Comments on: http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: freemortgageadvice.info » Blog Archive » The things you find on Craig’s List http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-96058 freemortgageadvice.info » Blog Archive » The things you find on Craig’s List Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:48:22 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-96058 [...] I found this on Property Grunt. A pretty mortgage broker has posted an ad for business on Craig’s List in an area usually reserved for hookin’ up. Warning, the ad has some adult language. Grunt thinks it’s telling of the state of the mortgage industry. I think it’s just in poor taste. In addition, it’s not like this behavior is limited to mortgage brokers. :p [...] [...] I found this on Property Grunt. A pretty mortgage broker has posted an ad for business on Craig’s List in an area usually reserved for hookin’ up. Warning, the ad has some adult language. Grunt thinks it’s telling of the state of the mortgage industry. I think it’s just in poor taste. In addition, it’s not like this behavior is limited to mortgage brokers. :p [...]

]]> By: 3 cents http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5432 3 cents Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:32:01 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5432 The purpose of the billboard is to get your attention & it succeeds at that. It's appropriate for the location. What's the big deal? But no realtor billboard I ever saw made me want to pull off the road and contact the agent. Rather, it elicited only comments like --oh that's nice, weird, different, interesting, stupid......we are an ad numbed society. The purpose of the billboard is to get your attention & it succeeds at that. It’s appropriate for the location. What’s the big deal?
But no realtor billboard I ever saw made me want to pull off the road and contact the agent. Rather, it elicited only comments like –oh that’s nice, weird, different, interesting, stupid……we are an ad numbed society.

]]> By: Jay Thompson http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5416 Jay Thompson Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:36:11 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5416 What's not to like? Hey, if you've got it, flaunt it. If you're looking for a Realtor and this offends you, just keep looking. If you're a Realtor and this offends you, get over it. Worry about your own marketing, not someone elses... What’s not to like? Hey, if you’ve got it, flaunt it.

If you’re looking for a Realtor and this offends you, just keep looking.

If you’re a Realtor and this offends you, get over it. Worry about your own marketing, not someone elses…

]]> By: Marty http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5321 Marty Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:51:02 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5321 If the billboard is on the beach, in a beach community, with lots of people walking around on the beach, and life's a beach... Who cares? Of course, if the billboard is near the downtown exit of the freeway in Minneapolis in January, then I'd be concerned. If the billboard is on the beach, in a beach community, with lots of people walking around on the beach, and life’s a beach…

Who cares?

Of course, if the billboard is near the downtown exit of the freeway in Minneapolis in January, then I’d be concerned.

]]> By: Russ Cofano http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5319 Russ Cofano Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:41:18 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5319 There are and will be stories of those who get fired because they blog. Truth is, they worked for the wrong company, at least for them. Buying into your own corporate culture is a big part of job happiness and if you want to blog and your company does not want you to, make a change. Unfortunately, most people in general are not willing to take risks when it comes to employment so they defer to the organization's mantra even though they don't believe in it. My best advice to real estate bloggers: find the right company and then don't piss off your broker with what you blog about. Policy or no policy, this should do the trick. -Russ There are and will be stories of those who get fired because they blog. Truth is, they worked for the wrong company, at least for them. Buying into your own corporate culture is a big part of job happiness and if you want to blog and your company does not want you to, make a change. Unfortunately, most people in general are not willing to take risks when it comes to employment so they defer to the organization’s mantra even though they don’t believe in it.

My best advice to real estate bloggers: find the right company and then don’t piss off your broker with what you blog about. Policy or no policy, this should do the trick.

-Russ

]]> By: Giles@DevelopingAtlanta.com http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5318 Giles@DevelopingAtlanta.com Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:53:43 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5318 Dustin... When is the move to So Cal?? Ardell, I love this bill board... you can keep reposting stories about it every couple of weeks for all i care!! haha Dustin… When is the move to So Cal??

Ardell,

I love this bill board… you can keep reposting stories about it every couple of weeks for all i care!!

haha

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5317 ARDELL Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:47:06 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5317 Dustin, I'm really glad that something in this life was " before my time" LOL It's almost time to get my "1954 All Original Parts" jacket out of the closet again. It's my "birthday suit". Dustin, I’m really glad that something in this life was ” before my time” LOL It’s almost time to get my “1954 All Original Parts” jacket out of the closet again. It’s my “birthday suit”.

]]> By: Todd Carpenter http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5290 Todd Carpenter Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:19:55 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5290 I always thought it was a dumb ad. I realize it got her a good share of business, and in no way does it offend me, it just wouldn't get me to work with her. I'll fully admit that this is stereotypical on my part, but I can't help getting the initial impression that women (or men) who trade primarily on their looks, do so because they have little else to offer. 90% of the time, this is likely not true, but it's still an unconscious judgment that I know I make. For all the business she gained, I'll bet their were even more folks like me that wouldn't get offended and complain, but they wouldn't choose to work with her either. I always thought it was a dumb ad. I realize it got her a good share of business, and in no way does it offend me, it just wouldn’t get me to work with her.

I’ll fully admit that this is stereotypical on my part, but I can’t help getting the initial impression that women (or men) who trade primarily on their looks, do so because they have little else to offer. 90% of the time, this is likely not true, but it’s still an unconscious judgment that I know I make.

For all the business she gained, I’ll bet their were even more folks like me that wouldn’t get offended and complain, but they wouldn’t choose to work with her either.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5288 Dustin Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:14:18 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/04/27/541/#comment-5288 Back before you time (I couldn't resist), we actually <a href="http://www.raincityguide.com/2005/05/12/novel-billboard/" rel="nofollow">covered that story on Rain City Guide</a>... LOL! Back before you time (I couldn’t resist), we actually covered that story on Rain City Guide… LOL!

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