AGBeat Columnist: Daniel Rothamel
I'm a REALTOR, basketball referee, happy husband, and Community Manager (in no particular order). I have a passion for the real estate industry and officiating, a passion that I try to turn into inspiration on my blog, The Real Estate Zebra. I am also the Community Manager at Inman News. When I'm not blogging here on AG or the Zebra, you can usually find me on Twitter.
You can’t enjoy the ocean unless you know how to swim
I am a beach bum. I LOVE the beach. I guess it all goes back to my birth. I was born in Port Jefferson, NY. My mom was a lifeguard at the Brookhaven Township beach before I was born, and my Dad spent much of his life on beaches, until we moved to Virginia when I was 8. As a ...
Don’t Forget Your Shoes
Creatures of habit Basketball referees, all sports officials, are creatures of habit. We tend to do the same thing the same way each time. It is a big part of what we do. This applies not only to what is done on the court, but to preparation as well. . . One of the little things about officiating that you ...
Don’t fall into the comfort trap
When I went to the 2007 NAR Convention and Expo in Las Vegas, one of the most interesting and valuable speakers I saw was former NCAA Head Football Coach, Lou Holtz. Coach Holtz talked about a lot of stuff, most of it not specific to real estate, but all of it valuable. One thing that has stuck with me ever ...
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REALTOR, Know Thyself
I am a musical anachronism Kari and I are a little bit odd in our musical tastes. Oftentimes, we think we might have been born about 30 years too late. At 28 years old, ask us who are favorite singers are, and no one from the last 25 years is like to make the top 5. This became readily apparent ...
Realtors Should be More Like Travel Agents
I know you’ve heard the comparisons before. . . “The Internet is going to disintermediate REALTORS just like it did travel agents.” Such a comparison is easy to make, especially given the fact that the man who shook up the travel industry with Travelocity.com also started a site you might have heard of– Zillow.com. I am now of the opinion, ...
Know When to Blow the Whistle
Basketball on the brain… My first college basketball games of the season are just a few days away, and high school scrimmages start next week. The officiating season has already begun, so I’ve got basketball on the brain. Don’t worry, though; I’m still thinking about real estate. . . People tend to watch referees when they blow the whistle, and ...
What My Dad Taught Me About Basketball & Real Estate
Thanks for the photo, Dale. My Dad is smart I’ve talked about my Dad’s honesty before, but my Dad is also a very smart guy. He won’t tell you that. He’ll tell you that he was barely an average student through high school and college, and that he goofed-off a lot more than he should have. Since I know he ...
The “(unofficial) Top 50 Tweeple” has a very familar name (or two). . .
I don’t know if you’ve ever read the blog, “Stuff White People Like,” but you should. I have the book, and it makes for great bathroom reading. I wish I had thought of it. I have, however, thought of an entry for “Stuff White People Like.” I am going to call it “#347: Lists of the Top ‘x’ of something” ...
Want your creativity to take flight? Constrain it first.
Create something. Go ahead, I’ll wait. . . Having trouble coming up with something? Why? I just said, “create something.” I didn’t give you any crazy rules, or tell you what you had to create, just go and make something. That should have been easy. But it’s not. One of the funny things about creativity is that it functions best ...
Are You a Champion?
photo credit If We Stop Now… For all we have accomplished, for all that blogging and new media have done to change the real estate industry, we have done nothing if we stop now. If we rest, satisfied with what has been achieved, if we think that everyone else isn’t going to catch up, then we are in big trouble. If you want ...
Your Website Sucks
It Sucks Don’t talk to me about how great your website is. It sucks. No, really. It does. Mine does, too. Sure, it has all the bells and whistles. It has this really slick IDX search function, with a really cool lead capture feature that sends you an email within seconds so that you can respond to your customers in ...
I Want Your Inman Connect SF ’08 Experience to be a Good One
Inman Real Estate Connect In case you might have missed it, next week is RE Barcamp and Inman Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2008. I know that a whole lot of the AgentGenius crew is going to be there, and I am sure that a lot of the readers are going to be there, too. I can’t wait to meet ...
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