dustin Luther on 4Realz.net has an analysis of Realtor.com's "Home Values" -- the latest in Automated Valuations for home prices. Looks like they pooched it. Pooched: adj. (slang) made unusable; broken; buggered (British) . http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/06/09/realtorcom-adds-home-valuation-apparently-blows-it/ See the top of the center sidebar. Over there ---> Please take a moment to vote in the poll, "Does the NAR Need a Social Media Director?" Don't know what a Social Media Director is? See this post. http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/06/04/new-poll-on-nar-wisdom/ Well, they haven't actually given me the $200.... yet ;) Yesterday's post lamented the fact that the NAR sent an email asking people to take a survey. In said email, they promised you'd be entered for a drawing for $200. Alas, no such thing happened.... But this just came into the inbox: ... http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/06/04/hey-lawrence-yun-and-nar-thanks-for-the-200/ From the email inbox: Dear Member, In recent months there has been extensive coverage and discussion of foreclosures, auction sales, and short sales. Actual data on these subjects, however, is somewhat limited. We need your feedback and observations on these topics. We are interested in your opinion ... http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/06/03/hey-lawrence-yun-and-nar-wheres-my-200/ I suspect by now anyone that reads this blog has already heard the news about the proposed settlement in the NAR/DOJ lawsuit. Here is the proposed settlement in its entirety. Opinions from the real estate side seem to be mostly summed up in a few words like -- so what, yawn, and ... http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/05/28/the-real-estate-blog-community-on-the-nardoj-settlement/ Blanch Evans, the Senior Editor of Realty Times, unloaded on the new "benefits" Realtor.com is offering agents. And I for one, think her opinion is spot on. Wow, now we get a whopping FOUR photos for free! Puhlease. Evans ends her editorial with: Realtor.com isn't bringing any game. They need to come up with ... http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/05/21/blanche-evans-hammers-the-benefits-of-realtorcom/ The vast majority of Realtors are independent contractors. As such, they typically have to foot the (ridiculous) cost of health insurance on their own. Ever priced health insurance? Many (myself included) have wondered why the NAR doesn't throw its political weight and 1.4ish million member strong organization into helping Realtors get ... http://www.narwisdom.com/2008/05/15/nar-on-health-care/