I love popping into to realtytimes, intending to see the "real and truthful local market 
conditions" that I'd expect to see from realtors, who by their code of ethics must be truthful in their communications to the public.
Usually good for a few laughs - and of course, no real and truthful local market conditions.
Here's a pretty typical realtor in Scottsdale - "now if a fantastic time to buy a home", random misspellings, bad grammar. And of course, bizarre photos begging you to buy from him/her. Plus if you go to his site, you get pictures of the wife and kids - "please buy from me - or they don't eat!"
Why does this profession whore itself out as much as it does? What other profession puts their picture, or their wife and kids pictures, on their advertising? Bleeccchhh!!
Here's his ad. Someone go buy a house from the guy! And take a close look at the two photos - before and after? Or maybe 1985 / 2005?
It is an aboslutley fantastic time to buy a home. Wether your a first time buyer, an investor or looking for a second home. This is your chance to save thousands of dollars in closing costs and you won't have to pay full price for the home of your dreams. Regardless if its a re-sale or a Brand New Home
October 15, 2006
Fun with realtytimes - would you buy a house from this guy?
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Accordingly, he has an ass. degree in journalism. How convenient when you need to write on your Real Estate website page's.
If the loans which blowed up the housing bubble were truly diversificated into a multitude of derivatives then in the long run the bubble collapse will be a mopping up of liquidity from the people most able to afford it.
It is an aboslutley fantastic time to buy a home. Wether your a first time buyer, an investor or looking for a second home.
should be you're, but i'm sure bad grammar is the least of his problems right now
I had to know. Theory proven. Community collge degree. Guess spelling and grammar weren't part of the curriculum... probably no business, finance, history or accounting classes either I'd imagine
"I attended McClintock High School and Graduated in 1989. I then attended Mesa Community College where I received an Associates Degree in Journalism."
Leave Chris alone. He has asthma and was a premature baby who faced death if he didn't move to Arizona within 3 months.
He seems like a real straight shooter not working Sunday evenings and all to spend time with the family. Chris, I’m pulling for you so two tips if you happen to read this.
I know Mesa Community College probably didn’t cover this in the early 90’s but there is this handy little tool called spell check on all the word processing programs now. I’m not so great at grammar either but it’s this magical tool that cleans up most of those sloppy little mistakes you make when you hurry. I’m no “expert” but I bet you could even use it to proof all those legally binding contracts you have to work on.
Of greater concern is your advertising claim that this is “an aboslutley fantastic time to buy a home”. This is a more serious goof according to various government agencies charged with consumer protection. You can read all the legal mumbo jumbo at this link: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/ad3subst.htm. To translate – before you make any advertising claim you have to be able to prove it. No big deal when prices are going up but the way the market is shaking out there you have opened yourself up for lawsuits from anyone who has buyer remorse.
PS – I caught another misspelled word – aboslutley with the spell check thing I was telling you about. Its proper spelling is absolutely according to the computer. Cheers and good luck.
Keith, you need to rush out and buy Blance Evans new book "Bubbles, booms and busts," before it's sold out...
http://tinyurl.com/sf4d4
how funny that blanche evans of realty times would put out a book on how to profit from the housing crash
make money on the way up putting people into houses you know are going to crash, then make money on the way down helping them sell their house at a loss
wonderful.
"No one knows more about real estate than Realty Times Editor Blanche Evans. In Bubbles, Booms, and Busts, Evans explains how ever-changing cyclical and regional real estate conditions can translate into benefits that go beyond just knowing the best time to buy and sell. Readers will learn how local bubbles and busts can help them find employment opportunities, plan retirement, pinpoint relocation sites, formulate long term investment strategies, and more. Evans offers a readable, objective evaluation of how demographics, cultural diversity, immigration, as well as hidden risk factors, can present problems as well as lucrative opportunities for savvy investors."
They whore themselves out so much because they are sales people with no definate product line to sell. In every other sales area that I can think of, the sales person has a direct link to something that is produced. Example, a Ford car sales person sells ford products from the factory. A napkin sales rep sells napkins from the factory to restaurants. Realtors might as well be selling trash they pick up off the street. They have to scrounge around to find something to sell and convince people that they are the only ones qualified to do it. In reality, the home owner can sell the home just as well as the realtor. So, they have to whore themselves out to get business.
I think that guy is CROSS-EYED! No wonder he can't READ the market!
HAHAHAHHA
I kill me.
You want to see Weird.... watch 'Million Dollar Listing' on the Bravo channel!
This will make you loath realtors if you didn't already!
It's unbelieveable
Eye like hem.
LOL... abo-slut-ley
That's a pretty Freudian slip, coming from a Realt-whore...
The skinny tie and full head of hair picture is priceless!
tomatoes at 2.99 a pound!! did the rent increase numbers hit the fed fund interest rate rate yet, love to see 100%, not gonna happen, truth!
The Phoenix craigslist has some of the worst spellers I've ever seen. Things like 'breaks' instead of 'brakes' and 'looks/runs grate' are the most common in the autos section. It says quite a bit about the quality of education here.
Buyers come to these guys and think they are financial/economic/market experts because they deal in housing and loans all day long.
Most of these guys I wouldn't trust with my dog.
The real question is, who is more to blame, the greedy realtor, the greedy FB, or the bank that made the loan and then sold it off as a MBS?
I think they are all culpable and in the end will F the rest of us with a tax bailout.
Cheezball!
Ugh. Such cheap ass whoredom abounds in real estate. How do I know? I've been working "on the inside" as a "marketing" guy for a real estate agency. I took the job fresh out of college and desperate for a job; I had a good background in graphic design, which was my in. Three years later, I want to stab myself in the eyes every second I'm at work. I literally feel my education slipping away as I'm surrounded by GED jackasses who make 5 times my salary "working" 15 hours a week. Most of the agents and mortgage brokers (yeah, my company does both) I work with are the kind of people under normal circumstances I would want to run over with my car. Unfortunately, it's damn near impossible to get another "real" graphic design job where I live, and I'm getting the sneaking suspicion that the stylistic abortions I'm expected to create on a daily basis are actually damaging my portfolio.
One more thing: what's up with realtors and their bizzare Capitalization of Random Words?
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