AGBeat Columnist: Toby Boyce
Writer for national real estate opinion column AgentGenius.com, focusing on the improvement of the real estate industry by educating peers about technology, real estate legislation, ethics, practices and brokerage with the end result being that consumers have a better experience.
We – And Our Customers – Are Not Machines
“Steve Austin, astronaut, a man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the technology. We have the capability to make the worlds first Bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster.” More than 30 years later, it seems that the human population continues to move closer and closer to becoming ...
Are You a Generic Real Estate Agent?
Rodney Carrington has a “classic” anthem that speaks directly to how the population - at least in Central Ohio – views real estate practioners. Rodney’s “Fred” (hear it on YouTube) is the tale of a mean-old cowboy that travels across the country on his horse to find the perfect woman, but she’s already taken and he ends up riding off into ...
Hitting the Real Estate Market Bullseye
Sound familiar: Professionals who fake home appraisals are helping fuel a rise in mortgage fraud in Indiana, bilking would-be home buyers or lenders out of millions of dollars, officials warn. Oh great, another “negative” story on the industry, yeah, it is. But this one is dated November 12, 2002 and appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer in an Associated Press article. ...
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Changing of the Guard: Toby’s Switch
Gaining Legs It was at the Ohio Association of REALTORS® Annual Convention and Expo that the idea really began to gain legs. Sitting around the lounge enjoying adult beverages with agents from all over the state, the various brokerages and what they offer became a key topic. And as a relatively young – in terms of license life — agent ...
It’s Not the Market Stupid, It’s You
I’ve been hearing a lot of stories lately, and I’ll tell you they aren’t very good. “If I get one more low ball offer…” “When will these ‘agents’ realize that they need to get serious with their offers.” “Who do these people think they are? Trying to steal my seller’s house?” Funny isn’t it how quickly we turn on each ...
You Can’t Handle The Truth, But I Can
“You can’t handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.” Col. Nathan R. Jessep, played by the immortal Jack Nicholson, provided this amazing line in the 1992 production of A Few Good Men Well it appears that the men holding the guns on the mortgage ...
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