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Is this really how people want to conduct a real estate search?

October 6, 2008

Here in the Charlottesville area, the largest real estate publication is owned and operated by the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS. It is called the “Real Estate Weekly.” The Real Estate Weekly (REW) is exactly what you might expect it to be- dozens of pages of ads by real estate and mortgage professionals, with some [...]

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The $700B Bailout: it doesn’t matter what you think.

October 6, 2008

My conference meeting for the upcoming NCAA basketball officiating season is tomorrow. That makes this one of my favorite times of year. The basketball season is just around the corner. . . A funny thing has happened every year I have been officiating basketball. Every year, there are changes to the rules, and the powers [...]

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What’s black and white and read all over?

September 25, 2008

The Zebra, of course! (you had to see that one coming, eventually) One of the interesting things about being a blogger is that it occasionally leads to opportunities to be interviewed by the “real” media. I like conversation and sharing my opinions, so I make a pretty decent interview subject. I was recently interviewed by [...]

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Wanna see what it’s like to live with the Zebra?

July 3, 2008

Well, then check out this article in the local C-Ville weekly. It was a lot of fun to be interviewed, but it couldn’t have happened without the help of our wonderful designer, Andrea Phillips.  She receives well-deserved mention in the article, but what it doesn’t say is that she was able to pull together a [...]

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If You Want to Learn More About Blogging, a Little Participation is Required

July 2, 2008

One of the things I have heard from bloggers is that they wish they knew more about other blogs.  They wish they knew if what they were doing was working, or if others are working better.  There is little to no data about blogging as far as how they relate to each other. Enter the [...]

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On Becoming the Inman News Community Mangager

June 9, 2008

Today, I embark upon what I expect will be a very interesting, enriching, and exciting endeavor. Today, I begin in my position as Community Manager for Inman News. What does this mean? Well first of all, it means that I will still be blogging and creating the best possible content I can right here (did [...]

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Catch the Zebra on Real Estate Radio USA Tomorrow at 4:30 EST

April 30, 2008

Tomorrow is May Day. I don’t think I’ve actually celebrated May Day since the 5th grade. Tomorrow, however I’ll be bringing in the month of May with the Barry’s over on Real Estate Radio USA. I’ll be on at 4:00 EST, but the show gets rolling at 4:00pm. You can listen in, or if you [...]

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Wanna Know How You Can do Irrevocable Damage to Your Brand and Your Reputation?

April 22, 2008

Read this post by The Phoenix Real Estate Guy addressing a recent Redfin blog post. Pay very close attention to the comments on the Redfin blog post. Not because of what the other real estate professionals had to say, but because of what “Jon” a real estate consumer had to say: I am not a [...]

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You Can Also Catch The Zebra on the REALTOR Magazine Blog

April 17, 2008

Just this week, I started a series of posts over on VARBuzz that will focus on the history of the National Association of REALTORS. Specifically, I’ll be writing posts as I make my way through the new Centennial book that was published by NAR. When I first pitched this idea to the good folks at [...]

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Dr. Lawrence Yun Is A Zebra

April 3, 2008

Last week, I had the opportunity to have lunch with Dr. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist of the National Association of REALTORS. Of course, it wasn’t just me and him, the group was made up of myself and fellow bloggers Jim Duncan, Matthew Rathbun, Danilo Bogdanovic, Scott Rogers, Ben Martin and the CEO of the Virginia [...]

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